This shirt is a good start because it basically tells me where it came from, but what of this Dead Creek Saloon and Frankenmuth, Michigan. I purchased this shirt from Savers in Toledo, Ohio, which is 131 miles away from Frankenmuth. The city of Frankenmuth, or "Michigan's Little Bavaria," is a wholesome little tourist stop, with claims like "over 300 million visitors annually" from their visitor website. It's a village with the beauty of tacky fake Bavarian architecture combined the excitement of being in Michigan. Being a "Little Bavaria" means it has plenty of beer and establishments to drink it in. With so much alcohol, it is no wonder that several bars were fined and smashed during the Prohibition Era for selling homemade beer and wine. Those martyred bars died defending our right to party.The Dead Creek Saloon, or Tim's Dead Creek Saloon, was a bit harder to find information on but I did find a few interesting things. First off, some famous visitors include Joan Rivers and Pat Paulson, the comedian who ran for President in 1968. Some food favorites are their 1/2 lbs. burger and all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner. If you are wondering about the quality of the establishment, here is the only review I found for the Dead Creek Saloon:
"The place is a dive, the food sucks and it is by far the worst place to dine in Frankenmuth. What ever happened to the German obieance. This place is for the birds. Take the roof off, let the birds dwell there along with the adjoining city's lowlifes. This is not the place to be, eat or drink. To say it lightly, IT SUCKS!!!!"
It's not the best review to have but it did come from a person who thinks you spell "ambiance" obieance. Though, he does bring up a good point, why is a bar in "Michigan's Little Bavaria" called Dead Creek Saloon with a covered wagon as its logo. In the end, I can conclude that my shirt is mostly likely from Joan Rivers, Pat Paulson, or any of the lowlifes from Frankenmuth's adjoining cities. I personally hope it was Joan Rivers' shirt.
4 comments:
Ahh this reminds me of the tshirts I made at a Hatch print shop last weekend. Nice and old fashioned. :)
Wow Savers I didnt know they were out this way. i would visit savers in Massachusettes.
I worked at Dead Creek Saloon, actually. It's a nice, local bar outside of town where the locals can get away from the tourists.
Tim's (the Tim in Tim's Dead Creek) a great guy too. He got me a hotel room on New Years when I was too drunk to drive.
I would say visit when you go through Frankenmuth, but don't expect the done-up tourist joints. This place is just a friendly, laid-back pub for people who are maybe a bit Bavarianed-out from the festivities in town.
Very Unpleasant Experience
I took my father here last weekend for Fathers Day and we had terrible service. From what we could tell Mary the bar tender had a chip on her shoulder, we experienced some very snobbish service. I was very disappointed to have such poor service to my family just because a lady would like to be some where other than doing her job on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. We also noticed that the situation my of been caused by a guy who appeared to be her supervisor because every time we turned around these two were in a scuffle about something. By the end of the evening my mother pointed out to us that the employees were poring there own drinks and enjoying there drinks more than the customers. Well for the better side of this they did cook a decent hamburger and the town of Frankenmuth was great but we will be eating at Tiffanys pub from now on when in town.
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