Mulligans Pub, 1518 Wealthy St SE Grand Rapids To understand Mulligans Pub is to first understand the neighborhood it sits in. Eastown, which has a gravitational pull that attracts degenerates and miscreants alike, with some hipster rufians thrown in there for good measure. This bar is welcoming to everybody, but caters to this specific clientele quite exquisitely. Take a walk down Wealthy St past the kids with bad mustaches smoking american spirits, the girls who look like they got dressed in the dark, and a panhandler or 3, and you will make it to the somewhat discreet entrance. I say somewhat because there is usually a crowd of people outside since the smoking ban. Hold your breath so as not to catch a contact buzz. Time for your grand entrance! You might as well keep holding your breath, because upon entry, the foul stench of B.O. and vomit soaked carpet will permeate your nose holes. After getting IDd by the seedy bouncer you are free to relish at the large rectangular bar where you will gaze upon every creed color and religion drowning their sorrows in PBR. Mulligans pub is continually in the running for #1 PBR bar in America. $4 pitchers ($3 on some nights) will do that. They also specialize in their own shot, a Mullys Stew, for only $2. If you ask, theyll light it on fire, and call you a douchebag. Dont stop there. Take a look around and realize you are surrounded by the crappiest sharpie grafitti this side of the Mississippi. Ive written my name + (insert random girls name here) more times than I can remember. Like I said, shots are cheap here. A gaze at the ceiling will reveal a hundreds of pinned on dollar bills. Some nights you will witness idiots with darts also try to stab their dollar in the ceiling. The vibe is dark, smelly, and loud, usually with bad rock/metal music, but there are TVs a plenty for sports fans, and it actually gets pretty packed for Tigers and Red Wings playoffs. Too bad the Lions and Pistons are perennially crummy. Other nights it will play TV shows over the loudspeakers, they had a Walking Dead following for awhile. Truly caters to its patrons, which are quite diverse. You can sit next to a vegan stoner who only talks about almond milk and free trade, the Kendall student whos parents still pay for everything, or the 40 year old divorced guy coming here because he used to come here all the time in the 90s, when it was The Intersection. The rest of the bar is filled with the aforementioned degenerates and hipster rufians. Its part of the charm. GR tries to portray it self as squeaky clean and Republican. Downtown. Mulligans Pub is the anti downtown. And it shows. People here just dont care. You can bring your dog in. You can buy tamales from a stranger roaming the aisles with a cooler. On Sundays, you can eat off their free bloody Mary and hot dog bar, if you are brave enough to eat anything that comes out of Mulligans Pub. After a night a debauchery most souls just opt to fill their colons with Yesterdog and regret, located right across the street.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:33:48 +0000
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