So, what do you do when you have two bars on the two corners of one street? Well, if you're Chris Johnson, you open up a modern, sleek new pool hall, right next door. Loving Touch, the name of the pool hall, isn't your average billiards room, though. It's new, it's modern, it's hip, it's young, and people, so far, seem to love it.
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And despite not yet having a sign and being open just three weeks,
the place has been filling up without much trouble. Perhaps it's the
unique details -- a sky-lit atrium with vines growing up the walls,
hand-carved seating made from Ferndale trees, a jigsaw puzzle pattern
on the bar, the separate booth for each pool table nook -- that brings
in the WAB/Emory faithful.
"It's the subtle things that tie
everything together," says Jenni Dietz of Ferndale. "There's a lot of
heart that went into it."
And while there are six pool tables,
"it's not your typical pool hall," says Theresa Carano of Dearborn.
"It's streamlined. And I like the wood. It's a modern pool hall."
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