On Jos Campau north of Caniff, there’s a bar — one of many watering holes in blue-collar Hamtramck. Since 1976 it has been called 7 Brothers Bar, but it was a bar before its current owner George Cvetanobski bought it. There’s a dart board, a pool table, a jukebox. Beers start at $2, shots at $3.50, and Cvetanobski only accepts cash. It hosts a karaoke night once a week. A couple of old TVs are perpetually tuned to sports channels. From all appearances, it’s a bar.

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