Cafe D'Mongo's Speakeasy

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Cafe D'Mongo's Speakeasy
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Cafe D'Mongo's Speakeasy
Restaurant information
Established2007 (2007)
Owner(s)Larry Mongo
Manager(s)Christine Passerini
Street address1439 Griswold Street
City Detroit
StateMichigan
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 42°20′3.31″N83°3′0.14″W / 42.3342528°N 83.0500389°W / 42.3342528; -83.0500389

Cafe D'Mongo's Speakeasy is a bar located at 1439 Griswold Street in downtown Detroit, Michigan.

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Founded in 2007, D'Mongo's, the bar was featured on Esquire TV's Best Bars in America in 2014 [1]

D'Mongo's was also featured on Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. [2] Also, Detroit-based film production company, Margrave Pictures, filmed Boris the Porkchop Thief inside D'Mongo's. [3]

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References

  1. "Best Bars In America: Detroit - Cafe d'Mongo's Speakeasy". Esquire Network. 2015-05-26. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. "Detroit Travel Guide - Bizarre Foods". Travel Channel. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  3. Rob (2015-02-07). "Boris the Porkchop Thief (2014)". Margravepictures.com. Retrieved 2017-01-02.