As far as dive bars went, The Pint
and Keg was classy. They still had the usual things that most bars
had, live music, a wide beer selection, ladies night, and the
occasional drunken individual having too much and behaving foolishly.
Even so, all of these things just seemed nicer there. Their live
music was often authentic folk music from countries all over the
world, such as when Mohinder Ayer came and sang some songs from the
Punjab that his mother sang to him growing up, mixed in with a few
contemporary favorites of the region. Their drink selection dominated
a wall with so many taps from so many places one felt like they
needed a passport just to view the beer menu, and nary a Bud or a
Miller or a Michelob could be counted among them. Their ladies night
was patroned by actual ladies, such as Dame Judi Dench. Even when
their patrons had a little too much and got a little disorderly, it
was often in the form of drinking songs and amusingly tall tales
bellowed out using outside voices. Even when they did get
particularly wild and climbed up on the table to dance, it was always
something classic and traditional, and could be counted on to display
no small amount of talent and training.
- Originally mailed to M. Hayes of Tampa, Florida
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