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Mercury Rising
Real Detroit Weekly: The continuing Corktown comeback has another incredibly cool restaurant-slash-watering hole to add to it's heavy-hitting lineup. Continue reading…
Another Big Win for Michigan Ave
Curbed Detroit: Behold! This is what Mercury Burger Bar looked like the day before they opened the doors to the drunken St. Patrick's Day parade-goers on Sunday. Today, they officially opened for the first full menu day… Continue reading…
These burgers are out of this world!
Thrillist: Corktown: it’s where you used to get a bite before the Tigers game, and now it will surely be one of the stops Prince Fielder makes on his 37-burger pregame eating-crawl, thanks to Mercury Burger & Bar… Continue reading…
Classics with a twist
There's life again under the vintage Mercury Bar sign on the corner of Michigan Avenue and 14th. It's the latest step in the revival of the Corktown neighborhood overlooking the ghost of the Michigan Central Station. Continue reading…
Detroit’s burgeoning Mercury Burger & Bar is already a hit
Are there enough burger joints in the world? Will Americans ever get enough of ground cow? Apparently not, which is why Dave Steinke was forced to spend a year-and-a-half rehabbing the Mercury… Continue reading…
Detroit’s Corktown area finds life after Tiger Stadium
In the past 18 months, seven businesses, including restaurants, a hostel, a coffee shop and a cocktail bar, have opened along a neglected stretch of Michigan Avenue… Continue reading…
Corktown’s Mercury Burger Bar to extend hours to 1 am
Good news for the late-night crowd: Starting Monday, the kitchen at Corktown’s Mercury Burger & Bar will remain open until 1 a.m. daily… Continue reading…
Grab some straws and indulge in a creamy, cooling milkshake
Mercury co-owner Dave Steinke says that Mercury milkshakes are hugely popular, and Brent Forrest, a server/bartender, tells me that just about every other customer orders a shake… Continue reading…