Detroit area bars and restaurants serving boozy frozen beverages

SUMMER

Pinky's Rooftop serves boozy Ice Pops served in a large wine glass, as well as the Dancing Raspberries, made of Prosecco, St. Germaine raspberry liquor, and "smoking" dry ice.

n UFO Factory

2110 Trumbull St., Detroit; ufofactory.com Cool o on UFO Factory’s cloud deck with one of the club’s summery drinks. The Beach Boi comes frozen and is composed of dark rum, fernet, coconut cream, tamarind, fresh lime, and is described as a favorite of amaro lovers and the discerning palates of service industry folks. Well, damn. Catch you in the clouds.

n MotorCity Wine

1949 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-483-7283; motorcitywine.com MotorCity Wine has one of the more unique frozen boozy beverages in town, and that’s because they o er wine and sangria slushies just like the good lord intended. For their highly boozy slushie, they don’t use the bottom shelf wine. Instead, they use open bottles from the pour list and add some passionfruit and well, the rest is history. Frozen, boozy history.

n The Skip

The Belt, Detroit; theskipdetroit.com This tropical cocktail bar located in the Belt is a must-visit for anyone to cool down while also looking very cool. Of The Skip’s tropical, refreshing, and boozy bevs, it’s the watermelon Frosé (that’s frozen rosé for the uninitiated) that might be the most summery drink in town.

Detroit area bars and restaurants serving boozy frozen

beverages to beat the heat

n Taqueria Mi Pueblo

7278 Dix St., Detroit; 313-841-3315; mipueblorestaurant.com This family-owned Mexican mainstay serves up massive goblet-sized margaritas that can be served on the rocks or blended, and come in a variety of flavors. They also have daiquiris, which also come blended, as well as a whole delicious, boozy mess of classic Mexican cocktails, beers, and other concoctions.

n Browndog Barlor & Restaurant

120 E. Main St., Northville; 248-675-8596; browndogbarlor.com Some restaurants are within a destination city, while others, like Browndog Barlor, are the destination. It specializes in craft ice cream and creative liquor combinations, and each of their hand-scooped milkshakes are topped with house-made whipped cream.

n Mercury Burger Bar

2163 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-964-5000; mercuryburgerbar.com At first glance, dairy and booze may not seem like a desirable combination. Upon first taste, however, it’s clear that Mercury Burger Bar has

stumbled on something remarkable: the boozy milkshake. Made with Guernsey ice cream, their o erings include the Southern S’More featuring Mercury’s signature s’more shake base with Bulleit Bourbon; The Funky Monkey made with chocolate, Bailey’s, and 99 Bananas liquor; and, a Detroit classic, the Hummer, comes with vanilla ice cream, a shot of Cafe Lolita, dark rum, and whipped cream.

n Batch Brewing

1400 Porter St., Detroit; 313-338-8008; batchbrewingcompany.com Batch Brewing has all the beer to keep you hoppy, including some very frozen options. Sure, they’ve got their standard beer slushie (who knew you could even do that?), but they also have a raspberry beer slushie, which combines its ZRBBT (a gose beer with raspberry, milk sugar, coriander, and sea salt) mixed with simple syrup and vanilla. The only downside is they don’t o er bucketsized servings, but that’s probably for the best, medically speaking.

n Motor City Gas

325 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak; 248-599-1427; motorcitygas.com If a revolving variety of small batch whiskey made in-house is your bag, along with bourbons, heirloom styles, and moonshine, Royal Oak’s Motor City Gas is your spot. But there’s more: they have something called a bourbon creamsicle slushie, and for that we will never be the same.

n Honest John’s

488 Selden St., Detroit; 313-832-5646; honestjohnsdetroit.com Ditch that FOMO for a big ol’ glass of FROMO — which is always on the menu at Honest John’s, where hangovers are both made and cured. Oh, but back to the FROMO: For mimosa lovers, HJ’s frozen mimosas come in classic orange juice and strawberry varieties.

