Open for Business: Oak and Iron, 147 Franklin Street

The team behind Lady Jay's quietly opened Oak and Iron, their new watering hole at 147 Franklin Street, late Thursday evening. More Midwestern than big city, Oak and Iron seems to be the place to come kick up your boots and whittle away your quarters on the country-western jukebox while sipping whiskey cleans until closing time. True to form, the bar is made of oak and iron, and the walls are lined with varying images of a lost America, Miles Davis and various sideshow freaks among them. With twenty whiskeys, twelve beers on tap, and an array of proper cocktails, it's as good a place as any to drown your sorrows and pat your fellow man on the back while trying to stumble through the last few lines of "Downtown Train." That's Tom Waits, not Rod Stewart. 

Thanks to Rob Eleazor for the tip.