In Digging Detroit’s second episode, Pete and Tom climb aboard the Detroit Bus Company’s Prohibition Tour as they examine how bars with links deep in Detroit’s history are helping metro-Detroiters rediscover their city. Special guest, historian Mickey Lyons, shares her insight and research with the guys from inside The 2 Way inn, built by Civil […]
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Digging Detroit: Three-Weeks-Old and Counting…
We’ve had a great first three weeks of existence at Digging Detroit and want to once again thank Tom Burelle, owner of Tommy’s Detroit Bar & Grill, for letting us launch our show in his basement/speakeasy. (See it again below!) We’ve had over 1,300 YouTube views, 425+ Facebook likes and 1,200 visitors to this site. […]
Digging Detroit: Episode 1 – Inside a Speakeasy – Tommy’s Detroit Bar & Grill
Read about the making of Episode 1 on Huffington Post In our first episode from October 2014, “Tommy’s,” Digging Detroit takes a look at a 170-year-old building that has served spaghetti, soldiers and gangsters. Take a look inside a speakeasy with its generous host, Tom Burelle. On March 30, 2015, Channel 4’s News also ran […]