Bar hopping, also known to some as pub crawling, is an exciting way to support local businesses, enjoy a variety of drink selections, and explore the nightlife of any given city. New research touts St. Louis as one of the best places nationwide to make that happen.
these days the oasis is running dry. it s last call for tokyo residents as the government prepares for a state of emergency when all alcoholic beverage sales will be banned for six weeks. many of the bar owners here feel the government is prioritizing the olympics ahead of their livelihood, kenichi nao runs a tequila bar. if the government is going to restrict our business, then i say cancel the olympics. reporter: this is what pub crawling in the ginsa nightlife looked like a year ago. and here is ginsa now. the dining industry says it is being unfairly singled out as the government struggles to contain another covid surge. bar worker reina fukushima says she is about to be laid off. if our customers can t drink we can t cover our cost. the damage to our bottomline is serious. as olympic delegations start to arrive and handful of foreign athletes and staff test positive
heard the end of that. dana? dana: i have a few falling ones. over at the park, i fell down, got up, fell down. i remember about seven years ago, the storms we had back-to-back end of the snow didn t melt for a couple months? i lived in d.c. but i was up here and i ended up staying at the muse hotel for about six days because you couldn t get anywhere around the city, you couldn t get back to d.c., so i did a lot of fox news. jesse: that is a great snow story. greg: my greatest snow story was a couple years ago, this horrible event called santa con, they go pub crawling and get really wasted. i was with a buddy, we were in this great bar on third and and avenue that had a sign that said no santos and all these
santas celebrating the santa-c santa-con. thousands of chris cringeles look like pub crawling, yes, pub crawling throughout the city, including singing christmas carols and swarmed places like grand central station and i saw them and it was frightening at 11 a.m. and they were all over time square as well and we re told some santa s even occupied zuccotti park and if you ve seen the movie bad santa it s like multiplied by a thousand and kind of disturbing, the beautiful, the christmas season. clayton: and i passed a group of them last year, you know, walking home here in manhattan. like what s going on here. dave: probably start drinking at like 10 a.m. and goes to like 10 at night. all day. alisyn: they re in the spirit. there you go, part of the proceeds go to charity. drinking for charity. behind that. alisyn: and there s a cause.