

Dive into the Mutiny Bar in the gallery below. Joel Dahmen at the Travelers Championship this past weekend. Photographers Chris and Michelle Gerard got a peek inside the revamped space on Friday ahead of the public opening. Customers can also find large-format shareable cocktails such as the Scorpion Bowl on the menu alongside a small selection of beers and boozy slushies. The menu features a range of cocktails served in colorful tiki mugs such as the Pain Killer (Brugal anejo rum, Malibu rum, coconut, orange, lime, and pineapple) and the Poseidon’s Fury (Plymouth gin, sloe gin, grenadin, grapefruit, lemon, and saline). Leading the bar is longtime general manager at The Sugar House, bartender Chris Vanderginst.
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A series of old menus from prominent tiki bars of the past including Trader Vic’s and Chin Tiki are framed and hanging along the wall near the entrance. Many of the decorations ranging from ceiling nets to glass fishing floats and grass thatch overhanging the bar area are from Kwiatkowski’s personal collection or items that were used in past Detroit Optimist Society tiki parties. and features more that 28,000 song options. Thursday nights mean Shantasy Island karaoke at Southwest Detroit dive tiki bar Mutiny. Wood paneling still lines the walls (although it’s now topped off with bamboo), the bar is still a worn-in laminate, and the stucco walls have been given a fresh coat of paint. Where to sing karaoke in metro Detroit from piano bar Sid Gold’s Request Room to the private rooms at 168 KTV. Find out what's popular at Mutiny Bar in Detroit, MI in real-time and see activity. to midnight Wednesday and Thursday, 5 p.m. Customers from the former VL Bar will find the interior has many similarities to its previous occupant. Mutiny Bar is located at 4654 Vernor Hwy the bar opens from 5 p.m.

The purchase was finalized in October, leaving Kwiatkowski and his team with just a few weeks to transition the space. When the opportunity arose to purchase the beer-and-a-shot VL Bar on West Vernor it felt only natural to scale up into a full-time “dive tiki” bar, he says. Southwest Detroit’s newest cocktail spot Mutiny Bar opened to the public on Saturday with a lineup of frozen adult beverages, Hawaiian shirt-sporting bartenders, and plenty of tropical-themed decor.ĭetroit Optimist Society’s bartenders - including The Sugar House, The Peterboro, Honest John’s, and Bad Luck Bar, among others - have long dabbled in the tiki cocktail tradition, owner Dave Kwiatkowski tells Eater.
