Bar Louie in Auburn Hills a great place to meet

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Dave Underwood, Matt Jeshurun and Daniel Rainey hanging out after eating lunch at Bar Louie at Great Lakes Crossing in Auburn Hills.

By DEBBIE LEVESKI
Special to The Oakland Press

Chad Apap, General Manager, Bar Louie at Great Lakes Crossing Mall in Auburn Hills.

Music blares from both entrances of Bar Louie, where two patios and an airy feeling throughout invite patrons to sit down, enjoy a drink and some homemade food, relax, have fun and meet a friend or make one anew.

“Bar Louie is the local neighborhood everything,” General Manager Chad Apap said of Bar Louie in Auburn Hills. “We have a scratch kitchen, a private dining room, specialty cocktails, over 40 draft beers and one of the best happy hours around.”

Bar Louie is in District 6 of Great Lakes Crossing Mall in Auburn Hills.

IF YOU GO

Bar Louie is open 11 a.m. to 2.a.m. Monday through Saturday for lunch, dinner and late night dining, and from 11 a.m. to midnight on Sunday. Bar Louie is at 4390 Baldwin Road, in District 6 of Great Lakes Crossing Mall in Auburn Hills. For more information call 248-409-0087, or visit http://www.barlouieamerica.com/home.

“We are known for our group gatherings, networking events and parties. Bar Louie is a place to meet old friends and make new ones at the same time,” Apap said.

Bar Louie has two entrances and two patios — one inside the mall and the other outside. With two bars, many booths, pub tables and six black leather couches, the bar/restaurant can seat more than 220 people.

Its décor includes black leather seating, warm wood table tops and walls decked out with black and white pictures of people — some with great faces like that of Rat Packers Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra — enjoying each other's company and having fun.

One afternoon three friends, Dave Underwood, Matt Jeshurun and Daniel Rainey met at Bar Louie to have lunch, relax and wind down a bit. Underwood said he picked Bar Louie as the place to have lunch at because “The vibe is good.” Continued...

Jeshurun said, “Their burgers are amazing.”

Rainey added, “I enjoy eating at Bar Louie's because they will make me a sandwich that I like and they no longer offer on the menu.”

Bar Louie's menu includes small plates or appetizers like meatballs al Forno, Adobo shrimp skewers, spinach and artichoke dip and Louie's signature appetizer — Bavarian pretzel sticks with cinnamon butter, queso and honey mustard.

The menu also includes verde chicken and roasted vegetable flatbreads and salads such as pear and bleu cheese and the BLT wedge.

The Blue Louie burger — made with bleu cheese, bacon, fresh spinach and Buffalo sauce — along with all of the burgers on the menu can be made with chicken breast, turkey burger or portobello substituted for beef.

Large plates on the menu include Drunken Fish and Chips, sesame encrusted ahi tuna, El Burrito Loco, Tuscan chicken pasta and baked mac and cheese.

The dessert menu consists of Louie's oversized chocolate cake and, for anyone 21 or older, Tennessee Whiskey cake — a fresh baked caramel cake soaked with Jack Daniel's whiskey glaze.

Specialty cocktails include Louie's Cosmo, made with Absolut Citron, orange liqueur, fresh lime juice, white cranberry juice and a splash of pure cane sugar; the Strawberry Fizz, made with SKYY, DeKuyper Razzmatazz, strawberry puree and champagne; and the Dirty, made with Belvedere, olive juice and bleu cheese olives.

Happy hour is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and includes specials on drafts, wines, martinis and half-price appetizers.

Whether it is live entertainment or tunes from CDs spinning there is always music in the air at Bar Louie. On Thursday nights, starting at 8 p.m., listen to acoustic from a local musician, and on Friday and Saturday nights starting at 9 p.m. there is dancing to local DJs and bands.

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Bar Louie in Auburn Hills a great place to meet