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Pick Your Detroit Bars Carefully
Published 5/16/2008 by Alanah at KK Hockey
... “It’s no longer random acts, now it’s senseless acts of violence,” said Gary Kohsman, manager of Cobo Joes. Its front windows were shattered Thursday night after closing time. Kohsman said a bulletproof door was recently installed because the bar has been vandalized so many times in the past two months. The vandalism spree on Thursday also included Bookies Tavern and Cheli’s Chili, owned by Detroit Red Wing Chris Chelios. continued...

News You Can Use
Published 5/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (kanadienkyle) at IllegalCurve.com
... NHL has approved Martin Erat's new deal. The Phoenix Coyotes are using golf to grow hockey. Mike Brophy's NHL musings. Did he steal that idea from Peggy Hill? The Wild are not going to pursue Alexei Yashin. You stay classy Detroit.

Cheli's Chili robbed
Published 5/17/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... on security cameras. "(They) got in, walked around for a little bit, went from place to place, tried smashing the ATM, smashed the jukebox, smashed all the registers. They were desperate to find anything they could," Rotz said. The break-in is thought to be related to at least three other similar incidents reported downtown Friday morning. WXYZ reports that several downtown bars have been broken into, so Cheli's Chili will install bulletproof glass to prevent another smash-and-grab: May 16, WXYZ : A downtown bar popular with Detroit Red Wings fans is installing bulletproof ...