The Hudson House
12th Street
Long Beach Island, NJ
This place is a shit hole but it is one of my favorite bars and the last of an era of dive bars on the island. When I was in college, there were lots of places like this bar. You could go in with very limited funds and stay the night. There was no fanfare, no ambience, no pretense. The bathrooms were undesirable. The bar stools were ripped and dirty. The sound system was loud and crackled. The floor was sticky from all of the spilled beer. It was always crowded and I could go in there alone and count on seeing someone I knew.
But now, it's usually empty and lonely. It's dying and I don't want to let go of it.
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