Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 1011 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 1:37 pm: | |
Its across from bazouki 2 , very interesting looking place. I didnt catch the name or go in. It looks like a place someone on here would own or know a lot about, anyone want to inform me? |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1655 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 4:57 pm: | |
de-mongos, the guy who owns it is messed up man |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 1012 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 5:27 pm: | |
please explain it has like old school lamps and chairs and table and stuff almost like a garage sale. and it was packed full of people. It had CAFE in its name. |
Spidergirl Member Username: Spidergirl
Post Number: 316 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 5:42 pm: | |
It's called D'Mongo's Cafe. Don't know much about it though... When did you go by it that it was packed? I've never seen it open (during regular or evening hours). The chairs are always padlocked down to the tables on the sidewalk. |
Downtownguy Member Username: Downtownguy
Post Number: 78 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 5:56 pm: | |
D'Mongos opened sometime in the 80s. I thought it closed a long time ago. |
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge
Post Number: 268 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:23 pm: | |
is that the place on the corner of the parking structure? What is that thing? It looks cool, but last time I walked by it was cleared out... looked unoccupied. |
Downtown_remix Member Username: Downtown_remix
Post Number: 518 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:23 pm: | |
ok the family recently re-opened the place, but their very quiet about it, its open on friday an sat nites,, unless theres a private party going on. Staight up throw back to the hey days. they sell ribs an chicken dinners. The staff also wear clothes from the 40s an 50's. seems as though they are slowly planting their feet in an area soon to see a new refreshd life. |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 1013 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:24 pm: | |
last night actually i was driving around downtown at about 10pm |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 1014 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:27 pm: | |
looked like a very interesting place with no cheese and plenty of character. |
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn
Post Number: 598 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 9:42 pm: | |
it is currently only open on FRIDAY nights. why do you say the owner is messed up? i spoke with him while there a couple of weeks ago. his name is Larry Mongo. seem's pretty alright. from what i gather, he has plenty of dough and just likes to hang out in his own bar once in a while. he cones off parking every friday for "VIPs" (customers he likes) and will give you a hard to find detroit weekend downtown street parking spot... |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 5542 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 9:53 pm: | |
Wow, sounds like he likes to play bar tender one night a week... ah the quirky hobbies of the idle rich! That reminds me of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France 1775-93. She had a quaint shepherd's village built amongst the park forest behind the Palace of Versailles. When she tired of the formalities of palace life, she and her attendant maids would play shepherdesses in the small village. |
Margdar Member Username: Margdar
Post Number: 12 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 11:37 pm: | |
Chitaku, what's the inside scoop on the owner? |
Reetz12 Member Username: Reetz12
Post Number: 193 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 10:29 am: | |
Was voted "Best Bar That Doesn't Appear to Exist" by Metro Times this week in their best of. |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 1016 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 - 1:01 am: | |
Yeah I just read that. Bars like that confuse and intrigue me. |
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2
Post Number: 463 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 - 1:14 am: | |
no cheese and plenty of character. hmmmm sounds intriguing. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1658 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 - 1:43 am: | |
i dont want to start rumors on here but andy i'll tell you in person what he did to my friend |