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Edgar Allan Poe’s Favorite Drinking Establishment in This or the Next Life
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Edgar Allan Poe would booze it up with his buddies at the bar in the building at 47 Bond Street. Sometime he would go down to the cellar, which seems to have inspired him to write several stories involving people or animals locked or sealed away, such as “The Cask of Amontillado.” Ever since, the wait staff has reported unopened wine bottles half-empty. The only logical conclusion is that Poe has found a great place to indulge! I lead a tour there on which I learned a new term, “orb”—an unexplained source of light that appeared in a photograph we took down in the cellar.
Poe’s spirit has its favorite parks. His spirit has been seen strolling Washington Square Park and St. Luke’s playground. Once in a while, he has been spotted at his favorite place from which to look at the Hudson River, a rock off Eighty-fourth Street. Edgar’s Café is supposed to be located where the living room of the farm that he rented was located on Eighty-fourth Street.
Speaking of colleges, we might as well mention Poe’s connection to Fordham University. He moved to a cottage in the Fordham section of the Bronx, New York. He enjoyed walking and talking with the students and Jesuit faculty of nearby St. John’s College, now known as Fordham University. College folklore claims that its bell tower inspired him to write “The Bells.” His wife was attended by Mrs. Shew, who arranged her funeral when she died in 1847. The Poe Cottage,, administered by the Bronx Historical Society and moved to a city park when a street was put through, is located on the southeast corner of the Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road and is open to the public. Occasionally, his haunting presence has been reported. The site is definitely worth a visit.
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