Other former Miss Gigi’s, like Lady T Tempest, Renee Peters and Edie Franklin, were regular performers at the time. The bar had already been open for 16 years and the reigning Miss Gigi’s was Peaches LaFleur, long since deceased but remembered for terrific numbers such as Tina Turner’s “I Can’t Stand the Rain,” which she performed holding the spine of an umbrella with tattered pieces of tarp hanging from the end of the spokes. I was 17 in 1989 when I made my first trip to Gigi’s just off Southfield on Warren Road. Though I don’t go out much these days, I still consider Gigi’s my home bar. It’s a place where everybody knows your name – or at least your alias. And key staff members and former title holders, dating back to the ’70s, still continue to come regularly. Folks who go to Gigi’s seem to come back again and again through the years. Partly, Gigi’s retains its charm thanks to its family atmosphere. It’s a business that has changed dramatically over the past five decades, but the core that has kept patrons coming back remains intact. Gigi’s, one of the most beloved and respected gay bars on the Michigan map, is celebrating a milestone few venues manage to reach - 50 years in the business.
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