SFG State Guide
Michigan Dive Bar Guide
Michigan Cities With Guides
Detroit
Top Rated Dives
41 Dive Bars
Northern Michigan
Top Rated Dives
14 Dive Bars
Michigan Neighborhood Guides
Detroit
Cass Corridor
3 Dive Bars
All Reviewed Michigan Dive Bars
SFG Rating
10
Abick's Bar
Nothing but brick outside, nothing but perfection inside.
SFG Rating
10
Two Way Inn
Haunted, historic and home to Polish beer. Two Way Inn is perfect.
SFG Rating
10
Pinehurst Inn Bar & Grill
Please, please send videos of Alvis night.
SFG Rating
9
The Painted Lady Lounge
If you like whiskey and dive bars, this is your new home.
SFG Rating
9
Cass Corridor
The Old Miami
As Detroit live music dive bar as a place can be.
SFG Rating
8
Whiskey In The Jar
What better dive bar mascot is there than the ratalope?
SFG Rating
8
Suzy's Bar
Drinking in the shadow of the Mr. T Board Game can't be bad.
SFG Rating
8
Tommy's Detroit Bar & Grill
Sneaky historic Detroit icon with pre-Prohibition roots.
SFG Rating
8
LJ's Lounge
Duck in from the Corktown crowd with an aquarium view.
SFG Rating
8
Bronx Bar
Symbol of a constant safe space no matter the neighborhood's fortunes.
SFG Rating
8
Keyhole Bar & Grill
Where the bathroom floor is an attraction.
SFG Rating
8
Pub 27
About as Michigan biker dive as it gets.
SFG Rating
7
Gusoline Alley
Nothing like drinking under the hood of a car.
SFG Rating
7
Nancy's Whiskey Pub
Today a neighborhood spot but with a deep pedigree.
SFG Rating
7
Baker Streetcar Bar
If hallways that serve beer is your thing, you're home.
SFG Rating
7
Trixie's Bar
Drinking with your neighbor if your neighbor's patio was better.
SFG Rating
7
Cass Corridor
Temple Bar
There's something about faded green paint that sparks the desire to drink.
SFG Rating
7
Cass Corridor
Jumbo's Bar
It's a bright green dive bar in the heart of Detroit, hard to not love.
SFG Rating
7
Detroiter Bar
Walking the sports bar / dive bar line as only Detroit can.
SFG Rating
7
Johnnie's Bar
The Midwestern dive bar sign game is strong here.
SFG Rating
6
Charlie's Bar Detroit
Modern touches amid 1933 roots under a classic sign.
SFG Rating
6
The Inn Between
Tip well, there are many stairs involved.
Recommended But Not Reviewed Michigan Dive Bars
We have not had the great pleasure of getting to every possible dive bar (life goals), so inevitably there are great bars that we simply haven't been able to get to yet. The list below includes noteworthy dive bars that by all accounts look amazing but do not have a review associated with them just yet.
Beach's Up North Tavern
Pellston, Michigan
Clyde's Place
Carp Lake, Michigan
Marge's Bar & Grill
Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Ron's Bar & Backyard
Petoskey, Michigan
The Carbon Athletic Club
Detroit, Michigan
Stan's Bar
Spring Lake, Michigan
Bumbo's
Hamtramck, Michigan
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