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The Buzz Bar, Located @ 546 E Larned in Downtown Detroit, is the new home for the best music in Detroit. We offer music 7 nights a week and every night are open til 2am. Our kitchen specializes in pizza, along with a full menu of paninis, subs, calzones, appetizers, soups and salads. We also are a coffeehouse featuring a European style of coffee, not the fast food Starbuck style we Americans are so used to.
Music is central to Buzz. The legitimate stepchild of the now defunct Music Menu, Brothers Glenn and Gordy Novak joined with bartender Adam Laurie (Agave, The Majestic, Dick o'Dows) to bring the best, most talented musicians from all over Detroit under one roof. We stress quality over genre and offer everything from Funk, Jazz and Latin Jazz, Rock, Folk, Blues, House, Techno, Breakbeat, u name it. If its good music u can hear it at Buzz. U may not know the name on the marquee, but everytime u walk trough our doors ur will b treated to exceptional music.
We open for lunch mon-fri and currently offer an All-U-Can-Eat Pizza Buffet for $6.99, which includes an ever changing variety of pizza along with salad and bread sticks. The kitchen is open til midnight sun-thurs and til 1a fri and sat.
Buzz is an intimate space that holds 70ppl in the first floor dinning room, where we keep the turntables for DJ events, and an additonal 50ppl on the second floor, where our stage is located.
We don't aim to b the latest, greatest trend to land amongst the bevy of new bars in the city. We are forward thinkers always looking to break the mold, and not to follow but lead the way through the mediocraty of modernity. To provide a warm, good time vibe that is founded on the principals of Quality, Good Music, Community and Joy. If its music, food, booze, coffee, urbanity, vibin', watchin the game, meeting new people, or exploring the amazing place that is Detroit, Buzz has got it for ya. What's ur Buzz all about?
| Support Buzz: Metrotimes Best of Detroit Voting is on!!! |
| Sep 19, 2007 |
| Its that time of year friends, THE METROTIMES BEST OF DETROIT ONLINE POLL IS OPEN!!!...WWW.METROTIMES.COMIn our first year, Buzz came on like a bat outta hell winning SEVEN awards including Best New Nightspot. It was due in large part to all of our MySpace friends who took the time to go to www.metrotimes.com and vote for us. We were surprised and delighted when we got the results and actually set the record for the most awards won, and we were only 6 months old!We hope to do as well this year, and we need you to reprazent if were gonna do it. Particularly we're hoping for acknowledgment of our pizza in the BEST GOURMET PIZZA catagory. We still qualify for the best new nightspot catagory, and we'd love to win for BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE, JAZZ VENUE and BLUES VENUE.The people of D Troit know a good thing when they see it, and last year you proved just how intelligent u r. Buzz offers quality, not hype, and those of you that have made Buzz your home know thats the case. So speak your mind, voice your opinion, and let everyone know that Buzz is the best! Voting ends Next Wednesday 9/26 at midnight, so don't delay!And if we win, u know we're throwin a big ol' party!!!!www.metrotimes.comBzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............................................... |
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| This Week @ Buzz.... |
| Aug 16, 2007 |
| Phenomenal Shows on tap 4 u this week. And it goes a little somethin' like this....
Thursday - LARRY FRATANGEL'S ONE NATION UNDER A BUZZ and DJ JOHN ARNOLD
Friday - GUMBO: A CELEBRATION OF THE DETROIT UNDERGROUND SOUND - MC Fluent is hosting this night of soul and underground hip hop. Vocalist Melanie Rutherford killed with Goodbrother last week in Campus Martius and will draw u into her music like a snake charmer. Also performing are Black Reign, Ohkang, Assylum 7, DJ Prime Minister and Fluent. 10p, $5 Cover
Saturday - MIKHAL CALDWELL AND REALITY CHECK. Mikhal is an unreal guitarist who never plays his hometown of D Troit... Until he hooked up with Buzz. Deeply artistic as well as a world class boxer, his band reality check is packed with incredible musicians including Eric Wildhelm (who I used to jam with) who will melt ur mind with his drum work. 10p $5 Cover
Sunday - JEREMY ELLIS FREESTYLE
Monday - JOHN SINCLAIR OPEN MIC NIGHT. Upstairs living legend and activist John Sinclair will wax poetic to the sounds of his Motor City Blues Scholars. Downstairs, the mic is open for anyone to do anything they want on it. Gonna b crazy, no doubt!
