Famous Bars Writers have gotten inebriated at

What do Jack Kerouac, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams all have in common? Besides the fact that they were all amazing literary writers, they really knew how to party! Here are some of the most famous bars our knowledgeable greats drew their inspiration from.

Vesuvio 

255 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94133 

You can find some photos of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso,and Neal Cassady on the walls of this well-known North Beach San Francisco saloon. Notorious for guesting poets and writers from the Beat Generation, Vesuvio resides next door to famous City Lights Bookstore, joined by "Jack Kerouac Alley."

 Chumley's

86 Bedford St, New York, NY, 10014 

A favorite hangout for writers and journalists, great writers such as Eugene O'Neil, William Faulkner, and John Steinbeck all got silly at this bar. Mad Men took light to this notion and featured it in an episode in season 1when Kinsley celebrates his article being published. Chumley's opens back up in Spring 2011 after being closed for four years for renovation.

 

White Horse Tavern 

567 Hudson St, New York, NY, 10014

 Jack Kerouac used to get kicked out of this bar all the time. You can see the proof for yourself by visiting the restroom and seeing the words"GO HOME JACK!"scribed on the bathroom wall. Dylan Thomas also wrote and drank here; unfortunately, it was the whiskey that sent him to his grave.

  Yaddo Gardens

  Union Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866

 An artist's community in the early 1900's, Carson McCullers, novelist of "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"drank for inspiration here all the time. The establishment still offers residency to emerging artists. The Garden section is open to the public every day from 8-dark.

Overlook Lounge 

225 E 44th St, New York, NY, 10017

Ernest Hemingway smashed John O'Hara's walking stick in half with his head, after a tiff here back when this bar used to be known as Castello's.  Enjoy the cartoon caricatures decorating the walls brought together by some of New York's talented artists.