The bar pictured in the Name That Bar contest was Chessie's Lounge in the long-defunct Chesapeake Restaurant.

Man, Alexander D. Mitchell IV and I tried to stump you guys by posting a picture of a bar that's been closed for years, but commenter HK guessed it in a few hours.

Congrats, HK.

E-mail me at sam.sessa@baltsun.com to claim your prize.

And as always, thanks for playing, everybody. Please remember to have your pets spayed or neutered!

(Baltimore Sun archive photo)

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Ah, lucky 13.

Man, it's hard to believe we've already done so many of these. 

You know what to do: Name this bar and win a prize. 

Good luck, everybody!

(Photo by Alexander D. Mitchell IV)

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Rob Walshe! That's right folks, our mystery bar was the Emerald Tavern! What's this I hear about using Google Maps' Street View? You guys are nuts.

I'm sorry it took me a while to post the answer. I was giving a talk at a college journalism class about  ... (drum roll please) ... blogging!

Anyhow, Rob, e-mail me at sam.sessa@baltsun.com to claim your prize.

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Man, it's been a while since the last Name That Bar. The reason for the lapse?

Heh, well, to be honest, I haven't gotten around to awarding the last Name That Bar winner his wicked wicked awesome awesome prize pack yet. Shh.

But I will. Don't worry. And all that wickedawesomeness has been collecting interest. So you can only imagine how most excellent the prize will be.

Are you ready to guess the mystery bar?

The first person to correctly identify the bar pictured at the right wins a prize. Good luck!

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(Photo by Alexander D. Mitchell IV)

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Since nobody could guess the mystery bar from the last photo, here is another photo from the same spot.

If nobody gets it with this photo, I'm going to be shocked.

(Photo by Alexander D. Mitchell IV)

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By now, you should know the rules.

But for posterity's sake, I'll give them out one more time: The first person to name this bar wins a Midnight Sun Prize Pack.

Everybody gets one guess.

Go!

(Photo by Alexander D. Mitchell IV)

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You know the rules: First person to guess the identity of the mystery bar wins a prize. Everybody gets one guess.

GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!

(Photo by Alexander D. Mitchell IV)

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KAZ!

Man, I figured I was tossing you guys an easy homerun with this photo, but I didn't think somebody would get it right off the bat. (No more baseball metaphors, I promise.)

That lovely sign is indeed located at J. Patrick's Irish Pub (1731 Andre St.).

KAZ, e-mail me and we'll coordinate the prize pickup.

And as always, thanks for playing, everybody!

(Baltimore sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron)

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Can you believe we're on the 9th installment of Name That Bar?

Actually, I think it might technically be the 8th. I dug back through the archives and realized we may have skipped number two or three. I'm not entirely sure. But it doesn't surprise me -- I've never been good at math ...

Continue reading "Name That Bar, vol. 9" »

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Ha! Alexander D. Mitchell IV and I finally stumped ya.

Despite multiple clues and several days of guessing time, nobody could figure out the identity of the mystery bar in the latest Name That Bar contest. 

So, you wanna know what it was? ...

Continue reading "Wow. Nobody guessed the mystery bar." »

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I already gave one hint:

Here's another: The first letter of the name of this one-word spot is in the second half of the alphabet. The prize for guessing the Mystery Bar is getting better and better by the day. I can't believe it's taken you guys so long. I know more than a few of you have been here.

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You know the drill.

The first person to name this bar wins a prize. Simple as that.

Go!

(Photo by Alexander D. Mitchell IV)

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The Name That Bars keep getting harder and harder.

But so far, that hasn't stopped you from guessing them right off the bat.

Now, with the help of photographer Alexander D. Mitchell IV, I'm going to hit you with what is possibly the toughest, most obscure photo we've posted here yet. 

The first person to name this bar wins quite the prize.