Tuesday - RJ SPANGLERS BLUES AND JAZZ JAM
Wednesday afternoon @ Campus Martius - PRINCE PARTY WITH DJ REGGIE REGG. From 5-8p, pumping from the heart of Downtown Detroit City will b the funk'd'fied sound of the great purple one, Prince, mixed HARD by DJ Reggie Regg. Party in the park y'all!
Wednesday Night @ Buzz - THE THORNETTA DAVIS BAND
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| This Week @ Buzz 7/23 - 7/29 |
| Jul 23, 2007 |
| Here's the goodness:
Monday - Open Mic Night with CHRIS WHITE. Best Open Mic I've ever seen, honestly, nobody sucks!
Tuesday - The RJ Spangler Blues and Jazz Jam. This week's guests include JUSTIN WALTERS of Ann Arbor based afro-beat orquestra NOMO, KEITH KAMINSKI of THE MOTOR CITY HORNS, CHRIS CODISH of THE BROTHERS GROOVE and DUNCAN McMILLAN of THE DUNCAN McMILLAN TRANSCENDENTAL SPACE CARAVAN. Last week was insanely fun, this one ought to be just as hot if not better!
Wednesday Afternoon AT CAMPUS MARTIUS PARK 5 - 9p - THE PICKUPS wsg COUP DETROIT. This is part of our weekly concert series BUZZ BAR WEDNESDAYS @ CAMPUS MARTIUS. We bring u great music, BOOZE IN THE PARK, and one of the best locations from which to enjoy our beloved city. AND ITS FREE!!!
Wednesday Night @ Buzz - THE THORNETTA DAVIS BAND. Just can't get enough of that sweet Thornetta stuff? Me neither, and she'll be rippin up The Buzz Bar from 10p - 2a. Join us at the park, come back and party at the bar. Awesome!
Thursday - JOHN ARNOLD'S TEAM THURSDAY and LARRY FRATANGELO'S ONE NATION UNDER A BUZZ. Baddest Thursday in The D, Period!
Friday - FREAK JUICE feat TORI RUFFIN of THE TIME, OFFICIAL PRINCE "PLANET EARTH" CD RELEASE PARTY with DJ REGGIE REGG. Im all kinds of giddy on this one. Immediately following The Time and Cameo concert at Chene Park, The Guitarist of The Time will be playing Buzz with his own band, Freak Juice. Just cant say who might show up..... On the first floor, SonyBMG is in the mix with the Official Release Party for the brand new PRINCE album "Planet Earth". We'll have CD Give aways, Gift baskets with the new fragrance 3121 from The Artist himself, free raffle with lots of Sony music, and one hell of a party!
Saturday - FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY. This is a great jam band making their first appearence @ Buzz.
Sunday - JEREMY "AYRO" ELLIS FREESTYLE feat MIKE CLARK. The Master of the MPC tears up ur earholes every Sunday @ Buzz, and this week he tag teams with the master of Detroit House, DJ Mike Clark.
So very much to check out, ur gonna need a shopping cart!
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| Trey Anastaio @ Buzz |
| Aug 23, 2006 |
| When Trey Anastasio recently opened for Tom Petty @ Pine Knob, We @ The Buzz Bar had a little inside action on the show.
Skeeto Valdez, drummer from The Brothers Groove, was recently on tour with Trey and played drums on his most recent record. So Skeeto hooked us up with Tony Smith, Trey's bassist the night prior to the show, and set us up with tix and passes for the gig.
While back stage, had a special moment when Stevie Nicks popped up outta one of the dressing rooms with curlers in her hair. Shes Short!
After the show was over and I found my pants (dont ask), Trey's entire band made the long treck down I-75 to The Buzz Bar. Trey himself didn't make it down, he had some "bidness" to take care of, but the rest of the ladies and fellas got down with The Brothers Groove and burned the floorboads off the stage. It was SMOKIN!
