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"Bar car" on the NYC subway, 1962 (media.piefed.world)
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It was a temporary stunt as part of a city-wide cleanup. The goal was to give a "first class experience" to commuters.

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago

The Long Island Railroad had bar cars in that era, so even if you couldn't on the subway, you could get your drink on between NYC and your home in the suburbs. They started phasing them out in the '80s, and they were gone by 2000. I lived next to the LIRR as a kid and remember seeing them on trains heading East out of the city in the late afternoons.