Mickey Lyons is a Detroit-based author and historian. She writes about the social history of bars, especially the history of Detroit during Prohibition. You can find her work in local and national publications and at ProhibitionDetroit.com and DetroitDrinksHistory.com.
Detroit’s Third-Shift Bars Were a Lifeline. Now They’re a Dying Breed.
Designed to serve late-night factory workers, the city’s early-morning bars may be in steady decline, but the ones that remain are vital.
- story: Mickey Lyons
- photos: Jacob Lewkow