Temple Bar is all that's left of Nick's Beef and Beer House. Those with memory can remember the 1/2 rroasted chicken and the pitchers of bar or root beer and the dark red lighting. What was a working class chicken and lamb place became an upscale alternative to Grafton's. The Temple bar is professionals, With perhaps a few professors and some mainstream white collar thrown in. There is some of the Boston bridge-and-tunnel feel, if that's not too much of a stretch. The acoustics are shrill but the decor is fine. You will be jammed into a crowds a little the way you want to be at the Temple Bar. No religion here -- just good times and good old boys.
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