Barringers Tavern
NEIGHBORHOOD:
South Village
For 140 years, Barringers has been an anchor on South Meridian Street, located on a corner that was once the last stop on one of the streetcar lines heading south from downtown. During Prohibition, it survived by dishing out meals, sweets, and—legend has it—bootlegged booze passed through a back window slot that still exists. It’s the sort of joint where parking on the grass is perfectly acceptable and the screen door slaps behind you as you walk in. The original bar remains, along with a tarnished bell that once clanged for last call. Patrons nurse sweating bottles of Miller Lite, order $3 Jim Beam Red Stags, play solitaire, and swap barstool stories…