I was browsing an Internet Forum and read this description of the old West End (RIP) in New York. It was posted by a cat named The Zoo Yorker, and it’s a perfect example of how Madison Avenue can dress something up with counter-culture mystique.

If you are a beatnik looking for history, you would do well to avoid what the West End bar has become - namely, simultaneously the most popular yet most derided bar in the neighborhood. Yes, Kerouac and Ginsberg were regular drinkers there, however, you must remember, Ginsberg was never the most attractive human being and Kerouac was a football player. That should give you some idea as to the clientele.

Other examples are:

Jim Morrison and Elvis Presley