The M & M bar recently re-opened in Butte with a brand new sign that had been restored to its former splendor. The M & M bar has a lot of history in this town and so we paid it a visit last week to see what the hub-bub was all about.
Some of the M &M legacy includes a visit by none other than the beat poet/lit or beatnik poster-boy Jack Kerouac who gave it a glowing endorsement by saying his quest for finding the ideal bar had ended once he found this establishment (he also expanded on this by mentioning how the bar was open all night and it included a cast of colorful characters such as prospectors, cowboys, Indians (and I am pretty sure he did not mean the IT tekkie crowd - excuse the feeble attempt at humor), whores, gamblers, etc) . Back in the day (circa early 1900's), the legend contends that the bar was open all the time and the keys were thrown away as a symbol of this open all day/all night mantra.
The inside has been kept to maintain its history with the bar and cabinets looking like they have been well worn in all whilst maintaining their character.
We went up to the farmers' market on Saturday morning, and sure enough we noticed the M&M was open and a couple of guys were heading in...we were wondering whether they served breakfast (considering it was 8:30 a.m.) but given its history, just maybe they were going in for a liquid brekkie?
The inside has been kept to maintain its history with the bar and cabinets looking like they have been well worn in all whilst maintaining their character.
We went up to the farmers' market on Saturday morning, and sure enough we noticed the M&M was open and a couple of guys were heading in...we were wondering whether they served breakfast (considering it was 8:30 a.m.) but given its history, just maybe they were going in for a liquid brekkie?
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