Silver Derby

This is a local watering hole at it’s finest. Low prices, heavy pours and a decent draft beer selection. A somewhat random collection of furniture. Microwaved hot dogs and nacho cheese, bag of Lays Potato Chips. Good stuff.
Get yourself a large draft beer as you take in the ambiance. Only reason it isn’t five stars is because it is BRIGHT in there. Although, those lights will probably help your late night decision making.
They do karaōke once a month, which fills the place. There is a single pool table that is usually occupied on other nights. There is also a TouchTunes jukebox that by BF is currently obsessed with playing songs on, using the mobile app.
If you’re looking for a solid dive bar bar on the southeast side of GR, look no further.

I live across the street from the Silver Derby for a summer and went there a handful of times and I do not say that proudly. If you’re looking for a place to go out with your girlfriends, maybe chat up a few guys and not get rabies just from looking at the bathrooms, don’t go here. If you’re looking for a place you can pay $ 4 for a beer so big I needed to ask for a straw, go here.

This is a great little bar. The tables and chairs don’t match but beer comes in a big mug. It always looks closed from the outside but once you find the door it opens up to a welcoming and delightful little place. Well, I suppose that depends on what welcoming and delightful means to you.
I have been going here for years and it has rarely failed me. Bring a few friends if going on the weekdays as it can be a bit hit or miss on a decent sized crowd. They do serve some primitive bar food which is cheap but they also don’t mind if you bring in your own diner.

This is as good as it gets for people who like wood paneling, the smell of cigarettes, cheap, stiff drinks, food that has been heated up in a microwave that is visible from behind the bar, beer served in a large, blue plastic beverage cup, and that uneasy feeling your car may be getting broken into as sit inside thinking about all the bad decisions you made in your life.

The Derby is the perfect dive bar.
Great atmosphere, amazing bar food with limited kitchen space (they don’t have deep fryers) – (they DO have the best chili dog and the best chips and cheese on the south side of GR), cheap + stiff drinks.
If you are lucky, you’ll stumble in on a Saturday PM and have the opportunity to witness (or participate in, if you dare) karaōke at the Derb.
What more could you ask for in a dive?