by I already posted about Elsie and the Oke Doke here. But it was a bar on East 84th Street that I used to go to back in the early 1980s. Kevin Connell was nice enough to send me a picture of Elsie (with one of the regulars according to Kevin, a woman named Irene). Thank you, Kevin!
I went to the okie dokie a lot in the early 80s no cursing and be respectful and know someone to get in.
She was a no nonsense lady and just a cool bar, is it still open?
Hi Mark. I had another longer post about the Oke Doke, but no, it’s not open. It hasn’t been for a long time and Elsie has since passed away, I am sorry to tell you.
Back in 1982 I was 12 years old and a neighborhood kid who was a few years younger than me and black went in. I followed and she said to me kiddie out of the bar. Did not like her tone and found her to be a rude POS. Heard she died of a stroke! Hope she suffered.
I’m sorry she was rude to you. I heard she could be very rude. I can understand not wanting children in the bar, but I wish she had been kinder to you about it.