# The Atoz Game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 89

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1761 "2026-10-10T20:05:01Z")

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**Bars you’ve never been in**

Aadam Aardvark’s  
Blue Water  
Cheers Beacon Hill  
Dead Rabbit  
Evil Nina’s  
Fraunces Tavern  
Gary Gygax’s AD&D Nerdtastic Bar & Grille  
Hairy Lemon  
Icebar  
Jack Rabbit Slim’s  
Klondike Bar  
Lady Luck Lounge  
Moe’s Tavern  
New York Bar  
Opie’s Den  
the Paradise Club  
the Queen’s Hemorrhoids  
the Regal Beagle / Reel M Inn

Housekeeping

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1762 "2026-10-10T20:09:20Z")

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Thank Og Railer13 is here to clean up my messes. /sheepish

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1763 "2026-10-10T22:03:34Z")

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**Bars you’ve never been in**

Aadam Aardvark’s  
Blue Water  
Cheers Beacon Hill  
Dead Rabbit  
Evil Nina’s  
Fraunces Tavern  
Gary Gygax’s AD&D Nerdtastic Bar & Grille  
Hairy Lemon  
Icebar  
Jack Rabbit Slim’s  
Klondike Bar  
Lady Luck Lounge  
Moe’s Tavern  
New York Bar  
Opie’s Den  
the Paradise Club  
the Queen’s Hemorrhoids  
the Regal Beagle / Reel M Inn  
Sweet Cheeks

Circa 2000, there was a bar of this name at the Northeast corner of Yonge and Finch back home in Toronto. The “W” on the sign was rounded, to suggest a certain part of the female anatomy.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1764 "2026-10-10T22:10:45Z")

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**Bars you’ve never been in**

Aadam Aardvark’s  
Blue Water  
Cheers Beacon Hill  
Dead Rabbit  
Evil Nina’s  
Fraunces Tavern  
Gary Gygax’s AD&D Nerdtastic Bar & Grille  
Hairy Lemon  
Icebar  
Jack Rabbit Slim’s  
Klondike Bar  
Lady Luck Lounge  
Moe’s Tavern  
New York Bar  
Opie’s Den  
the Paradise Club  
the Queen’s Hemorrhoids  
the Regal Beagle / Reel M Inn  
Sweet Cheeks  
Ten Forward

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1765 "2026-10-12T15:36:39Z")

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**Bars you’ve never been in**

Aadam Aardvark’s  
Blue Water  
Cheers Beacon Hill  
Dead Rabbit  
Evil Nina’s  
Fraunces Tavern  
Gary Gygax’s AD&D Nerdtastic Bar & Grille  
Hairy Lemon  
Icebar  
Jack Rabbit Slim’s  
Klondike Bar  
Lady Luck Lounge  
Moe’s Tavern  
New York Bar  
Opie’s Den  
the Paradise Club  
the Queen’s Hemorrhoids  
the Regal Beagle / Reel M Inn  
Sweet Cheeks  
Ten Forward  
Underworld Tavern

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1766 "2026-10-12T15:41:22Z")

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**Bars you’ve never been in**

Aadam Aardvark’s  
Blue Water  
Cheers Beacon Hill  
Dead Rabbit  
Evil Nina’s  
Fraunces Tavern  
Gary Gygax’s AD&D Nerdtastic Bar & Grille  
Hairy Lemon  
Icebar  
Jack Rabbit Slim’s  
Klondike Bar  
Lady Luck Lounge  
Moe’s Tavern  
New York Bar  
Opie’s Den  
the Paradise Club  
the Queen’s Hemorrhoids  
the Regal Beagle / Reel M Inn  
Sweet Cheeks  
Ten Forward  
Underworld Tavern  
Vroman’s

Bar in San Francisco, used in the movie 48 Hrs.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1767 "2026-10-13T01:36:05Z")

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**Bars you’ve never been in**

Aadam Aardvark’s  
Blue Water  
Cheers Beacon Hill  
Dead Rabbit  
Evil Nina’s  
Fraunces Tavern  
Gary Gygax’s AD&D Nerdtastic Bar & Grille  
Hairy Lemon  
Icebar  
Jack Rabbit Slim’s  
Klondike Bar  
Lady Luck Lounge  
Moe’s Tavern  
New York Bar  
Opie’s Den  
the Paradise Club  
the Queen’s Hemorrhoids  
the Regal Beagle / Reel M Inn  
Sweet Cheeks  
Ten Forward  
Underworld Tavern  
Vroman’s  
Wylie’s

A few blocks away from my son’s apartment in Astoria NY. The neighborhood has become trendy and the bar looks like it attracts a young crowd, people who work a few subway stops away in Manhattan

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1768 "2026-10-13T03:57:41Z")

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**Bars you’ve never been in**

