The Colonial Tavern
The Colonial American Tavern In 1760, John Adams, who was distinctively irritable, wrote that the taverns of the day have become “the eternal Haunt, of loose disorderly People of the same Town, which renders them offensive and unfit for the Entertainment of a Traveler of the least delicacy… Young People are tempted to waste their Time and Money, and to acquire habits of Intemperance and Idleness that … reduce many …