The story
The bar opened in 1880 and was more a longshoremen's bar than a literary one until Dylan Thomas and other writers started coming in the early 1950s. Thomas drank heavily here, went back to the Chelsea Hotel, became ill and died a few days later. Jack Kerouac was thrown out more than once, and someone wrote "KEROUAC GO HOME!" on the bathroom wall.
The Clancy Brothers were regulars and performed here too. The White Horse is one of the oldest continuously operating bars in New York City.
Everything that was here
- 1880–present · still open
White Horse TavernBar
The White Horse was a longshoremen's bar from 1880 until the early 1950s, when Dylan Thomas and other writers started drinking here.
See the map in 1881 → - 1920–1998
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The Greenwich Village garage used as the exterior for TV's 'Taxi' was demolished despite protests from the show's cast.
See the map in 1921 →
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