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The girl and I are wandering around the neighborhood off of Detroit...nice day...walking down some old side streets in the shore-way area.
Italian flags spray painted everywhere, little shops, some closed, old Italian businesses, light industry, some tired old homes, kids playing in the street with the lake in view..
Then we saw it...what the hell!!! Stone Mad Pub... a fortress in the middle of nowhere. This was a bizarre experience to say the least.
We arrive at this crazy place surrounded by a thick hand-layed wall..with an iron gate and Celtic style writing in the middle of italian-land. Over the wall are numerous stone table and chairs, a stone 2 story fire pit, and mosaic tiles... cobblestone parking lot
So we go inside to this fabulous walnut bar that has been rubbed with boiled linseed oil... hand blown glass fixtures ,walnut wainscoting- rich rich rich!! . Further in is the middle bar, with small intimate tables, art on the walls, more blown glass.. and then the last room...fashioned as an old trattoria, hand painted ceiling, with checked table clothes and a full indoor boccie court!!.......huh?
We order the signature Guinness...poured from a special station in a ritualistic way.
Impressive!!!.... $6.50 each...Shitty!
We move outside, order a cheaper beer for Gods sake, and split a sammy...pulled pork.
Dry, like scrape-the-plate dry. Big. No sauce, drippings, mayo...just BAD.
A richly dressed waiter tells stories- 3 years to build, 40,000 pavers ..millions of dollars.
Seated next to us is a family with crying children...the hamburger looks awesome.... too bad, and the kid couldn't finish it anyway ( should have snatched it off his plate)
Anyway ... Romantic for us to be there!... Until -
Bill time: $38.00 for 1 sammy 4 beers... and a tip.
The older crowd starts to arrive on this late Saturday afternoon...we escape this very odd, schizophrenic high priced white elephant.
No Sir...I will not pay for your construction bill...let the others do that.
Out.
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