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There are a lot of other places you should try: The Emporium (33 Dunster St.), the Plough and Stars (Mass Ave) and the Oxford Ale House (36 Church St.), are a few that come to mind...
Usually on such cruises, a burdened President has confined himself to ginger ale. Michel, on a liquor-free diet, thought he would have a companion again. "Oh, now, come on," Nixon urged the Congressman, who heads the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, "break down a bit." Nixon did. He had a couple of Scotches and water. Then there was a nip of light white Bordeaux with the crab claws and some hearty California Cabernet Sauvignon with the beef. Michel unlimbered his camera and took some snaps of the men on this special excursion into history...
Just as rowdy, and considerably less interesting is the Oxford Ale House, on Church St., just around the corner from the Coop. This place seems to attract a lot of townies, but maybe some of those people are freshmen (it is close to the Yard) and I can't tell the difference. It is routine to be carded here, at least on weekends. This place provides live entertainment, beer and more potent alcohol, and little else. There is no atmosphere, only noise, and the only interesting thing I ever saw there was this girl who looked utterly miserable...
...Chateau Mouton Rothschild '64. For Led Zeppelin, there is Thai food. Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, demands branch water from an arcane spring in the Ozarks for his bourbon. The Allman Brothers get collard greens and Coors beer. For British groups, there is Irish ale and a stock of their favorite Dunhill and Rothman cigarettes...
...frequently funny: the husband dismisses one of his wife's friends as being so buck-toothed that she can eat an apple through a tennis racket. But often Coward's celebrated champagne wit amounts to no more than, say, Asti Spumante-or even a frothy ginger ale...