the room

The building went up in 1868, and Main Street has been drinking in it, on and off the record, ever since. We took over in 2011, kept the lights low, and got back to work — a prohibition-era speakeasy and supper club, run like a good bar should be.

The kitchen cooks from scratch. The bar makes its own bitters and pours classic cocktails with a steady hand, plus a zero-proof program that gets the same care. And behind it all is The Whiskey Library — Ann Arbor’s deepest shelf, bourbon and rye alongside Scotch, Irish, and Japanese whiskey, kept seriously and poured without ceremony. On the right nights, a jazz trio plays.

No costume, no fuss. Just the room at nine o’clock, the way it has been for years.