This establishment was once The West End, a Columbia University area bar where Beat Generation members including Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr used to hang out when they were Columbia students. It is now a chain restaurant featuring Cuban food called Havana Central.
Publication date | Jun 24, 2018 |
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This establishment was once The West End, a Columbia University area bar where Beat Generation members including Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr used to hang out when they were Columbia students. It is now a chain restaurant featuring Cuban food called Havana Central.
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Comments : This is the place where guitarist Lenny Kaye joined Patti Smith during her poetry readings for the first time, according to Smiths book, Just Kids.
Date : 2012-05-02