1. No Name Pub: Started in 1931 in Big Pine Key, FL as a general store, bait and tackle shop. In 1936 the store added a room and started serving food and beer. In the 40's the store added a Brothel but it soon closed because "the fisherman were better looking than the girls". In the 70's and 80's the Keys hit their prime because of Jimmy Buffet popularity. With that came people and their money (lots of funny money flowing through the keys back then) and that money started being put on the walls, dollar bill by dollar bill. Thirty years have gone by and the results are the pictures you see below. They estimate there is over $750,000 in singles hanging on the walls and from the ceiling.
2: McGuire's Irish Pub: Really more of a steak house than a pub, McGuire's opened their first pub in Pensacola Florida in 1977. The story goes that Molly, the first waitress, took her first dollar tip and tacked it on the wall. Since then, there has been over $550,000 in dollar bills stuck on the walls and ceiling next to that tip.
Oatman Hotel: Yes this is not a pub, but many a beer has been had at the Oatman. The hotel was built in 1910 started doing brisk business in 1915 when two miners discovered $10 million in gold in Oatman. After the gold rush and 3 fires the hotel just barely survived until route 66 was built nearby. The Hotel has remained a tourist attraction ever since. Many believe the hotel is haunted but that just brings in more visitors. And nobody seems to know why, but those visitors each seem to leave a dollar bill behind with their name and where they're from.
4. Tortilla Flat Saloon: Tortilla Flat, AZ has a population of 6 and one of the craziest pubs/eatery you'll see. How can you not love a place decorated in dollar bills with a pre plastic Kenny Rogers dressed as "The Gambler". The bar stools are saddles and the patrons look like Grandpa. A little Coyote Ugly meets Golden Girls
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Another cool place like those posted is Hernando's Pizza Pub in Winter Park, CO. It has money all over the eating area and bar.
THE SALTY DOG HOMER, ALASKA
MORE THAN MONEY, THONGS AND HATS PINNED AROUND THE BAR ALL THE DOLLARS PUT ON LIFE RINGS ON THE WALLS IS DONATED TO CHARITY EVERY YEAR.
Needs more Kells Irish Pub ( Portland, OR)
pictures are pretty awesome!
Money is dirty
Violates flame spread requirements for assembly occupancies.
Kells Irish Pub for sure!
Go Oregon!
That place in Pensacola was dirty and disgusting when I went there. Ick.
Kell's cleans their's off every year and donates it to charity. They never get more than a few thousand dollars.
"The bar stools are saddles and"
Umm... something's missing at the end there.
Pubs in the UK that have money on rhe walls usually has a varied collection of money from around the world. But not in America, eh? You manage to fill many pubs with your own money over and over.
And some Americans wonder why they are disliked? Insular.
"Pubs in the UK that have money on rhe walls usually has a varied collection of money from around the world. But not in America, eh? You manage to fill many pubs with your own money over and over."
Americans are disliked because of idiots like you spreading shit. We don't put other money up because we don't HAVE IT. Nobody PAYS WITH IT, and nobody with foreign money would just give it away to a bar.
The fascinating bit - imagine how much $750,000 could earn in interest each year. And that compounds. You could add a lot to your life! Check out the sums. And imagine how much money they're already lost over the years. D'oh.
One of the shots from McGuire's in Pensacola is actually mine. We hit that spot every year as we head home from vacation. There is a certain amount of filth associated with bars, and perhaps even more so when combined with the obsessive-compulsive hording of used dollar bills. Despite that, this place keeps up with its cleaning and health codes. Many an old lady visits here for brunch - often after church - to enjoy their Irish coffee (they wouldn't put up with a filthy place).
Congrats, you totally missed the SALTY DOG in Homer, AK. Puts all of the others to shame!!!!!
"Violates flame spread requirements for assembly occupancies." ???
Egads, only the devil himself could utter such a thing.
"In the future, all money will be free."
McGuires is AWESOME!!! Clean and respectful, and the food is great.
Oh, and by the way, the dollar bill is not flamable
I sure as hell hope opening a bar isn't the worst investment I could have made. Cool factor was pretty high already. Just sayin'. :P
McGuiers Irish Pub in Pensacola was sick nastyy.!
It was very clean, had good food, and an awesome scenery!
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