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Cafe D'Mongo's Speakeasy is a bar located at 1439 Griswold Street in downtown
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Founded in 2007, D'Mongo's, the bar was featured on
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Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
-based film production company, Margrave Pictures, filmed "Boris the Porkchop Thief" inside D'Mongo's.


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Downtown Detroit Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Locally, downtown tends to refer to the 1.4 square mile region bordered by M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to the west, Interstate 75 ...
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Speakeasy A speakeasy, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, is an illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages, or a retro style bar that replicates aspects of historical speakeasies. Speakeasy bars came into prominence in the United States ...
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The Purple Gang The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang, was a criminal mob of bootleggers and hijackers comprised predominantly of Jewish gangsters. They operated in Detroit, Michigan, during the 1920s of the Prohibition era and came to be Detro ...


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D'Mongo's on Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods

D'Mongo's voted one of Best Bars in America by Esquire

D'Mongo's on Detroit Eater

Interview with D'Mongo's owner Larry Mongo
{{Metro Detroit Restaurants in Detroit Culture of Detroit Speakeasies