Leather, bear & cruising bars / Grand Rapids
The Cell
Closed – archive entry
A former Grand Rapids leather bar where the contest now known as Mr. Michigan Leather was first held in 1995.
01 / The story of this place
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The Cell was a Grand Rapids leather bar whose name lives on in the history of Michigan's leather community. In 1995 it hosted the first Mr. West Michigan Leather contest, which was renamed Mr. Michigan Leather in 1996 and still runs today. The bar no longer operates, and its exact address and opening and closing years are not known.
- Birthplace of Mr. Michigan Leather (1995)
- Former Grand Rapids leather bar
- Its contest lives on as Mr. Michigan Leather
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03 / Events
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