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Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

iankennedy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:01:40 -0000

Great atmosphere but it's too bad the beer tastes like ass.

Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

Vickif Solomon — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:40:57 -0000

McSorley's reminds me of Heinold's First and Last Chance in Oakland at Jack London Square, opened in 1883. The decor is very similar, except that Heinolds isn't on the level.
http://www.heinoldsfirstand...

Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

Domenic — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:10:35 -0000

Ah, that really looks nice. And I hope that one day I'll get the chance to see New York live!

Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

cha0tic — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:09:17 -0000

"How often do you get to drink in a 150 year old bar..." (OK Lincoln and Lennon didn't drink in them)

Quite often. I live in the UK :)

Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

Grandin Donovan — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:43:17 -0000

Thanks for the post - really makes me miss the NYC. Don't fall for the "oldest bar" trap, however. Dig this:

http://nymag.com/nymetro/ni...

Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

Richard Knightwell — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:39:51 -0000

As frequented by Cassidy the shiftless Irish vampire in the Preacher comic, if I remember rightly

Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

Scott Beale — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:05:35 -0000

Jeff, exactly, that's why I went during the day.

Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

troymccluresf — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:00:14 -0000

What's kinda sad is that when I tried to go a month ago, there was a line of frat boys out the door. :/

Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

Tom Lucier — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:35:00 -0000

When I was 19, I read a book called Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell.
He is one of the most magnificent biographer/descriptive observers I've ever read.
He did an entire portion of his mixed-collection book on McSorley's that left an impression indelible enough, that when I saw your post, I KNEW it was the same place. After 9 years, it is still etched in my brain.
Here's a link to the book.
You may want to check out that chapter. Since you've been there...
http://brothersjudd.com/ind...
Cheers
Tom Lucier
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Re: McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar

Jim shireman — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:35:48 -0000

When I was there back in 2001, they told us it was a favorite of Joe Kennedy back in the day as well. What a great bar!