(Photo by Alexander D. Mitchell IV)

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Normally, it takes me a few weeks to hand out prizes for Midnight Sun contests. But Midnight Sunner Evan jumped at his chance to claim a Midnight Sun wicked wicked awesome awesome prize pack for Naming That Bar.

Evan took home a custom Land of the Lost metal lunchbox, with DVDs of the entire TV series inside, as well as William Shatner's autobiography and a book about roommate quarrels called I Lick My Cheese.

As you can see, Evan was quite happy with his winnings. 

He did, however, ride his bike to The Sun, and I'm not sure how the heck he got all that junk home. Then again, Evan does have the skillz to pay the billz.

(Photo by me)

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Today's Name That Bar contest is an easy one for regulars of this bar.

I'm not giving any hints about where it is or what it's called. But if you've been in this bar, you've seen this sign. First person to name this mystery bar wins a prize. Here's the photo ...

Continue reading "Name That Bar, vol. 6" »

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Since some of you seem to be so good at this game, Alexander D. Mitchell IV and I have decided to take it to a new level.

Name this bar.

Winner gets a prize.

(Photo by ADM4)

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Since you guys have been so good at guessing the mystery bar in the past, Alexander D. Mitchell IV and I have decided to take it to new extremes.

If someone guesses this correctly in less than 20 minutes, I will be beside myself.

Also, since I'm going to be moving to a new desk soon, I need to clear out the junk on my current desk. And there's a lot of junk.

Wait, scratch that -- by "junk," I mean "awesome prizes for the winner of the Name That Bar contest."

So have at it, gang!

(Photo by Alexander D. Mitchell IV)

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Joe! The mystery bar is indeed the Pratt Street Ale House.

I am shocked that Joe, whoever he is, guessed correctly. I mean, that place looks drastically different from when it was the Wharf Rat. Joe, e-mail me with your address and I'll mail you your prize.

And thanks again everyone for playing.

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OKOKOKOK GET READY KIDS!

You know the drill by now.

If not, it's so simple: The first person to correctly identify the bar pictured here wins a most awesome prize from Midnight Sun.

It's that easy, ladies and gentlemen: Post a comment, win a prize. I'll identify the winner in a couple short hours.

And no, the answer is not in the file name this time. I still can't believe I did that last time.

All right, GO!

(Photo by Alexander D. Mitchell IV -- Mid-Atlantic Brewing News)

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All kinds of good stuff, man!

First off, if you remember, Steve from the Name That Bar contest last week? Of course you do.

As you see in the photo to the right, Steve picked up some 3D glasses, some Monsters vs. Aliens coasters, Yanni's newest CD, a History Channel special about the plot to steal Abraham Lincoln's body, and a bobblehead doll from the movie Tropic Thunder.

The red thing at the bottom of the pile is a Frisbee which, unfortunately, wouldn't fit in the envelope. So I kept it. 

Next up is the Wickedly Awesome 10,000th Comment Prize Pack, which was awarded to Eddie.

Here it is ...

Continue reading "Wanna know what Eddie and Steve won?" »

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when I realized I had forgotten to rename the photo for the Name That Bar contest.

All you had to do was click "save as" and it told you what the bar was.

Sigh.

Silly Sessa screwed up again.

Or maybe I should blame you Midnight Sunners for being too tech savvy. It's always easier to blame someone else, after all.

Yeah, that's right, it's your fault. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULTS!

Hee hee. Thanks for playing. We'll do it again sometime soon.

(Photo of me by me for you)

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Steve, with the very first comment posted. It was indeed the Mt. Washington Tavern.

Next time, I'm going to make sure to change the file name. Doh! You live, you learn. Steve, e-mail me (sam.sessa@baltsun.com) your address, and I'll put your prize in the mail.

And thanks for playing, everyone.

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Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the very first Midnight Sun Name That Bar contest!

The game is a simple one indeed: I post a random photo of an unidentified bar, and you identify it.

The first person to guess correctly wins a prize.

Good luck!

(Sun photo by Glenn Fawcett)

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