Jonathan Cohen's photos with the keyword: tavern

Open since 1943, Grossman’s bills itself as "Toronto’s Home of the Blues" and is famous for its live music 7 days a week. A down and dirty bar of the old style, it has atmosphere in spades! The building that houses Grossman’s Tavern on Spadina is an architectural gem. Behind the rather plain addition erected across the front of the premises, is an 1880s Second Empire house with a mansard roof that at one time contained the home and office of a medical doctor. It is one of only three houses that remain from the days when Spadina was a residential street, many of the homes along the wide avenue belonging to the elite of the city.

I would never have believed that anything so tasteless could exist unless I had seen it with my own eyes. Driving to Pittsburgh, we stopped at a roadside tavern and restaurant to use the restroom. The lady who owned the place asked us if we had come to "see the boobs" – and then proceded to show them to us. Fashioned after a lifelike set of a woman’s breasts, when activated they jiggle in rhythmic motion to the song, "Titties & Beer" by country singer Rodney Carrington. Reality has outdone staire.

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