Detroit Bar Picked Among The Best In The Nation: USA Today List

DETROIT — A Detroit bar was picked among the best in the nation, according to a USA Today list.

Paramita Sound, a Black-owned wine bar and record shop located at 1517 Broadway St., is best known for serving Michigan wines, beers and some mixed drinks, and allowing music artists and DJs to perform.

"From a quaint space in downtown Detroit, Paramita Sound is a place that shines not solely for its bar program or its selection of wines, but for its ability to bring communities together," Lyndsay C. Green, the food writer for the Detroit Free Press told USA Today.

The bar was founded by Andrey Douthard and opened in 2014 in an abandoned house in the city's West Village neighborhood, according to its website.

After three years in that location, the bar moved to the Broadway St. location where they said was "the chance to reclaim the legendary downtown 1515 Broadway space that had formerly been a central hub for the local Detroit music scene since the early 1980s."