tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post4352379606193931790..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: McSorley's at 154Jeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-39135154629406324262008-03-28T14:42:00.000-04:002008-03-28T14:42:00.000-04:00Yeah, walked by there recently on a Wednesday afte...Yeah, walked by there recently on a Wednesday afternoon(planned to stop by for a pint of the dark one) but thought otherwise (since i was neither wearing a Docker's pant nor boat shoes) and when I saw the place was packed with yuppies, yunnies, frat boys & girls, etc... (the same crowd that you'd see in the UPE -- why can't they just stay there, I mean, if an EVillager were to go to the UES we get derided, frowned upon, and scrutinized). Yet, whey they come to "downtown" (esp. the EV)they feel like they're privileged and better than anyone and everyone else). I have never felt intimidated by such a crowd. <BR/><BR/>There was a time when I can just stroll around the E.Village, browse for books, and used CD's, have a pint in any of the pubs and actually have a conversation to the proprietor and staff of such shops. Now the owners of the surrounding establishments would only speak to money. <BR/><BR/>The staff at McSorley's were/are never rude (they were just being real), only when the UESiders started to patronize the place that the staff have become rude --they're trying to send a signal to the yunnies and the yuppies that they're not welcome there and they think that it's part of the allure of McSorley's or the E. Village for that matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-19368424720447743722008-02-20T15:27:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:27:00.000-05:00thanks hollarback for pointing out the sexism in s...thanks hollarback for pointing out the sexism in some of the comments. i doubt that the inclusion of women was the bar's downfall. it was when they started letting in guys in dockers pants and boat shoes. ;)Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-44574218708064242192008-02-20T14:49:00.000-05:002008-02-20T14:49:00.000-05:00At least its still there. Used to be my (semi coll...At least its still there. Used to be my (semi college) after class spot back in the early 90's, I went to Pratt Manhattan which used to be over by the old knitting factory in the Puck bldg. No frat types back then except on weekends. Just normal people and a few firemen trying to pick us up. The beer (dark) and cracker/swiss and hot mustard was a cheap meal.<BR/><BR/>These days what used to be the nightmare weekend crowd is always there, it's sad. But I still visit when I am in town. Someday it will be like it was again. Still cracks me up when annoying people complain how "rude" the staff is. Priceless.<BR/><BR/>I'm a chick by the way you sexist bastards :)hollarbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759689530670606301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-87880055431514700112008-02-19T17:36:00.000-05:002008-02-19T17:36:00.000-05:00To the issues of McSoreley's and our nanny ,"Mayor...To the issues of McSoreley's and our nanny ,"Mayor Sanitizer" , wanting to end OTB .<BR/><BR/>Way back in the old days when there was no such thing as OTB , in the late morning you packed a baloney sandwich and a bannana in a paper bag and went down to Sophie's , the origional one that was where Sidewalk Cafe is now. You sat down at the bar , ordered a glass of beer , talked to a certain neighborhood individual , put your money down , ate the sandwich , drank some beer and waited .The ponies did their thing and whatever happened , happened .<BR/><BR/>When I first went to McSoreley's it was a men's bar with a men's room with tall urinals with a piece of deoderant at the bottom near the drain at which you could aim your stream . <BR/><BR/>Later McSoreley's was opened to women .Then standing exposed at those tall urinals playing with that piece of deoderant at the bottom became a different game with new consequences ... exposed now meant really exposed . Women now used this special room too. <BR/><BR/>Clearly it just hasn't been the same since ...Bob Arihoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255105317878804914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-31401022801491025502008-02-19T15:52:00.000-05:002008-02-19T15:52:00.000-05:00thanks patminnyc, i just added a link to your grea...thanks patminnyc, i just added a link to your great photosJeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-29003988632563050392008-02-19T11:52:00.000-05:002008-02-19T11:52:00.000-05:00Nice touch including those great B&W Berenice Abbo...Nice touch including those great B&W Berenice Abbott shots. We probably bumped into one another.<BR/>Oddly enough we used almost the same header ;-) - PatMinNYCPatMinNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781566732988987904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-5607552794536150552008-02-19T11:22:00.000-05:002008-02-19T11:22:00.000-05:00Those photos remind us of a time when men were sti...Those photos remind us of a time when men were still men. Now it's hard to tell the difference. <BR/><BR/>I guess when the yunnies take over, they bring along their pretentious and unfriendly ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-64014998614108996782008-02-19T10:59:00.000-05:002008-02-19T10:59:00.000-05:00Don't forget that today Mayor Sanitizer yet again ...Don't forget that today Mayor Sanitizer yet again gets his way, as the vote to close OTB is held. Sadly, it seems to be merely a formality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com