Callaghan's Irish Social Club
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In Alabama's oldest city, your evening starts with an early drink at Callaghan's Irish Social Club, a beloved neighborhood pub in a 1920s-era building that once housed a meat market. The inside walls are covered with pictures of regulars vacationing around the world, as well as co-owner John Thompson. There are worn green-and-white tile floors and a back room that still smells of dealings made by city politicians, some of whom still stop by for a postwork drink. They also come for the burger, which in this seafood-crazed town, is universally praised as a welcome alternative. When you meet John and he makes fun of you for just about anything, don't sweat it. It's his way of saying thanks for stopping by and that you're well on your to becoming a regular.
Mobile, Alabama
251-433-9374
By Bradley Handwerger
Be sure to check out PEEK, playing at Callaghan's Irish Social Club on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM. For more information about Peek, visit their website, peeksite.com
(photo of 'Blue Mother Tupelo' playing at Callaghan's)
916 Charleston St
Mobile, AL 36604-3025
(251) 433-9374
