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Yes, the Buckhorn Exchange boasts liquor license number 1 — but that’s because the venerable restaurant was first in line after Prohibition ended in 1933, when new liquor licenses were issued. The oldest saloon in town is My Brother’s Bar — city registries indicate that 2376 15th Street was a bar back in the 1880s, and although the name has changed over the decades (it’s been My Brother’s for merely the past forty years), the building’s purpose has not.
But the Buckhorn, a classic spot at 1000 Osage Street, deserves its own spot in the history books: It dates back to the 1890s.
Either bar would be a fine place to raise a glass this weekend, to toast the 77th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. (For a good history, read this installment of Sean Kenyon’s Ask a Bartender.
Fair warning, though: My Brother’s is always closed on Sunday — the official anniversary is December 5 — so you’ll want to raise your glass there before last call on Saturday night.
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