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Favorite Classic Bar Names
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This is another one of those I-tell-mine-you-tell-yours threads which came to mind when random rambling thoughts this afternoon led to contemplation of somewhat common bar names I'm fond of. Add any classics you can think of. The ones I could shake out: Harbor Lights The Hobnobber The Lamp Lighter The Beachcomber The Amber Light (Obviously I like the idea of a place with a light in it.) |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 2:31 AM
classics: the office the library the dew drop inn the queen's head (a gay pub here in london) the bunghole (not a gay pub not but still here in london) |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 3:27 AM
My possible all-time fave is a long-gone San Francisco jazz club of the 40's: The Dawn Club Just has such a lovely feel to it... But also, The Alley Cat My favorite bad bar names The Hotsy Totsy Club Spitzer's Walnut Room (Spitzer's is a real bar in Sacramento I discovered a couple of years back...) |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 8:55 AM
This is a real bar in N.E. Penna: |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 10:41 AM
Clyde-O-Scope Flo's Polka-Dot Lounge |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 11:00 AM
My friend told me about two gay bars in N. CA He's one of those who is always joking so these could be a joke. He say's they're real but they're funny names none the less. |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 11:25 AM
The Drunken Mermaid Tavern, which may have once existed in Port Royal, Jamaica, or may be fiction. |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 12:01 PM
Only one bar name comes to mind, a place in Bellflower called: The Stagger Inn |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 12:07 PM
Cock 'n Bull |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 3:09 PM
The Kumquat Tree in Sierra Vista, AZ (I was very young when I lived there, but I think that was the name). |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 3:29 PM
Some fun ones from Toronto -Elvis Restaurant |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 3:30 PM
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Fri, May 16, 2003 3:51 PM
Hung Far Low - Portland, OR The Alibi - Portland, OR, and Arcata, CA (Chris already mentioned a similar favorite - The Office) The Recovery Room - Cotati, CA |
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Tiki Chris
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Fri, May 16, 2003 4:08 PM
here's one from the scenic city of the south (chattanooga, tn): mayo's clinic |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 4:28 PM
Roger's Exciting Tattle Tale Room |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 5:28 PM
The Farmer's Daughter a long gone bar in Long Beach, CA |
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Fri, May 16, 2003 5:49 PM
The Frolic Room |
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Sat, May 17, 2003 3:07 AM
There's a bar called "The Fling" in Santa Ana or Orange CA. Great name, freaky fun, hole-in-the-wall. This is, hands down, the cheesiest bar ever! All red, nudie paintings, smoke, old waitress, cheese ball cover bands or Elvis, makeshift dancefloor with big haired ladies gettin' down! A must for people watchers, crowd ranges from 21-90. |
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Sat, May 17, 2003 3:16 AM
There's a strip bar in East LA called, "The Office" I guess you're not lying to your wife if you say that you're at the office. |
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Sat, May 17, 2003 8:23 AM
I forgot to mention a bar called "The Betty Ford Clinic" in Toronto - but Betty Ford's people told them to cease and desist, so now it's just 'Betty's'. |
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Sat, May 17, 2003 10:11 AM
"Come Clean" was a turn of the century nightclub in New Orleans. I like the name but, better yet, Buddy Bolden supposedly played there. I'd do anything short of sell my soul to Satan to have seen it. Better go, I hear a funny scratching noise under the floorboards. |
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Sat, May 17, 2003 11:06 AM
Well, I know cause I used to live in the area , but you have the Boom Boom Room and Woody's.......both gay bars. This isn't a bar but I've run across this motel name in two different states, "The No Tel Motel" . |
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Sat, May 17, 2003 11:35 AM
I bet they don't have a daily rate available...only an hourly rate. |
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Sat, May 17, 2003 5:36 PM
I stayed at the Tiki Motel in Tucson this last winter and a half block away there was a No Tel Motel. If the Tiki Motel was sold out, I was going to stay at the No Tel because who in their right mind wouldn't want to stay at a No Tel if they had a chance!!---Mr Smiley (alias Bruce Allsleazy) |
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Sat, May 17, 2003 10:45 PM
The Little Shrimp...Laguna. |
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Sun, May 18, 2003 3:14 AM
the Pandemonium - Long Beach, CA |
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Sun, May 18, 2003 9:59 AM
The Sweetwater -Long Beach CA |
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Mon, May 19, 2003 12:47 AM
weirduncletiki - I know I've been to the Frolic Rm before. Is that on Sunset or Santa Monica...I've got a bad case of CRS (can't remember shit). All I remember is they had good drinks and jukebox. |
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Mon, May 19, 2003 1:40 AM
Hello! I think the Frolic Room's on Hollywood Blvd, right by the Pantages Theatre. --Lisa |
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Mon, May 19, 2003 10:58 AM
The Store. (as in I'm going to) and The Doghouse. -martin |
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Mon, May 19, 2003 3:21 PM
