The story
This German restaurant served beer in fishbowls to attorneys and politicians for 63 years before slow sales and redevelopment ended the oompah.
Everything that was here
- 2000–2018
Gerst HausRestaurant
This German restaurant served beer in fishbowls to attorneys and politicians for 63 years before slow sales and redevelopment ended the oompah.
See the map in 2001 → - 1938–2005
The Dusty RoadBar
Nashville's oldest licensed beer bar welcomed truckers with free instruments and attracted legends from David Allan Coe to U2.
See the map in 1939 →
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