Kick back, grab a cold one, and join me on my quest to find the coldest beer, unique cocktails, tastiest local cuisine, live music and kick-ass jukeboxes in the bars, taverns, honky-tonks, roadhouses, and dancehalls in the country.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The 6 AM Bar (AUDIO PODCAST)
In this episode of the AA Hour, we discuss a phenomenon of the past...the bar or tavern that opens at 6 AM. I'll tell you about working in San Francisco's Chinatown with a delivery driver who (to say the least) likes a morning bracer or two (or eight). And in the early '70's, there we're plenty of spots open in the wee hours.
Now, imagine navigating this:
Through streets like this:
How do you cope? Well, SOME would stop at a place like THIS:
You can listen on the player below:
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Oh, Dennis, what a memory. A few years later we may have bumped into each other. There was a time after RHS that a buddy and myself would join his buddy (a commercial trash collector). We'd meet him down in Chinatown about 2:30ish, find his rig parked on Grant (one side on the sidewalk) in front of some bar I can't recall. It was during that period between closing and I guess that reopening at 6am. We'd play pinball and throw back a few. Ah, those were the days. Probably was '75 or '76.
I'm enjoying the Attitude Adjustment Hour. Keep 'em coming.
Oh, Dennis, what a memory. A few years later we may have bumped into each other. There was a time after RHS that a buddy and myself would join his buddy (a commercial trash collector). We'd meet him down in Chinatown about 2:30ish, find his rig parked on Grant (one side on the sidewalk) in front of some bar I can't recall. It was during that period between closing and I guess that reopening at 6am. We'd play pinball and throw back a few. Ah, those were the days. Probably was '75 or '76.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying the Attitude Adjustment Hour. Keep 'em coming.