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  • Glasses Are Hoisted Once Again at Fraunces Tavern

    01/07/2011 7:06:52 AM PST · by Pharmboy · 29 replies
    NY Times Blog ^ | January 6, 2011 | DIANE CARDWELL
    By DIANE CARDWELL It may be almost a year later than originally expected, but Fraunces Tavern, where Gen. George Washington bade farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War and where patrons have been eating and drinking on and off since 1762, has finally taken a big leap forward in its reincarnation. The bar, operated by an Irish outfit called the Porterhouse Group, opened last night for the first time since closing in February, attracting a mellow crowd of industry insiders, people who worked on the project and longtime patrons drawn to the place’s sense of history...
  • Cheers to the pub with no chrome. (A lament)

    02/05/2004 7:39:22 PM PST · by mylife · 38 replies · 177+ views
    The Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 2/6/04 | John Morgan
    Cheers to the pub with no chrome February 6, 2004 I was a fresh-faced erk in the Royal Air Force when I began my love affair with the pub. I learned how to drink and talk in the rough and ready bars down at the Belfast docks. In those days, a fellow didn't hang about when the Royal Ulster Constabulary came through the door at closing time. You put down your drink and left; there was always tomorrow. After my service in the RAF, I returned to my hometown of Liverpool to drink in The Cracke, where legend has it...