Most Nostalgic Bar You Ever Had A Drink In

[BunnysBastatrds 2,307]

Lafittes Black-Smith Shop. It’s been here since 1722. Pretty amazing when you realize it’s over three hundred years old. 
 You’re find for a spirit?

[Bier Meister 1,655]

Nostalgic for me…

Tradr Sam in San Francisco.

https://tradr-sam.restaurants-world.com/

used to be a dive tiki bar we would be allowed in to in high school. I still love it. yuge rum drinks.

About 15 yrs ago it started getting popular

 

I have been to many iconic bars around the US and Europe

[Hardcore troubadour 14,910]

Mons Venus.  Anchor Bar

[MDC 7,115]

Fergies Pub. I love this place:

https://www.fergies.com/

[IGotWorms 4,057]

Probably the Salty Dawg in Homer, AK. Just a great old fashioned AK dive bar out on the spit.

Been to a few in NYC as well that were pretty cool. Some of them were kinda touristy whereas others had great authentic vibes.  Can’t remember which was which though. Been to others in DC and Boston but didn’t like those as much because, ladder climbers and Massholes 

[Death 300]

Union Bay Oyster House in Boston.

http://www.unionoysterhouse.com/

[Fireballer 2,639]

Jigger Inn- St Andrews

[lickin_starfish 1,889]

That super old one in Boston. I don't remember the name of it, because I don't give that many schits about drinking in bars.

[jerryskids 6,550]

1 hour ago, Death said:

Union Bay Oyster House in Boston.

http://www.unionoysterhouse.com/

Hmm, I wonder if I've been there.  I was in Cambridge 4 years for college, and mostly went to fraternity parties because I was poor, but I occasionally went to some Faneuil Hall bars when I went to the Bahston Gahden for events. 

[thegeneral 2,883]

Augustiner

Beer hall in Salzburg. Grab a mug when you walk in rinse it out and hand it to this dude who probably pours 1000 gallons a day

Delicious 

[Bier Meister 1,655]

23 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Augustiner

Beer hall in Salzburg. Grab a mug when you walk in rinse it out and hand it to this dude who probably pours 1000 gallons a day

Delicious 

One of my favorites!

 

edit: also enjoy the one in Munich (not related).

[thegeneral 2,883]

21 minutes ago, Bier Meister said:

One of my favorites!

 

edit: also enjoy the one in Munich (not related).

Hard to beat either of these settings. Just remember the beer at this spot being so good.

Toronado not too bad either!

[Hardcore troubadour 14,910]

Triple O’s in south Boston. Whitey Bulgers hangout. 

[MDC 7,115]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

Hmm, I wonder if I've been there.  I was in Cambridge 4 years for college, and mostly went to fraternity parties because I was poor, but I occasionally went to some Faneuil Hall bars when I went to the Bahston Gahden for events. 

I was there in 2018 for work. I don’t remember anything about the food but the atmosphere was great.

[Bier Meister 1,655]

While not as well known, my favorite bier drinking experience in Germany was at a converted monastery:

 

https://kloster-kreuzberg.de/

 

 

[Maximum Overkill 1,738]

Quiet Mon in St. John, Virgin Islands 

Recently closed but it was an awesome local dive bar 

[frank 2,276]

6 minutes ago, Maximum Overkill said:

Quiet Mon 

That’s what Bob Marley said when he was trying to sleep. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,910]

Hogs Breath Key West, Mothers Chicago, Gibsons Chicago. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,910]

Brass Rail Toronto 

[thegeneral 2,883]

Punch Bowl at Bandon Dunes

The beer was some seasonal IPA served from an Airstream. But the setting after just finishing Bandon Trails about an hour or two before twilight was about as perfect as life can be as far as I’m concerned.

This spot is a huge putting green with a bunch of holes put in to make a “course”.

There was a huge group of older dudes all getting hammered playing. They were acting as you’d expect having a great time.

At one point a piece of paper blew over towards us that I went to pick, it was a 10,000 dollar wrapper. Noticed one of the dudes had a Crown Royal bag that I deduced had at least 10k.

My group was betting one dollar a hole

[Bier Meister 1,655]

6 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Hogs Breath Key West, Mothers Chicago, Gibsons Chicago. 

2 out of 3

[jerryskids 6,550]

12 minutes ago, MDC said:

I was there in 2018 for work. I don’t remember anything about the food but the atmosphere was great.

This place may be where Bob Ryan, famous NBA sports journalist, almost started a fight with me after a Celtics game, because I told him that if Larry Bird were black, he'd be just another very good player.  This was the late 80s.  We were both drunk.  Good times.   

[jerryskids 6,550]

5 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Punch Bowl at Bandon Dunes

The beer was some seasonal IPA. But the setting after just finishing Bandon Trails about an hour or two before twilight was about as perfect as life can be as far as I’m concerned.

