Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Nothin' Like an Old Man's Bar



To say that McSorley's is an institution is an understatement. As is saying that it's my favorite watering (beer-ing?) hole in all of Manhattan. These amazing pictures from back in the 1930's I found on shorpy. As you can see from my pics from a long blurry afternoon last April the place looks exactly the same, down to the sawdust. But minus the hats. Oh, and plus some broads.

2 comments:

Del-V said...

Old time guys smoked in bars too?

anne altman said...

yeah. for some reason they're not with us anymore.

the old man smell is, however.