When John passed away, his wife took over the bar, then his son, and eventually his daughter-in-law, Lois Breidenstein. The Bird Bar and Grill has remained within the Breidenstein family ever since its founding. (Left to right) Managers Ben Breidenstein,Stacy Rabish, DJ Blizzard, and owner Lois Breidenstein stand in their family’s bar at The Bird Bar and Grill. When college students began to frequent the bar, they nicknamed it The Bird - a name it has been known by ever since. This change in location prompted Breidenstein to rename the bar The Flamingo Cocktail Lounge. Pleasant but, a few years later he relocated the bar to South Main Street, where it still stands today. Breidenstein opened the Rathskeller in the basement of the Bennet Hotel in downtown Mt. Pleasant, MIĮighty-seven years ago, in 1933, John Breidenstein founded The Bird Bar and Grill, though it was originally named The Rathskeller. You don’t see people in a bad mood that day.Īddress: 808 N Mission St, Mt. “It’s a really happy day, everyone’s there to have a good time. “Our biggest celebration day is Saint Patrick’s Day,” says Faulkner. Throughout the years, The Green Spot Pub has been best known for its Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations which today entail several hundred pounds of corned beef and green beer on tap. “Most everybody that’s owned the bar has been proud of it and continued the traditions of the people before them - as I have done,” says Faulkner. Hanging up in the bar, Faulkner has pictures and maps of Ireland as well as a painting of the bar’s former owner, who was nicknamed the Leprechaun. Outside of The Green Spot PubFaulkner has done his best to stay true to the traditions and atmosphere established by the bar’s previous owners.
Today, The Green Spot Pub is owned by Mike Faulkner who bought the bar in October of 1994. Pleasant’s bars, The Green Spot Pub was founded in 1933 directly after the end of prohibition. Some of those establishments continue to be prominent in the community today but given their storied histories, there’s more to these local staples than meets the eye.
Prohibition had just ended, and in its wake a myriad of pubs and bars were popping up all over town.
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