Brass Rail the

I love the Brass Rail. I love the staff, drinks and the crazy variety of people that come stumbling in there. On any given night you might see the former mayor kickin' back some shots or the average drunk.

This place is the definition of a great dive bar. There is one pool table, in the room off to the side there is a beer pong table and popcorn, in the room in the back there are a few casino games, and big screen tvs. Good bar food and even better (CHEAP) pours.

Now that Michigan has the smoking ban, it isn't one of those overly smokey gross dives and with the internet juke box you can listen to just about anything you want.

It does get busy on certain nights during softball season and tables are pushed together and preped for the teams. Thanksgiving Eve and St. Patty's are probably the only nights that it gets kind of crazy.

This isn't the sort of place that you go to mingle and flirt with people. It's the place that you go to chill out after a long week, be greeted by name, and have some laughs with the other patrons.

I would give this place 3.5 stars if I could because their drinks are so STUPID CHEAP! A round was like $11 for 5 people. How often do you find that? The only downside is the bar puts the "dive" in "dive bar". Really just a smoky collection of tables and TVs surrounded by as many mens softball teams as possible. Not, I repeat, not a place to go lookin for love...Anyways, if you are lookin for a dive bar to get ya some sort of wasted on the cheap, this just might be yer place. Just bring an oxygen tank...