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.’ ”