All Around Bar

Home of the variably priced drink. Wait staff will charge what they think is a fair price for a drink, in my case $ 4-​$ 5.75 for a well drink depending on who is waiting on you. Sometimes they get your order right too. Don’t worry, money doesn’t all go to the bar. They ring it in at $ 3.50, nice little built in tip. Crowd wasn’t bad and band was good.

Whether you give this place one star or five depends on your perspective. And my perspective places it solidly in the «one» category.
If you’re a person who really misses the good old days, when you could listen to mediocre bands and drink while sitting in a cloud of smoke, this is the place for you.
When we arrived and paid our cover charge, the crowd was pretty sparse and nobody was smoking. After about a half hour, one guy at the end of the bar lit up. There’s usually at least one a$$hole in every crowd, so I didn’t think much of it initially. Also, we were far enough away that it didn’t affect me.
As it turns out, this guy was not the exception — he was the RULE. As the crowd grew bigger, more folks were smoking. Hell, the employees were smoking. There was really no escaping it at that point. At the point I felt my breathing get tighter, it was time to leave. Yep, I’m one of those with asthma.
I appreciate the rebel spirit. I truly do. If that inconvenient anti-​smoking LAW chaps your a$$, by all means take a stand against the oppression of «the man.» But I would have appreciated a bit of warning BEFORE they took my cover charge, stank up my clothes, and sent me running for fresh air and pharmaceutical assistance.

Bands tend to be harder. Some of the best in the Detroit area. Catch them when they cut their first CD. The All Around crew makes it fun! Tonite it is «Code Three».