The American Bar

HomeAboutFoodEntertainmentCalendarVenue HireContact UsHomeAboutFoodEntertainmentCalendarVenue HireContact Us The American bar since 1860 The American Bar - A speculative history The American Bar has sat, robustly nestled on the corner of Dock Street since 1860. Details are scarce - the people that frequented the then American Hotel, back when Sailortown was awash with seafarers, dockers, carters and riveters, all hard, callused men, with torn hands and bruised shoulders, have long gone and with them the facts and definitive figures, that would let us do more than simply speculate as to when and why it was that the bar came to be called The American.