the beachcomber bar, at liberty and fayette, circa 1945
my southern brutha swanky asked me last week if i knew anything about this bar that operated in b-more in the 1940's. check out this swell menu that was on ebay ~ the graphics and the drink selections are particularly great.
based on the location it was probably a nice little stumble for the sailors that it looked like it was marketing to.
the illustrated drinks kill me: virgin's delight... bali buster... siesta... the panama hattie... sailor's delight... cannibal cocktail...
i interwebbed around but found nothing about it. did any of all ya'lls' grandpas drink there? maybe he met your grandma there. i found the above photo [probably not at the beachcomber, but of the era and in this city] at the maryland historical society online photos. hey sailor!
addendum:
double dogged contributed this:
"Baltimore City Directories. It appears in the 1942 directory as being located on 110 N. Liberty St. Home of the Zombie, Native Drinks, Rhumba Music, Bigger Stars, 3 shows 7 and 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. No Cover Charge Frank Hollander Mgr. " very cool!
posted by johnny dollar | 8:51 AM
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Yous gots to love a menu with all topless, and one bottomless female on it!
indeed.
there's a block of establishments here that are dedicated to that condition :D
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=the%20block%20baltimore&w=all
Man that is the best blog posting I've seen all week. Baltimore needs a tiki bar! That menu is awesome.
if you like that, you'll love the info we have about the hawaiian room that was in the emerson hotel in baltimore until the 70's. i'll try and post that soon. and yeah, we do need one today ~ if i had the $$$ i'd open one myself.
You should open a Tiki bar here.
i'm gonna check out the site today.
Alright, sex on the menus! WOOHOO!
well, if your audience is sailors... :D
Interesting that it says "if you appear to be under 21..." about serving age. I thought the 21 thing came much later than this time period. In Texas, it was 18 until the mid-80s. What's the history of drinking age in Maryland?
yeah summer, i saw that too ~ very interesting, i am curious if that has to do with the enlistment age of sailors since it seems this was a sailorcentric bar.
maybe any of our more senior readers may comment... i'll ask my father -in-law on sunday as well - he grew up in baltimore and would keep track of such things.
Better then never, I looked up the Beachcomber up in one of my Baltimore City Directories. I appears in the 1942 directory as being located on 110 N. Liberty St. Home of the Zombie, Native Drinks, Rhumba Music, Bigger Stars, 3 shows 7 and 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. No Cover Charge Frank Hollander Mgr.
It did not appear in the 1940 Directory or in the 1956 Directory that I have. Nice looking menu!
thanks double dogged! very cool that you have that resource!
summer: apparently the drinking age in maryland has ALWAYS been 21. who knew!
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