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Missia’s Bar served
the down and out, and workers of the Kalamazoo area. Some people
remembered 2 earlier locations on N. Burdick Street, including “Missia’s
Little Red Barn.” A 1960’s Kalamazoo telephone book lists “Missia’s Bar
and Grill” at 313 N. Burdick. Racially integrated, the downtown Missia’s
of the 1980’s and 1990’s boasted a jukebox evenly dividing R and B and Country
music. A sign was put up in front proclaiming Missia’s, a “workingman’s
Bar” at a time when students and slackers started hanging out there.
During its last days in business in the early 1990’s, Missia’s hosted
local bands and a great atmosphere.
A
music
video showing antics inside the bar
for Leppotone Productions of
The Sleestacks Visualization of 'The Land of Lincoln' was filmed in the
Kalamazoo legendary Missia's Bar back in the early 90's.
Missia’s had to relocate due to Downtown re-development, and the
business, of course, never quite the same, survived only briefly on
Portage Street |
