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Rusty Nail Lounge
First, try refreshing the page and clicking Current Location again. Make sure you click Allow or Grant Permissions if your browser asks for your location.The neighborhood bar that has called Ford Road home since 1976 reopened lastweek following a five-month COVID-19-related shutdown and, boy, wereits long list of familiar customers ecstatic.
"One regular came up to me Thursday night and said, 'All is right with the world now that the Rusty Nail is open', " said Amy Johnson, who owns the establishment with her husband John. "I think everybody is excited to get some normalcy back in their lives."
Keith Craig, who frequents the Rusty Nail at least twice a week with his wife Debi, said waiting for the 5 p.m. Aug. 28 "soft" reopening was similar to Christmas Eve.
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"Debi and I were looking at each other at noon, saying, 'Gosh, we still have to wait five more hours', " Craig said, smiling. "The people in this place— the owners, regulars, wait staff— are like family to us. I can't remember walking in here and not seeing somebody I knew.
"I could come up here by myself and feel comfortable. I'd sit at the bar and in a couple of minutes, I'd be carrying on a conversation with somebody."
"They have the best burgers in the state, bar none, " he said. "A lot of people think Miller's in Dearborn has the best burgers, but it's the Rusty Nail, hands down."
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One generation of the Johnson family has operated the Rusty Nail since 1976, the first year it opened. The close-to-90-year-old building was formerly home to the Economy Lounge (approximately 1970-1976) and the Breeze Inn, which opened in the 1930s, John Johnson estimated.
"When the Rusty Nail first opened in 1976, Ford Road was still two lanes and across the street there were woods and fields, " Johnson reminisced as he looked across the now-five-lane Ford Road at an Arby's, Firestone and national-chain businesses as far as the eye could see.
"I always knew we'd be OK, " Johnson said. "But we were in damage control the first two months, that's for sure. I'm excited to be open again, but at the same time, it's a little stressful. It's more complicated (than before theCOVID-19 pandemic)."
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Days before Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allowed the reopening of restaurants in early-June, Johnsondecided to begin a series of renovations on the 90-year-old building, thinking the reopening wouldn't be for several more weeks.
"We thought we had some time, so we replaced the entire service station, which had to be custom built, " he explained. "It took three months to get it done, which is a lot longer than we had anticipated. It just seemed like there were setbacks after setbacks after setbacks."
"Once we started the renovations, " Amy Johnson added, "there was no turning back. Thankfully, everything is good to go now, knock on wood."
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The interior and exterior of the lounge has changed, with new carpeting, tables and flooring installed. An outdoor eating/drinking space has also been added with tables covered by umbrellas, and the parking lot has been repaved.
"Even though a lot has changed, it's still the good ol' Rusty Nail, " said longtime regular Ginny Spaniak, who added that she didn't visit other local bars/restaurants during the shutdown, preferring to wait for her special place to reopen.
"This place is like family, " Spaniak continued. "It's the total package: great food, wonderful staff and a warm, welcoming atmosphere. I can't put into words how much I missed this place."
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