Word: tavern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Idea from Oktoberfest. "My grandfather in Austria was an innkeeper, and so was my father," Jahn says. By the time Friedrich was five, he was serving pretzels in the family tavern in Linz. After World War II, he became headwaiter in Munich's Intermezzo, a strip joint that for some reason also served food. In 1955, he invested his savings of $3,000 to acquire a nearby winehouse. Refurbishing and a hearty, inexpensive menu kept the eatery full. Jahn's real breakthrough came after a slightly tipsy customer suggested that he feature the kind of roast chicken sold...
Cafes and restaurants usually serve food, whereas taverns do not. Tavern licenses cost about half as much as cafe licenses...
Fortunately, critics did not have to review Stigwood's opening-night party for 1,000, which took place at The Tavern on the Green. Like an army of extras for a Fellini movie, the guests turned out to nibble at hams decorated to resemble Indonesian masks, and to dance until 4 a.m. to live rock. Transvestites right out of The Damned, complete with dark red lipstick and 1930s feather boas, shouldered their way slinkily past matrons from Westchester. One unidentified chap wore a beige net jumpsuit with nothing on underneath, and a woman in gray velvet knickers pulled...
...million members showed that the number driving their cars on at least five out-of-town trips declined 20% between 1968 and 1970. The recession has also influenced U.S. drinking, which is involved in half of all traffic fatalities. A recent Michigan study showed that auto deaths and tavern liquor sales both declined in 1970. At the same time the sale of package liquor goods-which are usually consumed at home-rose. As Morrill puts it: "The fellow drinking beer in front of his living-room TV is not an auto-insurance problem...
...celebrate tonight? Consider all of the unbirthdays that the nation's mayors, Governors, and even Presidents have provided. If you missed cherishing May 1 as Give Your Girl a Pearl Day, there is still ample time to observe International Play-Your-Own-Harpsichord Month, which is also National Tavern Month. Have a Bach beer...