Aadam Aardvark’s  
Blue Water  
Cheers Beacon Hill  
Dead Rabbit  
Evil Nina’s  
Fraunces Tavern  
Gary Gygax’s AD&D Nerdtastic Bar & Grille  
Hairy Lemon  
Icebar  
Jack Rabbit Slim’s  
Klondike Bar  
Lady Luck Lounge  
Moe’s Tavern  
New York Bar  
Opie’s Den  
the Paradise Club  
the Queen’s Hemorrhoids  
the Regal Beagle / Reel M Inn  
Sweet Cheeks  
Ten Forward  
Underworld Tavern  
Vroman’s  
Wylie’s  
Xenophon’s

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1769 "2026-10-13T11:33:42Z")

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**Bars you’ve never been in**

Aadam Aardvark’s  
Blue Water  
Cheers Beacon Hill  
Dead Rabbit  
Evil Nina’s  
Fraunces Tavern  
Gary Gygax’s AD&D Nerdtastic Bar & Grille  
Hairy Lemon  
Icebar  
Jack Rabbit Slim’s  
Klondike Bar  
Lady Luck Lounge  
Moe’s Tavern  
New York Bar  
Opie’s Den  
the Paradise Club  
the Queen’s Hemorrhoids  
the Regal Beagle / Reel M Inn  
Sweet Cheeks  
Ten Forward  
Underworld Tavern  
Vroman’s  
Wylie’s  
Xenophon’s  
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

One of many pubs/inns claiming to be the oldest in England. Richard I Lionheart purportedly stopped there on his way to the Third Crusade, hence the name.

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1770 "2026-10-13T13:39:22Z")

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**Bars you’ve never been in**

Aadam Aardvark’s  
Blue Water  
Cheers Beacon Hill  
Dead Rabbit  
Evil Nina’s  
Fraunces Tavern  
Gary Gygax’s AD&D Nerdtastic Bar & Grille  
Hairy Lemon  
Icebar  
Jack Rabbit Slim’s  
Klondike Bar  
Lady Luck Lounge  
Moe’s Tavern  
New York Bar  
Opie’s Den  
the Paradise Club  
the Queen’s Hemorrhoids  
the Regal Beagle / Reel M Inn  
Sweet Cheeks  
Ten Forward  
Underworld Tavern  
Vroman’s  
Wylie’s  
Xenophon’s  
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem  
Zanza Bar

C&W bar on Colfax Avenue in Denver.

Next up:

**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1771 "2026-10-13T14:08:09Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295

I can think of four Anchor Inns, and have been in two of them 🙂

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1772 "2026-10-13T14:31:25Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295  
The California Clipper

In Chicago, on California Ave, I’ve been there a couple times.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1773 "2026-10-13T15:39:50Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295  
The California Clipper  
Duck Inn Bar & Grill

In Eugene, OR

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1774 "2026-10-15T04:41:10Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295  
The California Clipper  
Duck Inn Bar & Grill  
Edwin’s

In Cleveland Heights, Ohio (also a restaurant).

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1775 "2026-10-16T17:33:36Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295  
The California Clipper  
Duck Inn Bar & Grill  
Edwin’s  
Finnan’s Fun Farm

A redneck bar in the town I grew up in. It has since closed. And the building was set on fire.

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1776 "2026-10-19T20:00:14Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295  
The California Clipper  
Duck Inn Bar & Grill  
Edwin’s  
Finnan’s Fun Farm  
Grove, The

A local pub near to Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1777 "2026-10-20T10:33:50Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295  
The California Clipper  
Duck Inn Bar & Grill  
Edwin’s  
Finnan’s Fun Farm  
Grove, The  
Hawk, The

Long-time popular watering hole in Lawrence, Kansas

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1778 "2026-10-20T17:34:20Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295  
The California Clipper  
Duck Inn Bar & Grill  
Edwin’s  
Finnan’s Fun Farm  
Grove, The  
Hawk, The  
The Inn-Between

On the way to Mt Hood, from Portland. One of three watering holes in the hamlet of Welches, OR. Yes, it’s the middle one.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1779 "2026-10-20T20:24:57Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295  
The California Clipper  
Duck Inn Bar & Grill  
Edwin’s  
Finnan’s Fun Farm  
Grove, The  
Hawk, The  
The Inn-Between  
Jeremiah’s Tavern

There’s three of them in my area. I’ve been in the one on Monroe.

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1780 "2026-10-21T00:55:49Z")

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**Bars you have been in**

Anchor Inn  
Barge 295  
The California Clipper  
Duck Inn Bar & Grill  
Edwin’s  
Finnan’s Fun Farm  
Grove, The  
Hawk, The  
The Inn-Between  
Jeremiah’s Tavern  
[Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY)

My go-to bar in Prague where I live. I go there as a minimum every Tuesday evening. Am just back from there and under the influence of alcohol as I post this.

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