Two fo my favorites: 'The Balboa Saloon' and "Class of '47". Both real divey. and Laney knows "Sid's" |
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Mon, May 19, 2003 3:28 PM
The Slow Bar - Nashville |
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Mon, May 19, 2003 5:07 PM
There was a bar in the SF South Bay area for a long time called the Rumpus Room. I wish I had a pic of that sign. :( |
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laney
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Mon, May 19, 2003 6:05 PM
Hey Lucky, have, you called Sid's? Too funny! |
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Tue, May 20, 2003 1:39 PM
There was a Chinese place in DC called "Big Wong". Some bar names I actually like are: A name I've always wondered about is: |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 1:33 PM
MrSmiley and I were discussing the merits of liquor bars named after candy bars. We kinda figured each bar would attract a certain type of individual. Here are some of our ideas: Neighborhood sports bar? Baby Ruth. The Milky Way is either a gay bar or a special non-alcoholic hangout for lactating mothers. Another gay bar? Oh Henry of course! (but it's for older gentlemen.) Bar for roly-poly people? Rolo's. "Gentleman's club" with naked dancing ladies? Snickers, for sure. Science fiction writers drink at Mars. (Or the Milky Way, har.) Astronomers go there occasionally too. Skinny models share drinks at Twix. Bodybuilders go to Crunch. Has to be Nestle-run, though, not a knockoff. Railroad engineers hang at the Tootsie Roll. Toot toot Tootsie! CalTrans employees, however, are usually found at the Rocky Road. Athletic shoe designers and Nike shills share tips at Aero. Oh, Russian airline pilots have been seen there too. After their flots. Three Musketeers...the official NRA swinger's bar? Accountants hit Pay Day twice a month. Fans of gothic romances meet by moonlight at the Heath Bar. It's on a cliff by the sea. Amnesiacs go to the Whatchamacallit, if their friends remind them. Watering-hole for escaped lunatics is called Wonka's. THE hangout for collectors is, of course, Skor. Although there is also a Nordic singles bar by that name. Martiki's mechanic has been spotted there--with his yellow rally-racing champion Volvo parked outside. To impress the chicks, natch. My cat gang's favorite nitespot: The Kit Kat! (You may not want to consider some of the possibilities for a bar named Mounds...so, let's (BTW, the Charleston Chew IS named after the famous dance. It was launched in 1922, at the height of the Charleston craze. The vanilla one is my favorite candy bar!) FYI, there really was a lesbian bar in London called the Candy Bar. I wonder if it had cherries? |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 1:36 PM
I see no one mentioned Portland's Hung Far Low. Yet. |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 1:51 PM
A bad bar with a great name in North Hollywood/Resida: "He's Not Here." |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 2:07 PM
There are now 3 Bob's Frolic Rooms in Hollywood. The original was a great Old Man bar on Hollywood Blvd. that became Hip & expanded. I think Bob's Frolic 3 even has live bands. Another great name for a Hollywood "Bikini Bar" is Jumbo's Clown Room. |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 2:22 PM
tikivixen - I would never forget that one - it's the best bar name ever! |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 2:35 PM
The Philosopher's Club -- SF (West Portal) |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 2:40 PM
In malta theres a place called the "Dive Bar" and that pretty much sums the place up |
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Tiki-bot
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 2:40 PM
My fave from college days was The Loch Ness Monster Pub in Pasadena - good name and a good bar. It used to be a dive, but I saw Richard Feynman there once! The house band was Snotty Scotty & The Hankies. TV: Someone did mention Hung Far Low already :wink: |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 2:44 PM
The Harbour lounge, hotel street, honolulu!! during the early 80's, run by a dragon lady named Ann, all the waitresses had "side jobs", the juke box had glen miller and tommy dorsey in it....... What a great place! Who knows if it is still there!! |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 2:57 PM
We've got "The Sticky Wicket" "Euphoria"..now closed but we used to call it Eu-whoria "Ozone" we..of course..called it Ho-Zone "Lucky""Hush" whch looks like "Flush" on the sign. Gay friendly. |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 3:18 PM
Heading OT... Did anyone see the Hankies on Suicide Bridge on July 17th? This was the first time I've seen their name in years. How many clubs has this infamous combo shut down? |
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 3:23 PM
The Fez Lounge in NYC and The Red Fez in Texas. |
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thejab
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Mon, Jul 26, 2004 3:37 PM
Has anyone been to these I found in Yahoo Yellow Pages?: Ye Olde Shack - Inglewood I was searching in the Yellow Pages for a bar I went to some years ago in or near Culver City that was simply a man's name (like Jack's place) but was filled with pictures of famous people with that first name (such as Jack Palance, Jack Benny, etc.). I can't remember the name though. Anyone know this bar? Here's some more in the Bay Area: Pop Inn - Alameda Lincoln's Address - on Lincoln St., Alameda Merchant's Lunch - Oakland. Still has a trough below the bar for what purpose I'm not sure. I've heard rumors that people would relieve themselves without having to get up, but I find that hard to believe. Fifth Amendment - Oakland - this may have been already mentioned Egbert Souse's - Oakland - Can you guess who this bar is named after? Bottom's Up Club - Hayward Hollow Leg - Hayward Shar-ade Cocktail Lounge - Hayward Time Out - Hayward [ Edited by: thejab on 2004-07-26 15:39 ] |