  Cushkid Member Username: Cushkid Post Number: 29 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 136.1.1.154 |
Do you guys think that downtown would support a dueling piano bar. I think that the bottom floor of a renovated Broderick Tower would be perfect. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 709 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 12.34.51.20 |
Try going to see Bob Seeley and Boog at Fishbone's...Two pianos! | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 2421 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.79.167.236 |
NO! | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 9617 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.118.137.226 |
No? Are you kidding me? I think it would be a huge hit down here. Indy used to have one on the top floor of the circle center mall. It closed up while I was down there, though not for lack of business. I think the two guys they had quit and they changed the format. It was packed shoulder to shoulder every weekend. | ||
Tortfeasor Member Username: Tortfeasor Post Number: 414 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 192.217.231.54 |
Same goes in Cleveland (Howl at the Moon). Always packed, always fun. Sold beers (technically pitchers) in those large plastic bottles that you can buy at stores as coin banks. Over 60 ounces of fun. | ||
Mike Member Username: Mike Post Number: 530 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.41.109.36 |
We have one of those here in Kalamazoo... I don't like it. It seems like everything they play is a rendition of the Charlie Brown theme. | ||
Gdub Member Username: Gdub Post Number: 927 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.248.15.192 |
Yes, it's kind of dorky, but it would be good in terms of diversifying the attractions and the crowds downtown. | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 1234 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.250.205.35 |
Sounds tacky and horrible to me. It would fit right in out in Shelby Township, however. ***edit*** That sounded excessively mean, sorry about that. But this idea seems like one of those things that ends up in a "marketplace" idea (like Trapper's Alley was) rather than in one of the most prominent spots in the downtown area. (Message edited by dialh4hipster on December 21, 2005) | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6271 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.23 |
It could be Detroit's number one destination for bachelorrette parties. | ||
Jimelnino Member Username: Jimelnino Post Number: 317 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 70.236.161.240 |
Dueling Pianos are played out. Now dueling Banjos, THATS an idea! | ||
Peanut_breath Member Username: Peanut_breath Post Number: 100 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 66.73.225.162 |
I'm down for actual dueling....as in Aaron Burr type action. Have a run in with a co-worker.....make a reservation at the dueling bar and settle your grievances like 18th century gentlemen. | ||
Jimelnino Member Username: Jimelnino Post Number: 318 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 70.236.161.240 |
^ Someone could open a leather glove shop next door!! This might be a great idea! | ||
Cushkid Member Username: Cushkid Post Number: 30 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 136.1.1.154 |
I just think that its one type of bar that I see in other cities and we dont have one here, If you get good piano players who can work a room I think it would be alot of fun | ||
Jmarx Member Username: Jmarx Post Number: 14 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 136.1.1.154 |
I'm with you Cushkid - I used to frequent Jake Ivory's when I lived in Boston. (dueling piano bar behind Fenway Park) It was always full, and always a good time... | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 639 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 64.139.64.80 |
a dueling mayoral candidate bar.... | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 604 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 208.39.170.90 |
A dueling piano bar would probably draw the same sort of crowd as a comedy joint or titty or dicky bar. It's a niche-act but can be fun if you're in the right sort of mood. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 7933 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.211.226 |
I have always thought of opening up a nice lounge with overstuffed leather couches with nice coffee tables, a couple of fireplaces, a piano for some smooth jazz/cabaret style music while offering nice hors d'ordeuvers. A real classy place. The problem is that Windsor is a pasta and steak place (with little class unfortunately). Would something like that go over well in Detroit? I think a dueling piano bar could do well with the right clientele and the right music. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6274 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.23 |
Isn't there a piano place on Erie Street that is the same idea you mention. I believe it it near Spago. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 7937 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.211.226 |
I know which place you are talking about but it is only a portion of the restaurant, but for the life of me I can't remember the name. I would like the whole thing to be like that without a "dining area". I'm just not sure it would fly in this city. Something just a little more swanky with a small area off to the side where people could dance with their loved onces. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6277 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.23 |
So you don;t want people dancing with ones they don;t love. You are a relationashipicst. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 7938 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.211.226 |
LMAO! I am too.  | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 605 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 208.39.170.90 |
Hey, how about this for you Canadians... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10 561253/ | ||
Johnnny5 Member Username: Johnnny5 Post Number: 108 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 68.61.55.140 |
There's a dueling piano bar in Pontiac that seems to do well. I have not been there in a few years, but it was "J's Key Club" or something like that. Great place to go with a big group especially after a few drinks. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 7941 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.211.226 |
YEah, that will be upstairs for those who want to get a little frisky. UpinOttawa has that posted in the non-Detroit Issues...we are just a bunch of pot-smoking, gay-loving,french speaking, toque wearing, whores. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 3138 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 65.222.10.3 |
The one in Pontiac is called JD’s Key Club. It is great fun and a goldmine as far as I am concerned. It is jammed packed even on Tuesday nights. If you have never been to one, then you wouldn’t know. They are fun, and no, they aren’t for Shelby Township people. Put one right near Comerica and I guarantee it will easily be one of the top spots. Then you will get those nine people who piss and moan about even remotely commercial. If it brings people into the era to spend their money, then so be it. If you are over 25, it probably wont be your type of spot though. | ||
Mplsryan Member Username: Mplsryan Post Number: 117 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 24.26.164.215 |
Hmmm, ditto on the bachellorette (sp?) parties. We've got 3 or 4 of those stinking piano bars in MPLS, definitely played out in this market. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6285 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.23 |
I like the fact that you get the drunken fools that think they are being witty when they request Piano Man. | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 420 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 71.213.227.199 |
Ugh, please no, make them stop... | ||
Hooha Member Username: Hooha Post Number: 63 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.81.52.188 |
There's also a dueling piano bar in Ypsilanti, Pub 13. Anybody ever been there? I tried to go once, but apparently they reserve damn near every table, so we ended up going to the sports bar on the 2nd floor. | ||
Tortfeasor Member Username: Tortfeasor Post Number: 418 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 69.209.178.142 |
Definately a haven for the soon-to-be wed. A dueling piano bar would be great, and they typically play requests so the music is as good as the people in the room. If you don't like what they are playing, then give them a bigger tip to get to your music. | ||
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto Post Number: 1584 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.2.149.71 |
I'm not fond of "formula" bars, but hey, it sounds better than another bar with 12 TVs playing sports drivel... | ||
Mike Member Username: Mike Post Number: 531 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.41.109.36 |
Son can you play me a memory, I'm not really sure how it goes, but its sad and its sweet, and I knew it complete, when I wore a younger man's clothes. | ||
Jimg Member Username: Jimg Post Number: 536 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.220.142.7 |
'Course, if you have Bob Seeley playing piano, a second pianist is not necessary. |
