McSorley's Old Ale House

McSorley's is the oldest Irish tavern in New York City, located at 15 E. 7th St. in the East Village. It was one of the last of the "Men Only" pubs.

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New York City - East Village

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McSorley's opened its doors in 1854, however women were not allowed until 1970 when NOW attorneys Faith Seidenberg and Karen DeCrow took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court and won.

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NOW - U.S. Supreme Court

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McSorley's serves only two ales, light and dark - both priced at $4 (2005 pricing, each order is two small beers). The aged artwork, newspaper articles covering the walls, the sawdust floors and the Irish waiters and bartenders help give McSorley's Old Ale House a truly old school "Loisaida" flavor. No piece of memorabilia has been removed from the walls since 1910.

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Many famous people have drank at McSorley' including Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Boss Tweed, and Woody Guthrie.

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Abe Lincoln - Teddy Roosevelt - Boss Tweed - Woody Guthrie

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In his 1925 poem "I was sitting in McSorley's," Poet E. E. Cummings described McSorley's as "the ale which never lets you grow old."

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1925 - E. E. Cummings

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