There have been a lot of improvements made since I lived in town, but it's still Macs. That means it's dark and loud, locals run wild and the new generation has their drama. That being said
The new management seems to care about service quality in a way that is almost opposite to the Macs of 2001. I hope you guys keep doing well, but please have some maintenance and leveling done to the pinball machines. Thanks for the cider!
It was a punk joint, not particularly nice, but good bands. Guiness on draft, so, I liked the place.
This place is for the adventurous.. We went in to have a quick drink and to check out the crowd. It is a little grimy. but, we didn't mind. The drinks were cheap and good pours and everyone was friendly! They occasionally have shows there with a cover charge.
Little hole in the wall bar that will always be my favorite in Lansing. I grew up going to this bar for all ages shows and didn't stop once I was legal. Always friendly service and great drink options.
Great place for music. Good sound equipment. Kinda small. Staff is very friendly.
Sorry to see that this place has lost its mojo from the 70's & 80's. A live music bar? No way! When I was getting my degree @ MSU and when I was a young alum this place got fueled by a great and loud jukebox. The music infused the patrons with copious amounts of energy and led to a wild and crazy atmosphere . This was magnified on post football game Saturday's. We would spend hours in there drinking cheap draft beer by the pitcher, and having more fun than should be allowed. This of course led to several chance encounters with, in my case, the lovely ladies. What more can you ask from a bar?? Sadly I heard they got busted one too many times for serving to minors which caused them to close and re-open as just another bar. No doubt the brief period between 1972 and 1978, when the drinking age was 18 led to the bar relying too heavily on minors for a substantial part of their revenue. Looks like it will never be the same. I only gave it the third star because of its past greatness. RIP The Macs Bar of my youth.
Always go watch hot muligan here. Awsome place to go see a show. Its a small venue which makes the showes that much better. The picture is from the band "free throw"
Wow words cannot describe how awful this place is, the service at the bar is terrible. I got kicked out because i happened to be in the bathroom while some people were trying to get some extra buzz going in the bathroom. I was just going pee???? I cannot describe how unintelligent these bouncers are but wow. Complete ignorant guys to be honest, i wasted my money here for nothing because of the bouncers did not know how to handle this. This place needs to get their stuff together otherwise i see this failing.
Small, but if you want to hear live music this is one of the few places left. They bring in acts from all over the United States. Sometimes pretty eclectic.
It's very dive bar-like. It could be a lot cleaner (dust in the speaker caused a small fire recently). Bathrooms are interestingClean, but dim. The drinks are priced well. The stage is small but the sound and lights are good. It's a comfortable local place. It could just use a few updates.