New York co-opts everything that it comes across. It drags people here from everywhere in the world; once implanted, they re-create a little piece of their home, and the tapestry of it all is an island called Manhattan. Sometimes these ex-pats come from the far reaches of the world: Malaysia, Ethiopia, or Canada, and sometimes they come from Detroit.

An overt tribute to Detroit, Motor City Bar boasts gritty nods to auto-culture, with car parts and car thoughts, bouncing about or hammered to the wall. A rock bar with a homesick tinge, Motor City placates ex-Detroiters with faux-squalor and copious beer. Mmmm, Michigan.