McSorley’s Old Ale House
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4.7 (8,870)New York’s oldest saloon pairs sawdust floors and centuries of stories with a simple choice of light or dark ale.
Description
Standing room takes precedence at the worn wooden bar, where drinks arrive served frothy in two glasses at a time. The saloon's history reaches well beyond its counters: Abraham Lincoln and John Lennon passed through its doors, while Woody Guthrie played guitar from a front table. The space operated as a men-only establishment until attorneys Faith Seidenberg and Karen DeCrow took their case to the Supreme Court, gaining access for women in 1970.
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