[78-L] Further proof the world has gone mad

[David Lennick]

On 2/23/2011 11:49 PM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> From: "DanKj"<MLK402 at verizon.net>
>> Prolly too late, as the "Buffalo Beef on Weck" was a staple of the corner
>> taverns, which are now nearly all gone (so is the last bakery with genuine
>> Kimmelwick rolls - they get them from Wegmans now).  Current offerings are
>> by fakes, trying to cash-in on the old time memories.  The whole
>> corner-tavern/chicken wing/beefonweck/FridayFishFry bit is now an urban
>> legend, along with the City of Trees/Homes/Churches/Jobs bit.
>> Post-Industrial Wasteland / Semi-Occupied Ghost-town is the new reality.>
>> I'm giving historical tours at a cemetery and think that's an acceptable
>> job, ferchryssakes.
>>
> You want "corner taverns"...hie thyself to Milwaukee! There. every third
> or fourth storefront is a beer joint...with its own bunch of "regulars!"
> Sadly, "corner taverns" were never allowed to exist up here in Ontario;
> "Licensed establishments" HAD to be "hotels" (with rooms!) until
> 1954 (IIRC)! In fact, Grossman's had to call itself a "Tavernette,"
> because the use of "Tavern" or "Pub" (thus the "Imperial PUBlic
> Library" in Toronto...which DID offer books!) was officially banned!
>
> We drink up here...we're just NOT allowed to mention it...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr

Couldn't drink on Sundays..separate entrances marked "Ladies and 
Escorts"..oddly enough, Ontario is just now looking at allowing you to walk 
around with (gasp) a glass of hooch instead of confining you to the beer tent 
during events like the Beaches Jazz Fest.

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