Famous Bars

The White Horse Tavern opens it's doors to guest and residents of New York City borough of Manhattan at Hudson Street and 11th Street, is known for its 1950s and '60s Bohemian culture. It is one of the few major gathering-places for writers and artists from this period in Greenwich Village that remains open. The bar opened in 1880, but was known more as a longshoremen's bar than a literary center until Dylan Thomas and other writers began frequenting it in the early 1950s. In the past few decades, it has become a popular destination among tourists.

The White Horse is extremly popular as a place, where Dylan Thomas drank, before returning home and eventually becoming ill and dying a few days later of unrelated causes. Other famous patrons include The Clancy Brothers (who performed at the establishment), Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Seymour Krim, Richard Farina, Jane Jacobs, and Hunter S. Thompson. It continues to be popular today with tourists.

The White Horse's other famous residents included Jack Kerouac, who was bounced from the establishment more than once. Because of this someone scrawled on the bathroom wall: "JACK GO HOME!" At that time, Kerouac was staying in an apartment in the building located on the NW corner of West 11th St.

About the same time, the White Horse was a gathering place for labor members and organizers, socialist, and liberals. The Catholic Workers hung out here and the idea for the now famous Village Voice was discussed here. The Village Voice original offices were within blocks of the White Horse. Much of the content was discussed here by the editors.

One of the first interviews related to the plane crashes at the 11th of September was recorded here by NPR, since many from the World Trade Center area made their way to this part of Manhattan.

The Anchor Bar is a barlocated at 1047 Main at North St. a few blocks north of downtown Buffalo, New York, USA where the Buffalo Wing was first served in 1964. The restaurant was initially established in 1935.

The Anchor Bar's main claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of chicken wings, known outside the Buffalo area as Buffalo wings. Teressa Bellissimo is credited with the creation of the dish when she deep-fried some wings and covered them in a vinegar-based chili and tomato sauce (wings were previously used for soup or simply thrown away before this use came about). She served them with blue cheese dip as hors d'oeuvres at the bar which was frequented by servicemen newly inducted at the nearby Armed Forces Entrance and Examination station. They were initially offered for free. Frozen wings can now be ordered around the country from the Anchor Bar's web site. Anchor Bar sauces are sold in Canada at Dominion and Sobeys stores.

Along with Buffalo wings, the Anchor Bar offers live entertainment on weekend nights.The Anchor Bar is located near the Buffalo Metro Rail's Summer-Best stop.