A Good Sign: Caskey Tavern
At the sign of the flaming goblet.
In Ridgewood, Queens.
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
The original, running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006.
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
4 comments:
perfection!
Did you go inside? Once a tranny tried to pick me up in there.
Ah, so now we know where Flaming Moes were really invented!
I used to live around the corner from this beautiful establishment, and I have to say, the inside was as remarkable as the outside.
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