Thomas Magee's Sporting House Whiskey Bar — Restaurant in Detroit

Fantastic neighborhood bar in eastern market. But the neighborhood is the whole world! Magee’s is as Detroit as it gets, but its community of family and regulars reaches around the planet. Everybody’s there. Best service in the city - even when they’re at capacity. And the best Irish coffee in all the land. Deep whiskey menu. And great tap selections - and they have their beer tap system cleaned and serviced religiously, so it’s the coldest and freshest beer you can get. If you’re visiting Detroit and especially if you’re staying downtown, go to Magee’s. Great place to watch any sport. And great DJs all the time. They don’t serve food, but there’s food all over eastern market and you can bring anything in. It sounds like I’m writing an ad for the place, but it’s all true. I’ve been a regular at Magee’s for 10 years. And I work in bars so I know when a bar sucks and this one...

First time here enjoying the afternoon. Including playing my favorite tunes on jukebox, music of all kinds, maybe 5-10 other people in the place. Spent $80 in a few hours on drinks and jukebox. Until the obnoxious owner came in and complained about an Elvis song someone else played. He proceeded to hi jack the jukebox by loading it with his favs paying for priority plays. Then he left. No problem, he owns the place after all, but I think he should take out the jukebox and he can be the DJ. But don’t expect him to take requests, or to see me there. His employees were nice but only social to regulars. Oh well, Stache is next door and great...

A dud just like the last two FCS National Championships. Was in town on the 1st, and the bar just suddenly shut down after the Michigan game without notice. I was in town and wanting to watch the TX/WASH game, as my Texas attire would imply that. The bartender never mentioned to me during the Michigan game that the bar would close after the game. As a visitor, that information would have been ideal because I wouldn't have had to scramble to find somewhere to watch the game. I am a frequent visitor of Detroit, and this was for sure my first and last time in this bar. However, the vanilla flavored blonde ale...