In this episode of CuriosiD, listener Collette Nutton asked the question:
“What’s the oldest bar in Detroit?”
The short answer
It’s the Two Way Inn at 17897 Mt. Elliott St. Located on the city’s northeast side amongst industrial buildings, the Two Way has been operating in the same building since 1876.
That’s according to Hamtramck-based writer Mickey Lyons, who’s carved out a name for herself as a bar and Prohibition historian focused on Detroit’s historic bars.
“When you go into Two Way, you really do get this feel of a Wild West saloon,” said Lyons, who says her research methods included newspaper archives, talking with regulars, doing tours of other historic bars and “some beers at 4 o’clock on a Tuesday.”…