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The A-to-Z Bar Crawl

The idea for the A-to-Z Bar Crawl came about a couple of years ago when the usual gang was sitting around enjoying a few pitchers at The Apple Inn, a bar in the Dormont neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Somebody mentioned Albert's, another local watering hole, when Sylvia, at the time a newcomer to the group, remarked "Do all the bars you guys hang out in start with the letter "A?" That got us to thinking that at one time or another, we've probably been to a bar beginning with every letter of the alphabet. This led to a great idea for a bar crawl.

With jobs at Internet start-ups, kids to care for, and other "errands," we decided that instead of a serious one-day bar tour, we should try to visit each bar one per week, as an excuse to get together and stay in touch with all our friends. Since we are spread from the balmy South Hills to the Great White North Hills, we'll try to pick places around the greater Pittsburgh area so that everyone gets a chance to attend at least once in a while, if not every week.

The following list is the bars we have attended, or plan to attend. If a bar's name is a link, the accompanying page will include a description of the evening's event, with highlights (or lowlights), and pictures, if available. To suggest a future bar or be added to the A-to-Z mailing list, send e-mail to kevin@madzia.net.