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Februrary 12, 1936 Lawyer around town since 1922, Tom Bergin at the age of 46 opened the doors to the "Old Horseshoe Tavern and Thoroughbred Club," named after a Tavern his uncle had on the wharf in Boston. The Bergin family had been in the wholesale liquor business since the 1850's. The Tavern was located at 6110 Wilshire Boulevard., just west of Fairfax Avenue. on the south side. And W.J. ( Jake ) Ohlsen, a starter on the 1935 Minnesota football team who was voted # 1 in the nation was hired as a bartender. Within a year, he became the general manager.
In 1937 Tom Bergin's Horseshoe Tavern and Thoroughbred Club had it's own private stock of 100% Blended Scotch Whiskey for sale.
1947 Bergin's Football Buses ran to the LA Ram's games ( ended in 1981 )
1948 Tom Bergin started the Tom Bergin's LA Rams softball team comprised of big name football players - Jim Hardy, Glenn Davis, Tom Fears. The lease expired at the original location and Tom Bergin starts building at a new location right around the corner.
On January 20, 1949 "The Old Horseshoe Tavern and Thoroughbred Club" moves to 840 S.Fairfax Avenue. and is renamed "Tom Bergin's Horseshoe Tavern." Customers and employees carry the Horseshoe Bar down Fairfax to it's new location. Irish coffee is introduced to the US...and the recipe found it's way to Tom Bergin's Tavern, which quickly became known as "The House of Irish Coffee." Jake Ohlsen introduces the "Leprechaun" logo to Tom Bergins.
1950 Jake Ohlsen started the "Shamrock-Hanging" tradition. Each Shamrock is handmade and painted with the customer's last name. Today there are over 7,000 Shamrocks on the walls.
1951 The S.O.B. club was founded on St. Patrick's Day. The Los Angeles Rams gave Bergins their NFL Championship Banner, the forerunner to the Super Bowl Lombardi Trophy, to hang over the bar.
1962 Rudy Ochoa started as a busboy and quickly moved his way up to waiter. From then until he retired in 2000 after 38 years, served many families in Hancock Park, who kept coming back with their children, and then their grandchildren.
March 11, 1973 at the age of 79 Tom Bergin passed his shillelagh on to T.K. Vodrey and Mike Mandekic. On St. Patrick's Day the famous "I Was At Bergin's" buttons where introduced, and customers can't wait to get the new ones each year. The "Shamrock Logo" was introduced by T.K.Vodrey.
1974 The Christmas Carolers began serenading customers during the Holiday Season.
1978 St. Patrick's Day was celebrated with an Irish Coffee drinking horse for the promotion of the movie "Casey's Shadow."
1980 Esquire Magazine named Tom Bergin's as one of the "Top 100 Bars" in the United States.
1982 Bergin's Football Buses ran to the LA Raiders' games ( ended in 1996 ). Les and Glen Charles get the concept for "Cheers" from Tom Bergin's Horseshoe Tavern. Head Bartender Chris Doyle is the inspiration for "Coach."
1992 "House of Pain" did a photo shoot for their self-titled album at the backside of Tom Bergin's Horse Shoe tavern Bar.
1993 Tom Bergin's Tavern Horseshoe Bar was voted by Entertainment as Los Angeles' "Most Fun" place to go!
1998 Mike Mandekic leaves to pursue outside interests and T.K. Vodrey becomes the Sole Proprietor. Tom Bergin's makes a tremendous comeback after L.A. Times writes our obituary. Tom Bergin's became a magical place inside and out and celebrated the "First Annual Christmas Lighting Ceremony" on December 1st!
1999 Tom Bergin's Horseshoe Tavern becomes known as Tom Bergin's Tavern. Tom Bergin's gets a face-lift to the kitchen and bathrooms - it was to take 2 weeks but it took 2 months! Tom Bergin's toasts Los Angeles by flying a plane with a banner wishing everyone a "Happy St. Patrick's Day." "The Tonight Show" does a live remote on St. Patrick's Day. Voted "Restaurant of the Week" by the Los Angeles Times (August 26th). The S.O.B.'s are reintroduced for our "I Ate & Drank My Way Thru Monday Night Football" promotion and receive their own logo. Tom Bergins launches its web site. In September, Bartender Mike Murphy retires from the Old Horseshoe Bar - he started in 1973.
2000 In January Tom Bergin's Tavern celebrates 50 years at this location! Tom Bergin's Tavern is featured in the March issue of "In-Style" and "SOMA" magazines. Rudy Ochoa retires after 38 years at Tom Bergins. In July Tom Bergin's Tavern collection of Leprechauns is introduced according to the season and/or event. Tullamore Dew joins Tom Bergin's Tavern in their Logo Irish Coffee Glass gift packs and Guinness with the Pint Glass gift packs.
2001 TK and Peggy Vodrey purchased The Tavern's building and parking lot to make certain that Tom Bergin's was here to stay forever.
2003 Scenes from the movie "The Duplex" were filmed at our Horseshoe Bar. It features Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller, with Chris Doyle, our old Irish Bartender, behind the bar.
2009 Chris Doyle, still our Head Bartender, turns author as The Tavern hosts two book signing for his books "The Scalawags"...his early life as a child...and "The Musings of a Mixologist"...chronicling his life as a young barkeep in Dublin, his move to Los Angeles, where in 1974, he began at Tom Bergin's.
2010 Tom Bergin's Tavern is featured in an episode of Bravo's Top Chef Masters, where renowned chefs prepare new twists for Irish Pub Grub.
In 1937 Tom Bergin's Horseshoe Tavern and Thoroughbred Club had it's own private stock of 100% Blended Scotch Whiskey for sale.
