Came here after having brunch down the street. A friend was bar hopping down in Corktown and we saw this place and said why not. The place is pretty simple and has a long bar with chairs in front of it. The back has an outdoor patio with some chairs and tables out there. The bartender at the time was amazing, serving us drinks and chit chatting with us. She was quite entertaining. She even played music that we requested. I would say come to this bar and check it out. You cannot go wrong cheap drinks and good comapny.

I had an amazing experience at Corktown Tavern recently and I just really need to give them a shout out. Every year my best friend and I have a Corktown Birthday Bar Crawl (we were born a day apart). Its super unofficial and we don't usually let the bars know we are coming in advance since we could end up changing our mind on where we wanna go. All of our friends get together (about 20-25 people) and hop around Corktown all day. In the past, we usually never made it to the last stop which is Corktown Tavern but we did this year and I am so glad. All I can really stress is that we all received excellent service. Lacey the bartender and Joe the Chef were Awesome!! They found out it was our birthday (probably from the annoying bday crowns we were wearing) and sent our group appetizers and Tiramisu cake on the house!! How awesome. We really appreciated how accommodating they were to our group and how they made us feel special. Can't wait to come back next year!!! You guys rock.

The staff is very friendly and accommodating! So glad we stopped in. The menu looks great and very affordable!

I really really dig Corktown Tavern. We've had a bad experience or two with shitty bar service from hipsters who were too cool to care, but overall this place rocks. If you've read any other reviews, I'm sure you've gathered that it's a bit divey. But I love dives, it's where I feel most at home. Talking to the bartender on our last visit, it sounds like there were some ownership/management changes lately that got rid of the food menu (so sad!) and specialty cocktails (who tf orders a fancy cocktail at a joint like this anyway??). It's ok though, stick to the basics and you'll be fine. Beer and liquor is smartly priced. Live music is upstairs, so you don't have to pay cover on those nights unless you're going up, which is nice. Great place in Corktown to grab a few cheap drinks and hang with some down to earth people. My kind of place.

I've visited a few times for some drinks and cheap eats. Draft beers are $3-$5, bottled beers are about the same. Shots are reasonable, too. I love their $2 food menu! The tots are awesome, as are the fried meatballs. First couple times, I had awesome bartenders. The last time I went, there were two hipstery hipsters behind the bar that were too cool to bother asking customers if they wanted to order a drink or anything. I hate that! Bartenders like that give Detroit a horrible name and reputation. If you're too busy listening to Motorhead and playing with studs on your oh-so-punk-rock vest, do everyone a favor and just quit your job. My expectations are now lowered after my last visit. I'll probably still stop in for day drinks, but if I see those lazy bartenders again, I'll just walk back out the door. Overall, a cool bar to hang out in for a couple hours, but don't come in with high expectations. $10 minimum to use a credit card.