The Ravens Club

Name

The Ravens Club

Legal name

The Ravens Club

Website

https://theravensclub.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bar and Restaurant

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Cocktail Bars & Lounges (CRANACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cocktail Lounges & Speakeasies (MPAGAIAD)

Keywords

• Cocktail bar services
• Bar and restaurant
• Live music venue
• Craft cocktails
• Happy hour specials

Headquarters

HQ city

Ann Arbor

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Direct retail sales of cocktails, whiskey, wine, beer, and food items to consumers at the bar location. Revenue is generated through on-premise consumption, takeout orders, and delivery orders.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Ravens Club operates a single-location cocktail bar and restaurant in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, serving handcrafted cocktails, whiskey, wine, beer, and bar food. The venue supplements its food and beverage program with live music entertainment, a Monday-through-Thursday Happy Hour (4-6 PM), rotating daily specials (Industry Night, Taco Tuesday, Whiskey & Wine Wednesday), table reservations, and order pickup/delivery service.

Product overview

The Ravens Club is a bar/restaurant venue offering a unified dining and entertainment experience. The core offering centers on beverages (cocktails, whiskey, wine, beer) and food items, complemented by service features including Daily Specials (rotating Monday-Wednesday promotions), Happy Hour (Monday-Thursday 4-6 PM), Live Music entertainment, Reservations, and Order Pickup/Delivery. The venue operates as a single establishment with no modular products or separate platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cocktails
• Whiskey
• Wine
• Beer
• Food
• Happy Hour
• Daily Specials

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• HopCat: Multi-state craft beer and gastropub chain with curated beer lists and elevated bar food. Comparable in craft beverage focus and bar-led dining experience, though its center of gravity is beer rather than cocktails.
• Yard House: National upscale-casual bar and restaurant chain with extensive draft beer, cocktails, and a large menu. Overlaps with The Ravens Club on broad cocktail/beer/food offering and live-music-adjacent atmosphere, but at materially larger scale.
• Punch Bowl Social: Multi-unit bar and entertainment venue combining craft cocktails, food, and live entertainment (bowling, games). Directly comparable on the cocktail-plus-live-entertainment formula, but at national chain scale.
• Buffalo Wild Wings: National sports bar chain with a broad beer, cocktail, and wings menu serving high-traffic social occasions. Comparable on bar-centric dining with beverage-led revenue, though positioned for sports viewing rather than cocktail curation.
• Bar Louie: National cocktail-focused bar and restaurant chain offering handcrafted cocktails, shareables, and a bar-centric experience. Comparable in product mix (cocktails, food, beer) but operates at broader scale across multiple U.S. markets.

Others

• The Melting Pot: National fondue restaurant chain that anchors a significant portion of revenue on beverage sales (cocktails, wine, champagne) alongside a fixed dining experience. Loosely comparable on the alcohol-led revenue mix and event-friendly group dining.

Direct peers

• Vinology: Ann Arbor wine bar and restaurant with an extensive wine program and elevated food menu. Competes in the same downtown bar-and-bites category with overlapping beverage-led positioning.
• The Last Word: Ann Arbor cocktail bar serving craft cocktails and small plates in a craft-focused setting. Closest local analog to The Ravens Club's cocktail-led, food-accompanied model in the same downtown market.
• The Gandy Dancer: Ann Arbor upscale restaurant and bar housed in a historic train station. Competes for the same downtown dinner and cocktail occasions at a higher price point with broader food and beverage offerings.

Regional players

• Haymarket Restaurant & Bar: Independent cocktail-led bar and restaurant in a college-town urban market (Cambridge, MA). Comparable model — craft cocktails, rotating specials, food program, and a specialist beverage identity — but operates in a different metropolitan footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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