I love bars. Don't get to go to them these days, thanks to the baby, and I miss it. It's not the drinking because you can do that at home much cheaper. It's the social atmosphere. It's the laughter. It's the people watching. It's the "Holy crap, I've not heard that song in forever" when the jukebox plays.
That's why the next two links make me a little sad.
At Boston's Bull & Finch, aka Cheers, Eddie Doyle was downsized by the owner. SK, I expect a full newsteam investigation into this travesty ...
After 35 years, a legendary Boston bartender is fired
And in the NY Times, there's a story about traditional Irish pubs dying, even in Ireland. And by traditional Irish pubs, I don't mean the TGIF-ified chain pubs here in America ...
In Search of a Pub
Update: Found another bar story on the NYT Web site. This one is about bars in NYC that don't have TVs.
The Few, the Proud: Pubs That Still Resist the Pull of the Television Screen
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I'll never forget the cool little Irish Pub we enjoyed in Dallas that year. I wish there were more of them.
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