Bars & clubs / Warrendale (West Side)
Gigi's
Detroit's oldest gay-owned gay bar, a West Side institution since 1973 with a basement drag cabaret and the Miss Gigi's pageant.
01 / The story of this place
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Gigi's began life as a bowling alley and then the 'Café Gigi's' supper club before becoming a gay bar in 1973, and under 1970s owner Tony Garneau it soon welcomed both men and women. The two-level bar has a drag cabaret in the basement and a dance floor upstairs, and its Saturday revue has been directed by Nickki Stevens since the 1990s. It is home to the Miss Gigi's pageant, billed as Michigan's longest-running female-impersonator title, which reaches its 53rd edition in October 2026. Since 2020 it has been owned by husbands Luis and Joshua Mandujano, and it draws a crowd mixed in age, race and gender.
- Miss Gigi's pageant, 53rd edition in Oct 2026
- Saturday cabaret drag revue
- Basement cabaret, upstairs dance floor
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Sources & fact check · Checked: 2026-09-25
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