n Detroit Fleat

1820 E. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; 248-607-7611; detroitfleat.com Listen up, slushie heads, this one’s for you! Detroit Fleat, Ferndale’s food truck park, has a rotating selection of spiked slushies, er, slooshies, in mouth-watering, liver-stressing flavors like blueberry lemon, peach cobbler, salty dog, blue mother trucker, French Martini, caramel apple, pineapple upside down cake, Superman, and so many more.

n Bobcat Bonnie’s

Various locations; bobcatbonnies.com This locally-owned chain of veggie-friendly, hangover-curing gastropubs always have frozen boozy bevs on tap and, and lucky for us each Bobcat Bonnie’s location has their own unique o erings so you can keep your tastebuds — and alcohol tolerances — on the up and up.

n Pinky’s Rooftop

100 S. Main St., Royal Oak; 248-291-6506; pinkysroyaloak.com Get the ol’ Instagram machine fired up because Pinky’s Rooftop in Royal Oak is the picture perfect — and very pink — place to beat the heat. In addition to eclectic small plates and colorful cocktails, Pinky’ also has what they call Pinky’s Ice Pops. Hardly the popsicle of your childhood, these treats come with a base of either brut rose or prosecco and your choice of “pop,” which includes raspberry bubble vodka, mango bango rum, or strawberry lavender gin, served in a big wine glass. It also has a drink called the Dancing Raspberries, made of Prosecco, St. Germaine raspberry liquor, and “smoking” dry ice.

n Grandma Bob’s

2135 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-315-3177; grandmabobs.com Pizza and a milkshake with a buzz? That’s what’s on deck at Grandma Bob’s in Corktown. In addition to creative and veganfriendly pizza pies (the Big Mack tastes just like a Big Mac, for real), Grandma Bob’s has a selection of boozy milkshakes that grandma would likely not approve of. There’s the chocolate fernet, chocolate Baileys and strawberry shake, a vegan fernet menta, and the white blossom, which comes with vegan vanilla ice cream, Valentine White Blossom vodka, and lavender syrup, topped with almond whipped cream and fruity pebbles.

n Detroit City Distillery

2462 Riopelle St., Detroit; 313-338-3760; detroitcitydistillery.com This Eastern Market distillery keeps it chill in the summer with a selection of boozy popsicles including the Trainwreck (Gilded Age Vodka, Michigan cherry, raspberry, lemon), Bananaphone (Summer Rum, banana, lime, molasses spice), Blueberry Gimlet (Railroad Gin, blueberry, lime), and the Whiskey Sour (Bloodline Whiskey, strawberry, lemon, lucuma).

n The Grotto

303 S. Ashley St., Ann Arbor; 734-369-4212; thegrottobar.com The Grotto in Ann Arbor has a special message for lovers of boozy frozen bevs: margarita and mojito slushies. That’s it. That’s the blurb.

n Port

116 E. Troy St., Ferndale; 248-546-3696; portferndale.com We apologize in advance for the song that is likely about to enter your brain and refuse to leave, which could jeopardize your relationships, career, and general mental health, but if you like Piña Coladas... and gettin’ caught in the rain… Ferndal’s Port has frozen and blended goods. (Hey, we said we’re sorry.)

n Valentine Distilling Co.

Cocktail Lounge

161 Vester Ave., Ferndale; 248-629-9951; valentinedistilling.com Get sloshed on slush at Valentine Distilling Company’s cocktail lounge, where they serve up a Detroit-inspired slushie. The distillery uses its Liberator gin paired with Vernor’s ginger ale, with a hint of raspberry and lime juice.

n MGM Grand Detroit

1777 Third St., Detroit; 877-888-2121; mgmgranddetroit.com Most of life is a gamble, right? Every decision has a consequence. Some things, however, such as ordering a cool boozy treat from MGM Grand Detroit’s 32° lounge, are instantly rewarding. Frozen daiquiris, margaritas, and frozen craft brews are among its frosty o erings.

n The Charlevoix

14927 Charlevoix St.,

Grosse Pointe Park; 313-458-8448; thecharlevoix.com In addition to o ering frosé, a frozen margarita , and a frozen mule, Jim Beam orange-based frozen drink made with vanilla vodka, amaretto, and citrus called Fred the Push. Might as well push that drink right into our faces, Fred.