Delicato’s book noted that the joint was named after the original owner, Bill Epps, who “knocked down interior walls of the 1921 three-storefront building to create a house of recreation.” According to author Armando Delicato in his book Detroit's Cass Corridor (Images of America), 'in a previous incarnation, the bar was infamous for drag shows and was a hot spot for Detroit’s gay nightlife from the 1950s to the 1980s.'
Wayne State University is no exception.Īmong the “Wayne State Watering Holes” students should know (and alumni remember) are: Whether you go there because “everybody knows your name and they’re always glad you came,” or you sit down at a place where “it’s quarter to three and there’s no one in the place except you and me,” watering holes play a major role in the life of any campus.
