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Yes, it was still there in the 50's and was where all the kids of Brownsville started their drinking careers. I have my first drink there in 1956. The bartender was named Baldemar Rojas. It was just a short walk across the old railroad bridge.
Yes, used to finish off a night of debauchery there by having a Charlie Special mixed in my boot by the bartender - a familiar routine. Not far down the street was Tio Nachos, a favorite place to have a Kloster beer with a burger for 25 cents. We had an hour lunchbreak in high school and used to race across the border and back to have a Tio Nacho lunch. That was in the late 60's.
Shore do. The jug cost 25 cents and 35 cents. Guaranteed to fly you to the Moon !
Los Globos. Dark beer. Remember it well.
Oh yeah, I remember Charlie's Place and Charlie's Special, too. I also remember once seeing a cloud of some kind of vermin, body lice, I think, in the urinal trough.
Of course we do. Nena and I went there at the urging of Tom Robinson in the late 60's. The "Charlie's Special," vodka and lime juice went for 50 cents. If you told the bartender it was "weak," he would add more vodka.
If that is the start of 6th street from the bridge, I remember "El Senorial" being at that corner and across the street "The Drive Inn" What is the date of the photograph? It has to be BEFORE the 1960's because I remember my parents talking about "El Senorial" and the "Drive Inn" before the mid 1970's which is the time I remember those places.
(If you told the bartender it was "weak," he would add more vodka.)
Sounds like my kind of place.
Dags.
Winos, alcoholics, wana-be's and yours truly (honorary alcoholic) enjoyed our libations with Gusto. Too bad those days of yonder are now passé.
Who can forget Charlie's and it's location down 6th street. Further down 6th street was "Las Cabanitas" which sold tequila shots for five cents, Jesse's Place which excelled in late night entertainment, Gambrinus where you could purchased draft beer served in a goblet for 13 cents. Across the street was "La Siberia" which sold enormous tacos and tostadas, and located next to "La Siberia" was Matias' Bar where bottled beer went for two pesos (16 cents then)and botana was served with each beer that was bought.
Very fond memories!
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