In the middle of it all, the pub’s owner Beth Lemke and host, chewed the fat making sure everyone had a spot to sit down as well as a glass of wine. Throwing and laughing her hair Lemke
floated across the area, her eyes lighting up a guest was recognized by her. When Gaffney took a rest, Lemke went to every table and whispered, “Shh . . . We’re having
opera Within minutes the place went quiet, as well as the soprano Elizabeth King, an area performer, began singing a Puccini aria— for which she'd later gather two bottles of wine, her payment. The residents were blown away a
wine shop Malaysia opened here,” says Lemke. “To have high artwork proved to be a double whammy.” “Folks talked for weeks about the party,” says Lemke. “It was my hallelujah minute.”
Ever since she read Ray Oldenburg’s novel The Great Good Place in school, Lemke was dreaming of making a friendly home away from home where neighbors could assemble to discuss, pay attention to bite, beverage and music. Then in her twenties, Lemke, envisioned a coffee shop, even though
pubs were something of a household tradition. In 1935 her great aunt Mona Hood began Mona’s Nightclub 440, a wineandbeer joint in San Francisco. March to the beat of your drum.’ ”
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