McSorley's Old Ale House

The curmudgeon spent many a night with his best friends at McSorley's - an ancient place on E. 7th street in NY - Motto "We were here before you were born"


There were burly waiters who could carry 10 or 20 mugs of ale in one hand to the table - it was very good ale.


Perhaps the quaintest part of McSorley's was they allowed only men in.  That's right - no women.


There are perhaps a zillion bars in NYC that eagerly court women, but McSorley's was just this Irish transplant from the past.


Along comes the mid-70s, and some arrogant feminist - apparently with more money than brains - filed a lawsuit to force them to admit women.  I suspect the judge, with tears in his eyes, knew he had to issue that order.


So McSorley's was forced to admit women.  But they are a clever bunch - there was nothing in the order that said they had to add a women's rest room.


Revenge can be sweet.