1947 Bergin's Football Buses ran to the LA Ram's games ( ended in 1981 )
1948 Tom Bergin started the Tom Bergin's LA Rams softball team comprised of big name football players - Jim Hardy, Glenn Davis, Tom Fears. The lease expired at the original location and Tom Bergin starts building at a new location right around the corner.
On January 20, 1949 "The Old Horseshoe Tavern and Thoroughbred Club" moves to 840 S.Fairfax Avenue. and is renamed "Tom Bergin's Horseshoe Tavern." Customers and employees carry the Horseshoe Bar down Fairfax to it's new location. Irish coffee is introduced to the US...and the recipe found it's way to Tom Bergin's Tavern, which quickly became known as "The House of Irish Coffee." Jake Ohlsen introduces the "Leprechaun" logo to Tom Bergins.
1950 Jake Ohlsen started the "Shamrock-Hanging" tradition. Each Shamrock is handmade and painted with the customer's last name. Today there are over 7,000 Shamrocks on the walls.
1951 The S.O.B. club was founded on St. Patrick's Day. The Los Angeles Rams gave Bergins their NFL Championship Banner, the forerunner to the Super Bowl Lombardi Trophy, to hang over the bar.
1962 Rudy Ochoa started as a busboy and quickly moved his way up to waiter. From then until he retired in 2000 after 38 years, served many families in Hancock Park, who kept coming back with their children, and then their grandchildren.
March 11, 1973 at the age of 79 Tom Bergin passed his shillelagh on to T.K. Vodrey and Mike Mandekic. On St. Patrick's Day the famous "I Was At Bergin's" buttons where introduced, and customers can't wait to get the new ones each year. The "Shamrock Logo" was introduced by T.K.Vodrey.
1974 The Christmas Carolers began serenading customers during the Holiday Season.
1978 St. Patrick's Day was celebrated with an Irish Coffee drinking horse for the promotion of the movie "Casey's Shadow."
1980 Esquire Magazine named Tom Bergin's as one of the "Top 100 Bars" in the United States.
1982 Bergin's Football Buses ran to the LA Raiders' games ( ended in 1996 ). Les and Glen Charles get the concept for "Cheers" from Tom Bergin's Horseshoe Tavern. Head Bartender Chris Doyle is the inspiration for "Coach."
1992 "House of Pain" did a photo shoot for their self-titled album at the backside of Tom Bergin's Horse Shoe tavern Bar.
1993 Tom Bergin's Tavern Horseshoe Bar was voted by Entertainment as Los Angeles' "Most Fun" place to go!
1998 Mike Mandekic leaves to pursue outside interests and T.K. Vodrey becomes the Sole Proprietor. Tom Bergin's makes a tremendous comeback after L.A. Times writes our obituary. Tom Bergin's became a magical place inside and out and celebrated the "First Annual Christmas Lighting Ceremony" on December 1st!
1999 Tom Bergin's Horseshoe Tavern becomes known as Tom Bergin's Tavern. Tom Bergin's gets a face-lift to the kitchen and bathrooms - it was to take 2 weeks but it took 2 months! Tom Bergin's toasts Los Angeles by flying a plane with a banner wishing everyone a "Happy St. Patrick's Day." "The Tonight Show" does a live remote on St. Patrick's Day. Voted "Restaurant of the Week" by the Los Angeles Times (August 26th). The S.O.B.'s are reintroduced for our "I Ate & Drank My Way Thru Monday Night Football" promotion and receive their own logo. Tom Bergins launches its web site. In September, Bartender Mike Murphy retires from the Old Horseshoe Bar - he started in 1973.
2000 In January Tom Bergin's Tavern celebrates 50 years at this location! Tom Bergin's Tavern is featured in the March issue of "In-Style" and "SOMA" magazines. Rudy Ochoa retires after 38 years at Tom Bergins. In July Tom Bergin's Tavern collection of Leprechauns is introduced according to the season and/or event. Tullamore Dew joins Tom Bergin's Tavern in their Logo Irish Coffee Glass gift packs and Guinness with the Pint Glass gift packs.
2001 TK and Peggy Vodrey purchased The Tavern's building and parking lot to make certain that Tom Bergin's was here to stay forever.
2003 Scenes from the movie "The Duplex" were filmed at our Horseshoe Bar. It features Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller, with Chris Doyle, our old Irish Bartender, behind the bar.
2009 Chris Doyle, still our Head Bartender, turns author as The Tavern hosts two book signing for his books "The Scalawags"...his early life as a child...and "The Musings of a Mixologist"...chronicling his life as a young barkeep in Dublin, his move to Los Angeles, where in 1974, he began at Tom Bergin's.
2010 Tom Bergin's Tavern is featured in an episode of Bravo's Top Chef Masters, where renowned chefs prepare new twists for Irish Pub Grub.
Contact Info
Address:
840 S. Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles
California 90036
United States
Los Angeles
California 90036
United States
Tel:
(323) 936-7151
Website:
http://www.tombergins.com/
Offering
- Dinner
- Lunch
- Dine in
- Fine Dining
- Liquors
- Private Parties
Hours of operation
| From | To | From | To | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Open | 11:30 | 02:00 | ||||
| Tuesday | Open | 11:30 | 02:00 | ||||
| Wednesday | Open | 11:30 | 02:00 | ||||
| Thursday | Open | 11:30 | 02:00 | ||||
| Friday | Open | 11:30 | 02:00 | ||||
| Saturday | Open | 11:30 | 02:00 | ||||
| Sunday | Open | 11:30 | 02:00 | ||||
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