The Downtowner

This is a good bar downtown in the Soo. Nice bartenders, very cheap drinks and free peanuts. Great atmosphere, with nice pool tables and stuff if you're bored. The rootbeer floats (licorace liquor and beer) are great!

My memory is a bit fuzzy -- too many Wolverine shots, perhaps.  This is your classic Midwestern dive bar.  Cheap, cold beer.  Fruity and strong shots.  Top 40 music, and obviously, a festive local crowd (not much too do on the American side of The Soo).  And, more importantly, a mysterious jar of pickled eggs that's on the bar counter.  I was here for one last farewell before my buddy got married.  No one even triple dog dared me to eat a pickled egg.  I just did it.  Perhaps a little too much liquid courage on my part.  I have the photographic proof of my eating the egg and my horrified looks of disgust.  I have no regrets.  If you find yourself in Soo, Michigan, definitely check this place out.