How well I remember my first visit to Mac’s Bar!
Located at 2700 E. Michigan Avenue between Lansing and East Lansing, my first trip inside was in the late 1970s: wall-to-wall MSU students, packed in like sardines. That’s no exaggeration! We could hardly move our way through!
The bar itself has been around since the 1940s, and was named after the owner, Clare “Mac” Mackenzie, who originally envisioned it as a saloon. Over the years it became one of the main hangouts on weekend nights for many members of the university’s student body. Mac’s reputation as a great party place soon grew, even to a proportion where some students were afraid to visit!…