How do you get into The Blind Pig / 8 Ball Saloon?
We have not confirmed it. The Blind Pig / 8 Ball Saloon is in the directory because it blind pig or blind tiger, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at The Blind Pig / 8 Ball Saloon
How the venue describes itself: “Upcoming events at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Find out who’s playing when and where to get tickets!” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Jack Rose, Diamondback, and Brown Derby are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Blind Pig / 8 Ball Saloon sits
The Blind Pig / 8 Ball Saloon is in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in Washtenaw County, in the Midwest of the United States. The city sits inside the Metro Detroit metropolitan area.
Our directory currently lists five speakeasies and hidden bars in Ann Arbor. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Ann Arbor.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to The Blind Pig / 8 Ball Saloon are The Blind Pig, a few doors away, The Hidden King – Neighborhood Bar, about 200 m away, and mash, about 350 m away.
Michigan holds 36 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Michigan speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Michigan
Michigan did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1918, two years before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Michigan already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Michigan.
What the newspapers recorded in Michigan
Searching the Library of Congress run of Michigan newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Michigan:
- Alma record, February 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Charlevoix county herald, July 9, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Dearborn independent, August 28, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Alma record, April 1, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- 16:30-02:00
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach The Blind Pig / 8 Ball Saloon by phone on (734) 996-8555, through its own website, and on Instagram, Facebook, and X.
The address is 208 South First Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Blind Pig / 8 Ball Saloon we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, and opening hours. We do not yet hold a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name uses blind pig or blind tiger, the Prohibition terms.
OpenStreetMap carries this venue, contributed by a mapper; Overture Maps has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.