Joe Jost's

Parking: On Site
Take Out, Area Classic Laid Back Casual Pool Tables, Darts Bustling All Ages

The wonderfully cheerful, down-to-earth Long Beach bar Joe Jost's started pouring beer in 1933, as soon as Prohibition was repealed. Its food goes back even further -- in its original incarnation, it was a barbershop that sold sandwiches to its waiting customers. Eventually the Health Department demanded that Mr. Jost choose between cutting hair and serving food. The wall opposite the bar is covered with photos of regulars wearing Joe Jost's T-shirts shot in locations all around the world, a practice known as Josting. The place is famous for its pickled eggs, of which it sells about 250 a day. A wall menu lists cheese, liverwurst, salami and hot dog sandwiches, but if you just order "a sandwich," they'll give you a Joe's special: a hot sausage split and stuffed with cheese and a pickle spear, wrapped in mustard-smeared rye bread. Don't ask for another kind of bread; rye's all there is. In fact, you can buy a loaf of Joe Jost's rye to take home.

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