Callahan's Place

Callahan's Place
General information
Status	Destroyed via nuclear detonation
Type	Bar
Location	New York State Route 25A, Long Island
Town or city	New York City, New York
Country	United States of America
Fictional information
Created by	Spider Robinson
First appearance	That Guy with the Eyes
Final appearance	The Mick of Time

“	It's the kind of place you hear about only if you need to—and if you are very lucky. Because if a patron, having proposed his toast and smithereened his glass, feels like talking about the nature of his troubles, he receives the instant, undivided attention of everyone in the room.	”
–Jake Stonebender, describing the customs, and the patrons

Callahan's Place was a New York City bar operated by Mike Callahan from 1948 until its destruction in a nuclear explosion on December 31, 1986.

History

Legacy

After the explosion, the radioactive fallout blew on the wind out into the sound and then east into the ocean. The authorities covered up the fact that the explosion was nuclear in nature to prevent residents of Long Island from fleeing en masse. (PROSE: The Callahan Touch)

Stonebender would later opt to open up a new bar named Mary's Place in May of 1988, in tribute to both Callahan's and Mary Callahan. (PROSE: The Callahan Touch)

Attributes

Inherent Attributes

• Invisible Protective Shield: With few exceptions, no person who didn't belong in Callahan's Place ever went to Callahan's. From its opening in 1948 until its destruction in 1986, no bikers, brawlers, sexual predators, or even drunks came to the place. (PROSE: The Callahan Touch) Everyone who did come to the bar had needed to, and generally kept coming until they no longer needed to. (PROSE: That Guy with the Eyes, et al)

Notes

Behind the Scenes

• Callahan's Place was created by Canadian author Spider Robinson.

Links

• Callahan's Place on Callahan's Wiki

See also

• The Draco Tavern