NYC, Hell's Kitchen. Established in 1868. In those days there was no 12th Street, just the shores of the Hudson River, on which the tavern sat. During Prohibition the third floor was turned into a speakeasy. A beautiful old pub complete with ornate carved woodwork, tin ceiling, brick walls, old wooden floors, and a lovely men's room with beautiful stained glass windows (as with many of these old pubs the ladie's room was not added until years later).

There are said to be three ghosts who inhabit the pub: a woman named Mary Moighan, a Civil War soldier named Travis Martin, and most famously actor George Raft. He spent a lot of time at the Landmark back in the 1920's rubbing shoulders with gangsters, whose mannerisms he incorporated in his portrayals in the movies, including flipping a nickel into the air over and over. On November 24, 1980 after locking up the bartender turned around to find an old man at the end of the bar. After telling the man they were closed he unlocked the door but on turning around again he found the man to be gone. When he went to the spot he had seen the man he found a nickel from 1926 on the bar. Earlier that evening George Raft had passed away in California.

I enjoyed Landmark IPA made by a brewery in New Hampshire and had a great conversation with Abe the bartender, who had worked at another pub I used to go to 20 years ago.