Came by Eden East Bar this afternoon around 1:45 pm with my husband to meet a friend of mine to catch the football game (Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers). I am surprised that there are just a small number of reviews for this bar (at the time of this review) so I really didn't know what to expect. But I surprisingly enjoyed my time here.
This bar is located in a small plaza with Del Taco and Sushi Takumi, specifically located next to a cleaners. (This small plaza is also in front of the Lowe's plaza) Although I think the parking lot seems kind of on the smaller side, I honestly do not see this plaza becoming too busy because of the limited number of businesses that reside here.
Anyways, this bar is pretty small and dinky. I think the size of this bar is probably the size of a large family room of someone's house. There are some tables and some high top tables and of course bar stools at the bar as well. There is about 5 or 6 TVs, each of which were playing different football games. My friend being a huge Lion's fan, we sat in front of the flat screen playing that game.
Now one thing I have to mention about this bar is that no food is served here, just alcohol (a few beers on tap and the rest in bottles). You are welcomed to bring in your own food though. This bar is also a Detroit Lion's bar with plenty of fan collector items displayed proudly on the four walls of this place. There is even an autographed napkin on one side of the wall of a player from the Detroit Lion's team (did not see the name of the player).
When we arrived to catch the game this afternoon, the owner actually ordered a huge pizza from Aloha Pizza and brought it in for the locals coming to watch the game. From what my friend said, she is a regular here, the owner will often times bring in pizza throughout the football season which I think is very nice.
The vibe of this bar is actually friendly. The bartender who was working this afternoon (I think her name is Kelly) was friendly and good at checking up on the people sitting at the bar. There was another employee that was also helping to clear dirty glasses and checked with each patron if they would like another drink. The crowd here is a little bit older, I would say definitely mostly males in the 40-50's (but there were some younger people there as well... and I do want to mention that since this is the last Sunday of the year, this may not be the best representation of the regular crowd here since people are on vacation and spending time with family during this time of the year).
Overall, this place ended up surprising me that I actually liked my time here and didn't feel awkward and unwelcomed. I am not exactly a frequent visitor of any bar, especially a hole in the wall kind of bar. But I can see myself coming back here again to meet my friend watching another game in the future.
By the way, the woman's restroom is pretty clean here. Since there are more men at this bar (on this visit), there was actually a wait for the men's restroom. And what was really funny was this was the first time I have ever seen men using the women's restroom (on long road trips, I wished the line for the women's restroom wasn't so long but it always happens. So if there is no line for the men's, I will have my husband stand outside the men's restroom while I use it. I know I am not the only woman who does this *ahem*). read more