Among the buildings are the brick-and-mortar hothouses of American commerce, the spice-laced shops of Chinatown, the ancient bars whose mahogany counters and tin ceilings have received the mutterings of generations of firefighters and meatpackers and City Hall flunkies.
In an effort to get a better handle on Belgian beers, I followed Villa and his crew around Belgium as they researched new styles for their upcoming 20th anniversary brew, tagging along to breweries, ancient bars, canals, and landmarks with a belly full of beer and frites.
TO many of its Latino residents, the south side of Williamsburg was starting to feel like a modern twist on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner": bars, bars everywhere, but not a place to drink.
The tracksite is an ancient point bar preserving a heterogeneous substrate of varied consistency and inclination that includes a ripple-marked riverbed, a bar slope, and a stable algal-matted bar top surface.
Among Ridgefield's many dining options are two popular but casual hangouts: Gail's Station House Cafe and the 30-year-old Ancient Mariner bar and grill.
There is always a noisy crowd discussing politics or the fortunes of Nice's football club, either sitting outside on the shady terrace or round the ancient zinc bar.
The larger-than-life casting applies as well to Branch Rickey, the cigar-smoking, oratorical Dodger president, who had long searched for a player of Robinson's strength of character to be the man to break the game's ancient color bar, but who refused to take credit for this act of courage and vision... Racial tensions in the clubhouse and on the field are largely invisible.
I mean, I like Scotch eggs as much as the next Englishman, but I can't help but think this kind of ancient casual bar snack cuisine they're nodding to never really existed.
Much as Americans might like to believe that every pub in Ireland is musty, dark and ancient, two bars that got multiple votes were decidedly more modern — though still Irish-accented, Gaelic-named and easygoing and friendly, even as they're cool enough to fit in the Village.
The ski lift, an ancient T-bar surface tow, hadn't turned in 30 years.
