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"The Approved Pubs as determined by Age & Treachery Racing, Ltd..." |
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This is to advise of a new Pub Sticker location, acquired on a recent trip. This was a LARGE 1995 edition, and it is proudly displayed in a prominent location at: The Westminster Pub & Eatery 201 Water Street St. John's, Newfoundland, A1C 1A9 At this location, a pubman by the name of Eric Mercer went beyond the pale to be kind and generous to a crusty old foreigner, who, upon learning he had been marooned in this premise by the untimely escape of his legs, feet, vision, tongue, and decorum, fell into a righteous and melancholy funk, and commenced to recite "The Creation Of Sam McGee", in Mandarin, to the probable delight of all gathered. When all was sorted later, with the help of an itinerant waif named Shirley - whose shower, incidentally, only dispensed liquid icebergs - an international agreement was worked out that the kindly old foreigner would return Newfoundland to it's inhabitants, release his hostages, and cease ALL recitations in return for a final Guinness, some garbonzo beans, and unfettered passage off the island. Also part of the agreement, of course, was that the vintage human would remain anonymous. (Similarities to any actual founding member of ATR, Ltd., and possible roundel pilot, are just a bad guess, and remain in the realms of alchemy and conjecture.) |
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| Kelly's
Westport Inn
Kansas City, Missouri, USA 
The venerable Kelly's of Westport, in business since 1947. |
Mark, a bartender, points out the Approved Pub plaque. |
The wall of art at Kelly's - Thomas Hart Benton paintings, customers living and dead. |
Joe D's Wine
Bar
Kansas City, Missouri, USA 
Joe-D's Wine Bar - sounds pretentious, but if he'll put up a plaque...besides, used to be a gas station. |
If you squint, you can see the old Approved Pub sticker on the door. |
Sharp's
Kansas City, Missouri, USA 
Traci Sharp (left) and our favorite waitress - and gee, what shirt are they wearing? |