# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **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:** 90
**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 21, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1781 "2026-10-21T03:28:36Z")
**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) Lincoln’s Inn A Dublin pub that’s 200 years old. It bills itself as “where James Joyce first met Nora Barnacle [his future wife and inspiration for Molly Bloom in _Ulysses_] in 1904”. The food and drink are good too. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1782 "2026-10-21T03:42:36Z")
**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) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty A just-off-campus bar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1980s, owned and run by one of the local TV stations’ sportscasters. If you went to UW-Madison in that era, you likely owned one or more glass beer mugs with the Nitty Gritty logo on it, which you received (along with free beer) if you went there on your birthday. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1783 "2026-10-21T14:49:29Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui Tiki themed bar located at McMenamin’s [Anderson School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_School_(Bothell,_Washington)) in Bothell, WA. Also housekeeping ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1784 "2026-10-21T21:00:01Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s One of the many bars on George Street in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Great music! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1785 "2026-10-22T13:52:14Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper In San Francisco. ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1786 "2026-10-26T02:07:18Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s ---
**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 26, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1787 "2026-10-26T12:56:47Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s Rabbits ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1788 "2026-10-27T14:09:24Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s Rabbits Sansone’s It’s out of business now, but it’s where I met my husband. ---
**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 27, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1789 "2026-10-27T14:51:43Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s Rabbits Sansone’s Toranj A very good, young, modern bar I patronized once or twice in Toronto on the ground floor of a tall new condo building near the Northwest corner of Yonge and Finch in 2011. I asked them if it was named after a Serbian word for “tower” and was told it was named after the Persian word for “orange.” ---
**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 28, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1790 "2026-10-28T19:02:29Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s Rabbits Sansone’s Toranj Union A bar in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1791 "2026-10-28T22:14:58Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s Rabbits Sansone’s Toranj Union Veritable Quandary I was able to sneak in before it permanently closed. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1792 "2026-10-29T16:16:41Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s Rabbits Sansone’s Toranj Union Veritable Quandary What’s The Name of This Place? A dive bar that I used to frequent and throw darts for in La Crosse WI, which seemed to change names or owners every two or three years. Back in the late 1980s, the newest owner was asked by one of the regulars, “OK, so what’s the name of this place gonna be now?”, and the new owner said, “That sounds good to me…”. Not there any longer, as it fell victim to a fire of undisclosed origin a couple of owners later. \ ***-“BB”-** ---
**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:** [November 3, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1793 "2026-11-03T18:41:52Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s Rabbits Sansone’s Toranj Union Veritable Quandary What’s The Name of This Place? Xippo ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1794 "2026-11-04T01:31:52Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s Rabbits Sansone’s Toranj Union Veritable Quandary What’s The Name of This Place? Xippo Yorgo’s Bar & Grill Home of the Yorgo Burger, and the Freightliner: a 16" burger served up like a pizza/cake. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1795 "2026-11-04T02:07:48Z")
**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 Inn-Between, The Jeremiah’s Tavern [Klub Aida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSl3XIhlCY) Lincoln’s Inn Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty Nui Nui O’Reilly’s Pied Piper Quincy’s Rabbits Sansone’s Toranj Union Veritable Quandary What’s The Name of This Place? Xippo Yorgo’s Bar & Grill Zuider Zee A now-defunct supper club (i.e., a Wisconsin-style bar and restaurant) in Green Bay. Next: **Defunct Brands and Companies** American Motors ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1796 "2026-11-04T02:17:58Z")
**Defunct Brands and Companies** American Motors British Caledonian Airways ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1797 "2026-11-04T02:39:39Z")
**Defunct Brands and Companies** American Motors British Caledonian Airways Children’s Palace ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1798 "2026-11-04T14:58:05Z")
**Defunct Brands and Companies** American Motors British Caledonian Airways Children’s Palace Dressbarn ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1799 "2026-11-04T17:37:46Z")
**Defunct Brands and Companies** American Motors British Caledonian Airways Children’s Palace Dressbarn eToys Dot-com bubble bust in 2009; acquired by Toys R Us. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1800 "2026-11-04T20:14:51Z")
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