Did you ever meet someone and say, “I know you from somewhere?”
This happened to me in the summer of 2010, but not with a person. It was a bar in Bethel, N.Y. I visited The Dancing Cat Saloon and the Catskill Distilling Co. the week it opened. I knew I had seen the antique bar and piano in another place and time.  asked the bartender if the bar and piano were from Connecticut, and sure enough it was, as well as the dining room furniture.
We’ve all heard the expression, “if walls could talk.” In the case of this bar, if IT could talk, the story would go something like this: To see the rest of the column and drink recipes please click here   To see my food and tyravel column archives please click here