Tales

Told by Tony on December 22, 2006

San Francisco legend Herb Caen recorded one of our favorite Barleycorn stories in his column from May 1st, 1986 -- the column itself is framed and hangs on the wall of the bar:

". . . An unidentified customer left a brown paper bag containing the cremated remains of Mr. Noah Fimple on the bar of the John Barleycorn Pub on Larkin a few nights ago; it is now in the storeroom while Mgr. Ed O'Leary tried desperately to locate a relative of the late Mr. Fimple (the bag also contains a permit to scatter his remains in Monterey) . . ."

-- Don't fret, Mr. Fimple was eventually transported to his final resting grounds.