Monday, August 3, 2009

What Exactly is a Sawdust Joint?

A Sawdust Joint has sawdust on the floor to soak up the blood, and the guts, and the beer.

It is the opposite of a "carpet joint" that has carpet on the floor, and generally tries to please a more genteel and refined clientele.

Though you won't actually find sawdust on the floor of joints anymore, sawdust joints in spirit do exist and flourish.

Benny Binion was very proud of his new, swanky carpet joint "The Horseshoe", though now the Horseshoe would be considered a sawdust joint. Times, and tastes change but to me the difference between a sawdust joint and a carpet joint can be as simple as drinking beer out of a can or a bottle.

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