Old Doug
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The Alpine Tavern, Moundsville, West Virginia.
On Wednesdays, the best chicken wings I have ever had. On other days, no wings at all.
If the Milestone Bar is at one end of the spectrum, then let us say that the Alpine is well toward the other end.
This is the Miller Light and Bud Light crowd; if they have wine I've never seen it requested, and knowing the place, that is probably just as well.
Yet - Oh! The stories, the characters.... 'Abe the Turtle,' hmm.... Where would I begin his tale? 'Crazy Joe Kelly' (now banned from the bar permanently). 'Hound Dog' - don't know his real name, but he's 93 years old and still has one beer when he comes in. He's a great home-brewer and distiller. You bring him a couple bushels of peaches and he will make you some stuff that will put hair on your chest and delight your tongue. Tattooed Danielle, Shaky Wayne, Delmus.... Yes, his real name is Delmus, the only 'Delmus' I have ever known, the only one I've ever heard of.
I've mentioned it before - what really stands out about the place is that it's a round-buying bar. It's not like you walk in, sit down, order a beer or a drink, and sit there in solitary isolation, oh no - you at least buy for everybody sitting around the actual wooden bar itself. It's much appreciated, tips of the hat and "thank you" coming from all sides. Before you know it, some stout-hearted individual has drained his, and back it comes to you - he buys a round. Then somebody else comes in, and now you've got 2 in front of you.
People come for the wings on Wednesdays. It's particularly brutal around 4:30 in the afternoon; somebody else comes in right after, and now you've got 3 to drink plus the one you're working on. And here come two more people. And so on... I drink fast, but many is the time that I've had to tell the bartender "No more, at least for a while..."
When it gets into the double-digits, many people are overwhelmed, unsurprisingly. The Alpine allows you to turn in beers that have warmed up for cold ones. You can also choose to get a token - a round wooden coinlike thing - that's good for a beer or a hard liquor drink, depending on the markings, if you desire. They used to use little plastic disposable cups, like what you get Jello shots in, but people were bringing their own in - they'd go to the store, buy a couple hundred of the darn things, and then try and drink for free.
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