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The Tavern itself make an appearance in O. Henry Chicken Wings. I think that's the record. A Greenwich Village landmark, the White Horse Tavern first opened in and for many years served as a gathering place for longshoremen, labor organizers and activists. In fact, a drunken Kerouac was reportedly kicked out of the Horse on multiple occasions.

With its rich and sometimes tragic literary heritage, the Horse has been certified as a National Poetry Landmark by the Academy of American Poets. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, e. Thompson and many other luminaries. The Landmark Tavern also made an appearance in several episodes of the highly popular sitcom Spin City, which starred Michael J. The Landmark Tavern is located 0. In fact, just about every famous Yankee over years including Ruth, Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle have pulled up a stool at the bar of the Tavern at one time or another.

Widely hailed as the oldest bar in the Bronx, the Tavern is ideally located near the gates of Yankee Stadium and considered a veritable Mecca among fans of the Bronx Bombers. As you might well expect, the Tavern is plastered with Yankee memorabilia, including an autographed photo of DiMaggio and a bat signed by Yogi Berra. Now move further through time to , when a national ban on the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol was passed. Signs outside invited passers-by in. Enticed to purchase orchids, roses, violets and gardenias from this fake store.

Patrons entering through the side door, in what is now the first dining room, who were in the know, would signal and give the password, and then be escorted through a dummy refrigerator door whose hinges are still intact ,.

They would enter into the bar, where they could drink, chat and socialize, while conducting any business necessary. When Prohibition was repealed on Dec.