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Directly across from the door to Rosie O'Grady's is the entrance to Lili
Marlene's World War I Aviators Pub. Lili's is a favorite gathering
place for professionals, businessmen and ladies of Pensacola.
The bar and back bar of Lili's came from the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago
and dates from 1880. The famous "smoked filled room" of politics
was located behind this very bar! The captain's chairs and pub
tables are from old English pubs in London. The light fixtures
came from a mansion in Atlanta.
The building that houses Lili's and the room directly north were
originally the Pensacola Printing Co., reputed to be the oldest print
shop in continual operation in the U.S. and the original home of the
Pensacola News Journal newspaper. The big benches in Lili's are
from London. The big chairs are from the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts. The beautiful pub mirrors are from Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Visit the Lili's MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/lilimarlenes
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