If you’re a regular listener and reader of Daily Detroit, you know that we know our way around a dive bar (yes, we know it’s time to update the list). We did start in the back of Nancy Whiskey’s after all.

So, what makes a dive bar good?

Is it just the ambiance of the place? Is it the cheap drinks? Maybe a killer jukebox that is stocked with good music? All of the above?

The most important question is, can a new bar designate itself as a dive?

Devon O’Reilly joins us on the Daily Detroit podcast to discuss Second Best, one of the newest bars around town, but it also has quite a divey quality to it.

Listen in the player above to find out.

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