# Names for American Pubs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444 "2007-05-17T13:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/21 "2007-05-17T19:12:17Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s a bar in Cleveland called The Office, so that its patrons can - truthfully! - call home to say they’re “still at the office.” Similarly, I’ve heard of a college bar somewhere or other called “The Library”, for the same reason. The most creative name around here is probably “The Molly Brown”. Though I gather it’s not named directly after the Titanic survivor, but after a riverboat named after the Titanic survivor. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/22 "2007-05-17T19:28:45Z")
The ones nearby me are _the Feathers_, _Lion on the Beach_, and _Scratch Daniel’s_. We quite often go to _C’est What?_ downtown. ---
**Author:** ![jkirkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jkirkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkirkman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/23 "2007-05-17T19:46:59Z")
They are opening one downtown here soon (at a site formally containing a topless bar) to be called (cringingly enough): Tipsey McStumbles I can just imagine the conversation with the police officer: “All I had was two beers after work over at Tipsey McStumbles…” Yeah, _that_ is going to go over well… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/24 "2007-05-18T02:06:09Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] The ones nearby me are _the Feathers_, _Lion on the Beach_, and _Scratch Daniel’s_. We quite often go to _C’est What?_ downtown. [/QUOTE] I know that neighbourhood well, **Lissla** ; I used to spend a lot of time down there. Of the pubs you list, I’ve been to The Feathers and Lion, but never to Scratch Daniel’s. Oh well, two out of three ain’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/25 "2007-05-18T02:15:35Z")
There used to be a lesbian bar called **The Frozen Dykery** in my town. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/26 "2007-05-18T03:31:14Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] The Irish/English pubs around here, off the top of my head: The Little Shamrock The Pig & Whistle The Dog’s Bollix Durty Nelly’s Abbey Tavern Blackthorn Tavern The Blarney Stone **Edinburgh Castle** The Philosopher’s Club Shannon Arms Costello’s Four Deuces… [/QUOTE] (bolding mine) I think that “Edinburgh Castle” pub got a bit lost on its way if it becamse Irish or English. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/27 "2007-05-18T03:32:49Z")
Anyone else think that this was a thread about derogatory names for Republicans? Just me? Okay, then… ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/28 "2007-05-18T06:28:53Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] Similarly, I’ve heard of a college bar somewhere or other called “The Library”, for the same reason. [/QUOTE] I don’t know if it’s the one you heard of, but there’s one in [Houghton, MI](http://www.librarybrewpub.com/), home of Michigan Tech. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/29 "2007-05-18T09:11:09Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] There’s a bar in Cleveland called The Office, so that its patrons can - truthfully! - call home to say they’re “still at the office.” [/QUOTE] Well, we’ve had the Library, The English Department (started by an English Professor who was denied tenure) and the Study Hall. None have fared all that well (the Study Hall in Isla Vista has the only hard liquor license and is actually hanging in there). My friend’s brother is a bartender at the Frog and Peach in San Luis Obispo. I always thought that it was a weird name for a pub, but I recently found out that it’s the name of a [pub](http://www.davehitt.com/july99/frogskit.html) in a Dudley Moore and Peter Cook sketch. [QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Oh, well, if we’re talking bars and not just pubs, my list is here. [/QUOTE] Wow, you managed to not list any of the bars on my San Francisco Pub Crawl: Gold Dust Lounge Buddha Lipo Red’s Lounge The Saloon I have been to some of the other places on your list, though. Strangely enough, I can only say 11 for sure. I’ve been over 21 for 28 years now so I’m sort of curious about my life list. I’m pretty sure I’ve been to over more than 270 bars (I probably did this in one year when I was traveling around the world). I’ll work on my SF list this summer. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/30 "2007-05-18T12:18:56Z")
By the way, nobosdy’s mentioned this yet, but it seems as if every city has or had something called **Casablanca, Rick’s, Greenstreet’s** or the like, apparently hoping to cash in on the mystique of the movie **casablanca**. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/31 "2007-05-18T12:30:43Z")
Some places I like in Nashville: **Blackstone’s Brewery The Flying Saucer The Beer Cellar**, literally a basement bar with about a hundred beers on tap) **Windows on the Cumberland** , which isn’t much of a pub at all but an excellent, tiny hole-in-the-wall in which to see local bands up close and personal. In Knoxville I like: **Preservation Pub Barley’s Taproom** and **Cup a Joe’s** , the only coffeeshop I ever knew that had a full bar and wicked late-night beer specials. You go there to drink and wind down after a long night of drinkin’. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/32 "2007-05-18T12:37:46Z")
Yeah, there’s a place in Salem MA called [O’Neill’s](http://www.oneillsofsalem.com/). I’ve been there a couple times. It’s OK. They serve a pretty decent Guinness Stew (but no beef and kidney pie). Then there’s [Kitty O’Shay’s](http://www.northshoreonline.com/kittyosheaspub/) in Beverly (and Boston) MA. An “Irish” Pub that derives it’s authenticity from hiring _actual_ Irish (sounding) people to sling drinks. My local is [Sweeney’s Retreat](http://www.sweeneysretreat.com/). They’ve got the Sox on TV, Lobstah Rolls, and _great_ burgers. Be a good place for a Boston Dopefest, AAMOF. Well, good for me, at least. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/33 "2007-05-18T17:10:33Z")
There’s [The Thirsty Scholar](http://www.thirstyscholarpub.com/home.htm) in Somerville, MA. Also [The Auld Sod](http://www.yelp.com/biz/Irv9l6NxJeG68mCbR-RwSw) in Dedham, MA. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/34 "2007-05-21T23:37:47Z")
When I was in school, there was a bar, located in an out of the way basement, called Underwhere. It was under the local pharmacy. Directions to it were always “Under People’s Drug”. The local cookie baker was Doughbiz (because they sold single servings of cookie dough, as well as the baked product) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/35 "2007-05-22T18:45:41Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] Wow, you managed to not list any of the bars on my San Francisco Pub Crawl: Gold Dust Lounge [/QUOTE] Huh, I forgot to add Gold Dust. 272! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444/36 "2007-05-23T03:53:30Z")
IO work next to The Green Olive and near the Pump House - both dives that host fights regularly. Cowboy redneck bars. Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-american-pubs/404444.md?page=1)