On the Road: Doing St. Paddy's Green-- Part 2-- Mt. Adams, Murphy's

Next, we drove out to Mt. Adams, overlooking Cincinnati. We were hoping to have a drink at the City View Bar. After awhile, we found it and it did have a great view of the downtown, but unfortunately didn't open until 4. Missed it by this much, but, you would have thought they'd be open early on Paddy's Day.

Read my lips, never miss a chance to sell a beer when you own a bar.


MURPHY'S

Next stop was Murphy's, close to the University of Cincinnati campus. On March 1st, you must have an Irish beer or Irish whiskey, but even more credit if you have it in a bar with an Irish name, and I can't think of much more Irish than Murphy. They were celebrating their 40th anniversary and Denny said he remembered when they opened. But, then again, Denny is an old guy (said the 58-year-old).

We were greeted by a guy with a foot high green Mohawk and a girl wearing a tee shirt with a saying on it that decorum doesn't permit me to print. This place really reminded me of the original Durty Nellie's in Palatine, Illinois. You enter to a a small bar and then, there are rooms obviously tacked on as business grew. To say the least, the place was quite green. Really good drink prices as well.

We went looking for where the great Federal/King Records were made, a great source of 50s and 60s R&B. Not much there to show for the site, but we just barely missed it when we ended up on the interstate.

Two Down, Four to Go. --RoadDog