  Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 2018 Registered: 11-2003 |
I got this email last night and wanted to share with the fam. I think one of the cats that owns Slows is an owner in this venture. "YOU ARE INVITED TO: THE GRAND OPENING OF THE MERCURY COFFEE BAR. 2163 MICHIGAN AVE (CROSS THE STREET FROM SLOWS WHICH IS NEAR THE OLD TRAIN STATION) THIS FRIDAY NITE (Oct 17) FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!!" | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 1046 Registered: 04-2006 |
This looks awesome! Yes, I believe you are right, Phil Cooley is an investor in the project. A+ on reviving Michigan avenue, Cooley bros! | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 7834 Registered: 02-2004 |
YAY! What a way to make Corktown a yuppied Irish town. ERIN GO BRAUGH! To my Irish relatives who used to live in Bagley and 17th St. | ||
Rjlj Member Username: Rjlj Post Number: 712 Registered: 11-2003 |
Preview here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =QtYCkKeJO0A | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 1982 Registered: 08-2007 |
This is great news, just hope they add a huge coffee cup to their BAR sign.  | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 2177 Registered: 03-2006 |
I work there. It is going to be sweet, Monday is the official opening. Friday is more of a rehearsal for charity | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 1014 Registered: 02-2008 |
Can't wait. I was at Inteligentsia in Chicago last weekend, had a great espresso there. I hear Mercury is using their coffee. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 1048 Registered: 04-2006 |
chitaku, awesome! see you there! now we can hang out OUTSIDE of D'mongos! | ||
Cinderpath Member Username: Cinderpath Post Number: 836 Registered: 05-2006 |
Curious if the original name "Mercury Bar" was named after the famous daily train that left MCS "The Mercury" for Chicago and Cleveland. It was common at one time to name restaurants/bars, etc after the famous passenger trains that passed through them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M ercury_(NYC) | ||
Billybbrew Member Username: Billybbrew Post Number: 356 Registered: 07-2005 |
I heard from a friend that lived in the neighborhood that the owner's last name was Mercury. He was showing me where their house used to be on 14th Street not too long ago. | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 344 Registered: 08-2008 |
Between John and Todd, this place has been gonna' open for years. I can't wait. I also can't hold my breath. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 14509 Registered: 12-2003 |
SEE? The train was probably named after the fellow. Lotsa Mercury going around...the one in the sky just (thankfully) finished its technologically and mechanically disturbing Retrograde, someone I know discovered twenty pounds of fresh dental mercury left behind in an old warehouse, and now this news of a old train named after a NEW cool and eagerly awaited coffeehouse...and some curious Corktown fellow from time-out-of-mind. Great timing, and I cannot wait another day to sit in this place catching the sunsets at one of the absolute best western-view corners in the whole city...enjoying some killer espresso and good conversation with fine company. Cheers Did we see if the 'paging' system for a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday table wait across the street will reach the Mercury? Might not be a bad idea and even give a boost to this new business by suggesting to non-drinking Slows clients that they spend their 45 minute wait across the street! (hey, don't shoot me if they've softened that wait, I simply stopped going there on the heavy nights because of it!) | ||
Newlaster Member Username: Newlaster Post Number: 260 Registered: 06-2004 |
Can anyone confirm where they source their beans from? | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 348 Registered: 08-2008 |
If Todd is sourcing the beans, they're from Zingerman's Coffee Company. | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 2357 Registered: 05-2005 |
i think if you watch the youtube vid posted above they say that the beans will indeed come from Inteligentsia in Chicago. i've been watching the progress every morning as i wait at the light at vernor and michigan, can't wait to stop in and grab a cup on my way to work! (course i also need to get over to cafe con leche in the mercado too) (Message edited by gravitymachine on October 16, 2008) | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 2180 Registered: 03-2006 |
the beans are not from zingermans, they are from the place in Chicago, and we open monday. be there or be square! | ||
Matt Member Username: Matt Post Number: 1336 Registered: 10-2003 |
That pink and blue really gives me a headache. ;) | ||
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 1448 Registered: 10-2003 |
Chitaku, I stopped in there for a pre-opening cup after the Corktown race last spring...glad you are finally opening. Erin go Braless! | ||
Saintme Member Username: Saintme Post Number: 252 Registered: 08-2006 |
I drive by it on my way home from work and always see hot guys going in and out of there. I think I might have to make this an after work ritual. | ||
Busterwmu Member Username: Busterwmu Post Number: 554 Registered: 09-2004 |
Actually I drove by yesterday afternoon and I noticed the corner sign was lit up again and looking good! Can't wait for them to reopen! Now if only we could get a fast train to Chicago restarted and call in the MERCURY. | ||
Diehard Member Username: Diehard Post Number: 609 Registered: 03-2005 |
Anyone know about hours? I go by there every Wednesday morning and 'twould be great to pick up some nibbles before work. | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 2182 Registered: 03-2006 |
i'm pretty sure the hours are 7am-10pm | ||
Newlaster Member Username: Newlaster Post Number: 261 Registered: 06-2004 |
Very nice. Intelligentsia has phenomenal beans. Good luck Mercury! | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 2183 Registered: 03-2006 |
too bad you weren't still in town newlaster, you would of dug the menu. | ||
Melody Member Username: Melody Post Number: 297 Registered: 11-2007 |
Here's more info: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20081017/E NT03/810170395 | ||
Topflight Member Username: Topflight Post Number: 54 Registered: 04-2008 |
Benefit for The Garden Resource Program today from 6-8PM and Sat from 12-2PM. This is a Greening of Detroit Collaborative. | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 356 Registered: 08-2008 |
Todd's a Chicagoan, so he opted for his hometown beans instead of his former employer's/partner's (Zingerman's) beans. I don't subscribe to much of anything 'gore-mett', so where his beans come from doesn't matter to me. I'll take Tel-Ways coffee on a day to day basis, though I'll certainly patronize his place for anything else I can, because I believe Todd is a visionary. | ||
Newlaster Member Username: Newlaster Post Number: 262 Registered: 06-2004 |
I'll make sure to stop in when I'm in town. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 643 Registered: 08-2007 |
But where did the old sign go??? | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 2359 Registered: 05-2005 |
they fixed it and put it right back up. obviously you didn't look at the detnews article, and associated photos, before posting |
