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Freeport, New York and the Dying Corner Bar Culture
from Tough Love · #3
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Responding to a question about whether Freeport is a sanctuary city, Tim instead describes Freeport's nautical mile bar scene, the Helm's cheeseburger, and riffs on how corner bars and pub culture are dying in America and the UK.
- 49:30Tim spent years drinking on the Nautical Mile in Freeport, Long Island, a town of old fishermen, clam diggers, bars, and fish markets.
- 49:46The Helm bar had the best cheeseburger he's ever had, cooked on a dirty grill for 30 years.
- 49:57Tim calls certain bars "blood boxes" — places with fights and colorful characters — like Lisa's Lounge in Baldwin.
- 50:48Freeport is not a sanctuary city but a coke-dusted, drug-drenched hellhole.
- 51:36Lisa's Lounge was named after the bar owner's daughter Lisa, whose picture hung on top of the bar.
- 52:02Tim used to hang out at Lisa's Lounge with people named Bobby Haha, Chuck the electrician, Sally, and Frankie Produce.
FreeportLisa's LoungeThe Helmbar cultureblood box