Great days in the D, great music all around, come check it out and get down with Detroit's #1 place for Live Music.
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| Craziest Sunday Yet |
| Jul 30, 2006 |
| Sunday July 30th is a day to remember for The Buzz Bar and all those who came thru. Auxetic started the day off @ 3:00 with SunDayBeats, an afternoon of house music, cocktails, and sweet sweet air conditioning. Jennifer Xerri and em-j Dj'd all day long and a massive crowd came thru to eat, drink and dance. Thats when it got tricky...
We also do a sunday acoustic night hosted by Audra Kubat and Blair titled Bittersweet Coffeehouse. Now, house music and acoustic americana folk might not seem like a natural fit, and they really aren't. However, first came the upright bass playing along w DJ Space Ghost, then blair got on the mic and put some funkin vocals to it. Then Adam added some guitar to the mix. Blair starts into The Talking Heads "Psycho Killer" and everybody follows along, and the DJ fades out, and boom!, the night smoothly moves from house to acoustic music as if the whole thing was orchestrated.
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| Recent Amazing Stuff @ Buzz |
| Jul 21, 2006 |
| Last week had some mad musicians in the crowd. Tueday night after their gig opening for The Brand New Heavies, VAN HUNT and his band came through and got down! Van said that after this tour is done he plans to spend some extended time in The D to record and see what our music scene is all about first hand.
The very next night after opening for Jodie Wattley at Chene Park, Fusion pioneer Jeff Lorbert sat in with The Brothers Groove. Jeff is credited as being one of the first musicians to extend the reaches of modern jazz. Hip-Hop has frequently sampled Jeff's music, most prominently Notorious B.I.G and Snoop Dogg.
This shit isn't cool because we've got celebs at the bar, its cool because they're phenomenal musicians and thats something we take a lot of pride in at Buzz. Bringing the best of Detroit Music and beyond to the ears of our appreciative, music-loving city. Bzzzzzzzzzz.............. |
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The Buzz Bar Libations
The Detroit Martini
Stolichnaya Vanil, Captain Morgans, Vernors, served with ginger-stuffed olives
$9
Ginger Bubbles
Layers of Kahlúa, Champagne and Vernors poured over ice and inhaled through a straw as fast as possible!
$7
Ginger Bubbles
Layers of Kahlúa, Champagne and Vernors poured over ice and inhaled through a straw as fast as possible!
$7
Mai Tai on Steroids
Coruba Dark Rum, Amaretto, Triple Sec, pineapple juice and a splash of sour, shaken on ice
$7
The Spanish Armada
Sauza Hornitos reposado tequila and Red Bull
in a pint glass
$7.50
Soulsonic Force
Flor de Caña dry rum and pineapple juice on the rocks with a Grand Marnier Floater
$7
Pineapple 43
Licor 43, pineapple juice and a splash of roses lime juice
$5.50
French Hornitos
A twist on the classic French Whore, we use Sauza
Hornitos in place of vodka. Served as a shot.
$5.50
The Magellan Martini
Magellan Precious Gin, a hint of dry vermouth
and one olive
$9
Selections from the Coffee Bar
The Buzz Martini
Stolichnaya Vanil Vodka, Licor 43 and espresso,
chilled and served in a martini glass
$9
The Raspberry Buzz
Stolichnaya Razberi Vodka, Chambord and espresso,
martini style
$9
Café del Español
Spanish coffee made with espresso. Kahlúa, Grand Marnier and Brandy with a cinnamon-sugar rim
$7
Café de Barcelona
Licor 43, Kahlúa and Brandy, espresso, whipped cream and cinnamon-sugar melted on the rim of a snifter
$7
The Paris Hop Scotch
Grand Marnier, Butterscotch Schnapps and espresso
$7
Bricktown Cappuccino
A frothy cappuccino with Kahlúa and Grand Marnier
$7.50
The People Mover
Stoli O and espresso. Throw it back and take a ride!
$4.50
The Darkside
Coruba Dark Rum, espresso, cinnamon syrup and
rimmed with cinnamon-sugar
$5
Anastasia
Amaretto, Baileys and Espresso, chilled up
$5.50
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