TAVERN THAT INSPIRES FIERCE LOYALTY. IT’S BEEN CONSISTENTLY GOOD. FOR THE 50 YEARS I’VE BEEN COMING HERE,UT B THIS LOWER LANDMARK BUILT IN 1834 HAS FANS LIKE NO OTHER WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE TTHA COMIC MORE ON THE FANS IN A BIT FOR NOW. LET’S RAISE A GLASS. TO THIS THROWBACK TO AN EARLIER ERA THE OLDEST BAR IN LOWELL THE WORTHEHON USE CAFE. ECLECTIC I THINK IS A GOOD WORD COZY AND VERY WARM. SO YOU’LL SEE WRITERS ARTISTS MUSICIANS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CHILDREN, AND THEY ALL SORT OF BLEND TOGETHER VANELLOPEAR MORTGAGES FAMILY BOUGHT THE WORTHIN A REGISTEDER HISTORIC LANDMARK IN 2001. IT CAME WITH A COUPLE OF CENTURIES. WORTH OF LEGACY AND LORE MUCH OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE WALLS ONE FACE IN PARTICULAR SEEMS TO BE EVERYWHERE ENVE ON THE BOBBLEHEADS THAT OF LOCAL LEGEND WRITER JACK KEROUAC. THIS IS OUR HOME BASE IF SOMEONE’S GOING TO COME THE LOWELL AND TYHE WANT TO SEE HISTORICAL THEY WANT TO SEE A TAVERN WHERE KEROUAC WOULD HANG OUT. THIS IS THE PLACE. CLIFF WHALEN IS WITH LOWELL CELEBRATES KIROUAC AN ANNUAL FESTIVALF O FREE MUSIC AND WALKING TOURS THIS YEAR MARKS. THE FAMOUS BEAT WRITERS 100TH BIRTHDAY, AND THE WORTHEN IS GOING TO BE A BUSY PLACE. THIS IS HEADQUARTERS. THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO GO IF YOU’RE A KEROUAC FAN, JACK KEROUAC ISN’T THE ONLY LITERARY LEGEND HAUNTING THE WORENTH HOUSE CAFE EDGAR ALLAN POE IS ALSO SAID TO HAVE SPENT SOME QU ALITY TIME HERE DURING HIS MASSACHUSETTS DAYS. WE BELIEVE THAT HE HAD ARE A LOT OF INTEREST HERE IN LAW? WHICH IS HENCE WHY HE SPENT SO MUCH TIME HERE DRINKING IN HERE AND WHY HE WOULDN’T WHERE HE WROTE THE RAVEN LEGEND HAS IT THAT POE WROTE PART OF HIS FAMOUS PMOE IN ONE OF THE ROOMS UPSTAIRS WHEN IT WAS A BOARDING HOUSES A A RESULT IMAGES OF RAVENS CAN BE FOUND NESTING ALL OVER THE WORTHING PROBLEM IS THE WORTHING WAS A DRY GOOD STORE WHEN POE WAS RIDING. IT DIDN’T BECOME A TAVERN UNTIL 1998 SO IT’S A GREAT URBAN LEGEND AND IT REALLY ATTRACTS A LOT OF ATTENTION, BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE HONEST. HE NEVER WAS HERE. THE RAVENS AREN’T LIKELY TO FLY THE COOP ANYTIME SOON HERE AT THE WORTHEN NOT AS LONG AS PAUL HARVEY IS TURNING OUT DELICIOUS FOOD FROM HIS PERCH UP FRONT THE RAVEN GRILL. I PUT OUT YOUR BASIC POP FOOD TH BWIIOME LOVE AND TWIST IN IT. THERE IS A ROTATING LISTF O SPECIAL BUT HARVEY’S WRAP AROUND LOWELL IS BUILT ON HIS BURGERS BEHIND THE BAR YET MORE COLORFUL QUIRKSMRO F THE WORTHENS PAST LONGTIME EMPLOYEE APRIL UNDERWOOD. SO THIS IS A PROHIBITION PANEL. SO WHEN YOU WEREN’T ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL, THIS IS WHERE THEY HIT IT. STAIRS IN THE ATTIC WEEKENDS BRINNGGI INFUSION OF YOUTH AND DECIBELS AND DURING QUIETER MOM. THE SUBTLE FLICKER AND FLASH OF THE RESIDENT GHOST MATTHEW. IT’S A POSITIVE PRESENT. HE IS AROUND STRANGELINGS DO HAPPEN. THAT MAKE YOU QUESTION YOUR SANITY AND FINALLY BACK TO THOSE NSFA ORIGINALLY POWERED BY STEAM THESE BELT AND PULLEY CONTRAPTIONS ARE SAID TO BE THE ONLY ONES LEFT IN THE COUNTRY STILL IN THEIRRI OGINAL SETTING A REAL TURN ON FOR FANS OF FANS NYMA PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT ARE SPECIFIC. BECOMING TO THE WAR THEN WE’LL ASK, YOU KNOW TO SEE THE FANS. THE WORTHING HAS A BASIC RECIPE TH'A’S NOT EASY TO DUPLICATE START, OF COURSE WITH GOOD HOSTNE DRINKS AND TASTY FOOD ADD A DASH OR TWO OF HISTORICAL ODDITY AND FINISHIT WH A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF LITERYAR CELEBRITY WINNING COCKTAIL OF HOSPITALITY THAT HAS REGULARS FEELING POSSESSIVE OF THIS OLD JOINT. CALL IT THE WORTHING. WE HAVE STUDENTS. WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION WORRSKE. WE HAVE LAWYERS POLITICIANS THE CITY HALLS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. SO WE BASICLYAL HAVE A GREAT GREAT CLIENTELE. AS TED MENTIONED THIS YEAR LOWELL IS CELEBRATING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF NATIVE SON JACK KEROUAC AND THERE ARE MANY EVENTS PLANNED MOST NOTABLY ON DISPLAY AT THE BOOT COTTON MILLS MUSEUM A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL 120 FOOT SCROLL IN WHICH KEROUAC TYPED HIS ON THE ROAD. MANUSCRIPT COMING UP HITTING HOME RUNS IN STO