Cafe D'Mongo's Speakeasy is a bar located at 1439 Griswold Street in downtown
Detroit
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About
Founded in 2007, D'Mongo's, the bar was featured on
Esquire
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TV's ''Best Bars in America'' in 2014
D'Mongo's was also featured on ''
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
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Travel Channel
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Detroit
Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...
-based film production company, Margrave Pictures, filmed ''Boris the Porkchop Thief'' inside D'Mongo's.
See also
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Downtown Detroit
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Speakeasy
A speakeasy, also called a beer flat or blind pig or blind tiger, was an illicit establishment that sold alcoholic beverages. The term may also refer to a retro style bar that replicates aspects of historical speakeasies.
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The Purple Gang
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References
*https://www.afar.com/places/cafe-dmongos-speakeasy-detroit
*https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/05/13/cafe-dmongos-owner-gets-apology-from-man-who-damaged-business-in-downtown-detroit/
*https://web.archive.org/web/20240925180909/https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/nightlife/2017/06/28/cafe-dmongos-speakeasy-10-year-larry-mongo/431651001/
*https://punchdrink.com/articles/best-detroit-bar-larry-mongo-cafe-dmongos-speakeasy/
*https://www.michigan.org/property/cafe-dmongos-speakeasy
External links
D'Mongo's on Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre FoodsD'Mongo's voted one of Best Bars in America by EsquireD'Mongo's on Detroit EaterInterview with D'Mongo's owner Larry Mongo
{{Metro Detroit
Restaurants in Detroit
Speakeasies