Sunday, May 29, 2005
MAN OF 1,000 BARS
Only 500 bars to go for Dan Freeman:
The Brooklynite set out Jan. 1 to visit 1,000 bars in a single year, a cocktail lounge quest that began with one scotch and soda in Mike’s Pelham Grill. Barely five months and 499 bars later, the Don Quixote of drink is halfway to completing his boozy impossible dream. Why 1,000 bars, you ask? Why not?
“There wasn’t any grand scheme,” explained Freeman, a tall draft beer in hand at bar No. 500, The Gate in Brooklyn. “I just wanted to see how many bars you could hit in a year, and 1,000 seemed reasonable.”
The retired computer consultant launched a simultaneous blog about his pursuit, converting Freeman into a semi-cult cyber star.
Freeman has maintained commendable semi-sobriety throughout this adventure. Well, almost. His wife comments:
“He’s been pretty responsible, with a few lapses we won’t talk about.”
Drink on, Dan!