This spot is a huge putting green with a bunch of holes put in to make a “course”.

There was a huge group of older dudes all getting hammered playing. They were acting as you’d expect having a great time.

At one point a piece of paper blew over towards us that I went to pick, it was a 10,000 dollar wrapper. Noticed one of the dudes had a Crown Royal bag that I deduced had at least 10k.

My group was betting one dollar a hole

That place is great!  My next door neighbor has a second house in Bandon Dunes (literally, one of I think 30-ish houses on the Bandon Dunes property, 5 minute drive from the clubhouse).  I went up in June 2023 with him, we played Sheep Ranch, the short/free par 3 course, and hit a bunch of balls at the awesome range.

And we played the Punch Bowl.  There is a little cabana bar at the "course," is that what you are referring to?  Or the restaurant above it?  Anyway, I beat him and won his red Bandon Dunes ball cap.  

Not sure I'd call that a nostalgic bar, but that putting green/course is phenomenal.

 

[thegeneral 2,883]

9 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

That place is great!  My next door neighbor has a second house in Bandon Dunes (literally, one of I think 30-ish houses on the Bandon Dunes property, 5 minute drive from the clubhouse).  I went up in June 2023 with him, we played Sheep Ranch, the short/free par 3 course, and hit a bunch of balls at the awesome range.

And we played the Punch Bowl.  There is a little cabana bar at the "course," is that what you are referring to?  Or the restaurant above it?  Anyway, I beat him and won his red Bandon Dunes ball cap.  

Not sure I'd call that a nostalgic bar, but that putting green/course is phenomenal.

 

Yeah that little Airstream trailer that they were serving out of. When I was there the server was running drinks out to people. I imagine she does pretty well on tips. 

I was thinking of places where I had a drink that was served to me that was memorable and this one (along with the Salzburg place) came to mind.

I distinctly remember standing in the middle of that place, air temp was perfect, had just walked 18, and was thinking I want to live here…like right where I was standing

Very nice having a buddy with a place there. I’d make sure he’s on your Xmas card list maybe send a fruit basket. One of the those experiences that lived up to the hype which is rare. Everything about that place was top notch.

 

[kutulu 1,659]

Moe's Tavern

[Hardcore troubadour 14,910]

Beefsteak Charlie’s at Madison square garden. 

[SUXBNME 1,454]

Stonewall Inn 

[Maximum Overkill 1,738]

Gilleys, Texas 

[MLCKAA 540]

Slippery Noodle Inn

Indianapolis, IN

[Bier Meister 1,655]

10 minutes ago, MLCKAA said:

Slippery Noodle Inn

Indianapolis, IN

They really know how to pull noodles over there!

[MLCKAA 540]

57 minutes ago, Bier Meister said:

They really know how to pull noodles over there!

Indeed.

[seafoam1 2,798]

"Nostalgic."   I think you mean tourist trap.

[patweisers44 815]

19 hours ago, jerryskids said:

This place may be where Bob Ryan, famous NBA sports journalist, almost started a fight with me after a Celtics game, because I told him that if Larry Bird were black, he'd be just another very good player.  This was the late 80s.  We were both drunk.  Good times.   

'Skids is Dennis Rodman?   The Worm took crap from more than Bob Ryan for voicing the exact same sentiment.  

[jerryskids 6,550]

I had a drink at the Long Bar in the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, where the Singapore Sling was created..

https://www.raffles.com/singapore/dining/long-bar/

[BiPolarBear 483]

I had a beer at the Middleton Tavern in Annapolis, MD which opened in 1750, it was very cool. 

My favorite is the Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington DC founded in 1856. They still have the open flame gas lights instead of elecrtic light bulbs. President Grant used to drink there. Pleanty of congressmen hang. 

I have also drank at the Swallows Bar in San Juan Capistrano, CA. It has been in lots of movies. 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,307]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

I had a drink at the Long Bar in the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, where the Singapore Sling was created..

https://www.raffles.com/singapore/dining/long-bar/

 I had a drink (three cause the light weights were poosays and I had to drink there’s) at  Pirates Alley behind St. Louis cathedral.Home of the absinthe drink. has been around since the early eighteen hundreds. 
 

 

[wiffleball 4,788]

The Stonewall Inn. 

 

Look it up. 

[Thornton Melon 603]

2 minutes ago, wiffleball said:

The Stonewall Inn. 

 

Look it up. 

Yeah, all you have to do is look up 10 posts

[wiffleball 4,788]

1 hour ago, Thornton Melon said:

Yeah, all you have to do is look up 10 posts

Aw, dammit!

[The PosterFormerlyKnownAs 78]

Ye olde Cheshire Cheese, London, rebuilt 1667. Great smokey fireplace, hand drawn pint, but unfortunately overrun by bloody American tourists.