I am doing some research for a magazine article -- I am looking to find the most remote bars in the world. I need bars that you have to hike to, drive miles on a dirt road to, take a boat or swim to, etc. Any where in the world -- just needs to serve alcohol. Any ideas?
Reply to this REMOTE!!!!!!
We have just returned from a trip to the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota. During the planning stages an establishment near our lodging looked intriguing, so we ventured on to find it.
The name of the place is "The Chainsaw Sisters Saloon", off the Echo Trail near Ely, Minnesota.
We had no idea a 20 mile trip from our cabin to the town (of Ely) would take 45 minutes.The road is paved for the first six or so miles, then it becomes more like a dirt driveway, narrow and winding. Along the way, about halfway between our wilderness cabin and the rest of civilization, there is a sign posted for the saloon. 16 minutes of driving on this dirt road (the sign suggests in small lettering on the reverse side 6 miles) the saloon can be found. It is at the end of the road, literally. The location is a portage for canoeist, and from this area Canada is just a few lakes away. The cabin we had stayed at down the road a piece ran on generator power, and treated their own water supply, so I am supposing the same is for the saloon.
My husband and I walked up the steep steps and found a collie on the porch, along with six or seven chain saws. I opened the door to the saloon and we sauntered up to the bar. The place serves only beer, in cans, and soda, in cans and a few snack items. While we were there a group of biker guys came in, and we chatted about being so far up in the states, etc. Other folks came in to rent canoes-which are available too. Kinda cold in the winter; probably have to cross country ski, or snowshoe for a beer at the Chainsaw Sisters!
One side note-the place is up for sale.
Reply to this There's an Irish bar in just about every country in the world - one of my favourites is on Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia. To get there:
Fly to Bali.
2 hr bus ride to Padangbia (ferry post)
6 hr ferry to Lombok.
4 hr bus ride to the ferry port for Gili Trawangan.
1 hr dangerous ferry ride in which it constantly threatens to capcise.
Then you get to this little island covered in bars, and dive shops - the Bar Tir Na Nog is run by Irish and British expats and bills itself as the "Smallest Island in the World with an Irish Bar". It's not the only bar on the island - so maybe that disqualifies it - and it is well known to backpackers - as are the Gili Islands...
Reply to this There is a bar in the Queen Charlotte Sounds NZ. To get there say from Wellington: 4hr ferry ride to Picton-35min water taxi ride to The Cove that it is in. or you could ride a mountainbike...take about 2 days. GREAT PLACE
Reply to this There is a little pub in a little town in Hopfgarten, Austria called the Silver Bullet. It is so much fun though, we were dancing on tables, on the bar, taking the most random shots (the sperm shot?!?). It was a really popular bar for all the people travelling on my Contiki vacation. Check out my blog about the experience at: http://katedoescontiki.blogspot.com/
Reply to this The old forge in inverie Knoydart. 30 minute ferry ride from Mallaig, to a peninsular on mainland scotland with no road access. I beleiev it is in the Guiness book of records as the most remote pub in Britain. But there again what is the definition of remote...
Reply to this I've drunk vodka of dubious origin in the bar of the Ukrainean research station Verdansky located on the Antarctic peninsula.
Reply to this The Daly Waters Pub (c. 1890) in the Northern Territory, Australia. The "Pink Pub", Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld, Aus. Or how about the 1920s Tea Rooms on the Plain of Six Glaciers, Lake Louise, BC Canada.
Reply to this I guess this is a bit late, but I can think of two: one is a shack among some huts on the coast of Gabon in Africa. The only realistic way of getting there is via a ferry taking tourists on safari. There is no name, no hours of operation, only a few cold beers, loud music and a light bulb, when the village is in the mood.
The other is on a dirt road in central Brazil, an hour from the nearest town with a name. It doesn't have walls or a name, but it does have a pool table. It services the residents of maybe 7 mud huts. I think here too beer is the only option.
Reply to this Well I have a t shirt that proclaims the most remote roadhouse in Australia Rabbit Flat
Spent a great evening there exploring the joys of Aussie beer.
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