The Shelter



The Shelter is an actual music venue located at 431 E. Congress St, below Saint Andrew's Hall. The film 8 Mile features a venue with the same name. from Detroit, the rapper Future hosts the underground rap battles in the film.

Background
It's where B-Rabbit goes to rap battles to fight, However, the filming was done inside a factory in the Rivertown Warehouse District, and the venue's exterior was a spruced-up building that now houses Downtown Louie's Lounge.

Backstage scenes were shot in an abandoned Rite Aid store at 1120 Griswold Street in downtown Detroit, Intermezzo, the restaurant where Alex (Brittany Murphy) worked, was located at 1435 Randolph Street, a few blocks east of the 'Shelter' exterior. It has since been closed. , Despite having to be featured in 8 Mile, this is a place that Eminem actually used to do rap battles in, a 1997 footage of Eminem rapping at The Shelter can be found here.