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The Harlem Tap Room is an historic jewel of the north side - it may even be the birthplace of the "north-side pour," because, dang, these cocktails will knock you flat. Operating at the same location on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive for the past 67 years, walking inside is like teleporting to a bygone era, albeit one where everybody knows your name, your sister's name and probably your grandfather's too. Outsiders are given a wide berth at first, but if you behave yourself and nod along to the old-school soul music melting out of the jukebox, it isn't long before you're clapped on the back and given permission to come back.
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Painted across the brick exterior of Harlem Tap Room are the words, "Every Goodbye Ain't Gone." As translated by Keith Green, the third generation of the Nance family to run this bar in the Ville, the motto reminds people that leaving isn't the same thing as never coming back. And Green should know: A native St. Louisan, he moved to Atlanta for several years, but felt the pull back toward home -- and toward the watering hole his grandfather, Ezell Nance Jr., founded in 1946. Green opens... More »
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