Sugar House

Sugar House

2130 Michigan Ave

www.sugarhousedetroit.com

   In  the past 6 months, I've been to Sugar House twice. Once with two of best lady friends for a low night of cocktails and once with my parents after dinner across the street at Mercury Burger. Both of the times were perfect for the low-key night of good conversation and fabulous drink that I was looking for. While Sugar House is not a place a could ever become a regular, but it's perfect for nights when you want to spend hours talking over 1 or 2 drinks. 

   The air of Sugar House is definitely interesting. It's dark but not eerie somehow. The abundance of taxidermed (is that a word?) animal heads on the walls give it an almost whimsical feel as opposed to a "cabin in the woods" feel. The heavy drapes and mere candle light really gives the place an old-time speak easy feel. Most patrons sit at tables that can only hold a max of 4 people, but the place never seems overly-crowded. Sugar House isn't your typical nightlife bar with customers standing 4 deep at the bar throwing their money to get a cheap drink. If there isn't a seat, you're waiting at the door until there is one.

   Sugar House serves only cocktails, well, occasionally there's a small plate, but it's definitely not a place you would go for dinner, but regardless, since it's pretty much only cocktails, you don't feel rushed to finish your drink and move onto the next place. With drinks about $10 a piece, who would want to rush that anyways? 

 Left to right: Hot Buttered Rum, uhhh, I have no idea, Fake Wood Teeth (awesome!)

**Dorky Ecology t-shirt not included. 

   The price however, is worth it. The drinks are made by trained professionals zesting lemon and muddling mint, not a "mixologist" who took some 20 hour online class. For the most part, to me, liquor is liquor is liquor, I'm not very good at saying, "yes! that's awesome gin!" not because I don't care, merely because I don't have the taste buds for most liquor and simply cannot tell a difference. With that being said, half of the liquors on the Sugar House menu, I have no idea what they even are... names like Cynar and Vieux Carre Absinthe jump off the page at me as having no idea what they are. Isn't that the best part though? Trying something new? Get out there and check it out!

PEACE.LOVE.DETROIT.

-Amy