The Iron Door Saloon is located in Groveland, California, about twenty -ive miles from the entrance of Yosemite National Park. According to its proprietors, it is the oldest continuously operating saloon in California. It remains a popular tourist stop on the main road between The Bay Area and Yosemite.
The name "Iron Door" comes from the saloon's front doors, which are made of iron. The interior has the typical decor of an old saloon, with the original bar intact. The roof is adorned with dollar bills and other historical artifacts. Live music is played on the weekends.
Famous quotes containing the words iron door, iron and/or door:
“However, there is a locked room up there
with an iron door that can’t be opened.
It has all your bad dreams in it.
It is hell.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Reading while waiting
for the iron to heat,
writing, My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun—”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“Whenever I go to an opera, I leave my sense and reason at the door with my half guinea, and deliver myself up to my eyes and my ears.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)