Anchor Bar in Detroit has temporarily closed

The legendary Anchor Bar, one of the historic bars in downtown Detroit, has temporarily closed. An article posted on his Facebook page on Friday read: “Unfortunately, we have temporarily closed and hope to serve you again soon!”

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Earlier this week, another post on her Facebook page announced the bar’s happy hour deals at $ 4, 1/2 pitchers of beer, and $ 7 Bar Bites specials.

The iconic bar is known as a meeting place for downtown workers, Red Wing fans and journalists. It reopened in March 2021 after an eight-month shutdown, citing sluggishness in business due to hotel closings and the lack of conventions at Huntington Place, formerly the TCF Center, while the convention center was used as field hospital. Michigan restaurants and bars have also been closed to indoor dining to prevent the spread of the coronavirus from November 17 through February. 1. During closing, the bar updated the menu.

Birmingham-based Iconic Collection is the hotel group that owns and operates Anchor Bar, as well as several Detroit Metro restaurants, including Detroit Park and Fountain at Campus Martius Park, 220 Merrill, Rose Room at 220, DoubleTree Bloomfield Hills Detroit, Zalman’s Delicatessen and The Duke, according to its website.

Developer Zaid Elia is the founder and CEO of the Iconic Collection, which purchased the Anchor Bar in 2018 from the Derderian family who had owned it since 1959.

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The Iconic Anchor Bar has been listed as the recipient of more than $ 450,000 from a $ 28.6 billion federal fund to help restaurants nationwide recoup losses from the pandemic. More than $ 780 million has been distributed by the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, or RFF, to nearly 3,300 restaurants across Michigan. The Small Business Administration released the list of recipients last July, damaging thousands of restaurants across Michigan that applied and got nothing from the fund. Some have been promised funds, only to have them withdrawn.

Calls and messages to the anchor bar were not answered or returned.

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