In 1992 Michael Vigodda, a photojournalist, opened Mike's Place in downtown Jerusalem.

"Mike" Pearson,[1] who won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in defusing the Suez Crisis.

In 1995, Assaf Ganzman, an Israeli blues musician and vocalist for a band called SOBO, became an owner of the bar after Vigodda returned to Canada.

[4] The other locations are in primarily secular areas of Israel where Jews do not typically keep the laws of Shabbat.

On April 30, 2003, a Palestinian suicide bombing perpetrated by British Muslims killed three civilians and wounded 50 others in Tel Aviv.