The Keebler Empire grows, as these enterprising little fellows now open a pub in their tree. …Which is in South Africa, of course. (You didn’t know that’s where your E.L. Fudges are made?)
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Tree pub
Now for something completely different: a pub right inside a baobab tree. Situated at Mokjajiskloof, near Tzaneen in the Northern Province, is the world’s oldest baobab tree. It’s 6 000 years old, 22m high and 47m in circumference, and the tree is possibly the biggest living thing on earth. It’s even made the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Importantly, you can celebrate this fact with a drink at the pub, right inside the tree – and about 5 000 people a year do just that.
(Longer article with more pictures here in the Daily Mail (UK) article. )
The Keebler Elves have made it know that everyone is welcome except The Little Prince, whose paranoid mutterings about baobabs were scaring off other customers.
Not welcome.
Hobbits permitted as long as they pay in advance, and don’t attempt to move in.
26 responses so far ↓
1 Darth Chimay on Jan 7, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Yes, but are Ewoks welcome? Or do their hides just adorn the walls?
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2 Ninjew on Jan 7, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I hear that Itchy and Lumpy hang out there on weekends!
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Reply from Bill Corbett on January 7, 2008:
So THAT’S why they’re closed for fumigation on Mondays.
Reply from Brian O. on January 7, 2008:
Hey, I have it on good authority that Wookiee Karaoke Night is really popular.
3 Edgewriter on Jan 7, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Here is a great business idea, especially if you live in New York or LA. Reverse the idea of a pub inside a tree and Build a pub full of trees.
You could call it The Tree Bar. Have a ceiling made of glass, sell maple syrup shooters. Your place would be full of drunk environmentalists.
Pure gold, man.
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Reply from Ninjew on January 7, 2008:
Yeah, but the place’ll be crashed by every Hanna-Barbera animal character.
And you don’t wanna be around when Boo-Boo gets drunk.
I’m just warnin’ ya…
Reply from Onil on January 7, 2008:
You just described the house shared by Keanu and Sandra in The Lake House…not that I’ve ever seen The Lake House. And having never seen The Lake House, it never almost made me cry at the near tragedy of it all either.
Reply from Edgewriter on January 8, 2008:
I actually ended up seeing the lake house in the theatre because Mrs. Edge wanted to see it so bad.
So we saw it . . . . so bad.
My problem with living in a glass house is that no matter what I’m doing anyone outside could watch me. Just the kind of place a good looking single woman should avoid. It makes a great setting for a horror movie. Which this was, for all of us forced to watch it come to think of it.
Still, if you took the lake house, put some windex on it and moved it to LA, we are talking totally chic eviro-bar my friend.
I mean it, Bill. Big bucks.
4 WaffleTron on Jan 7, 2008 at 5:01 pm
They stole my idea… kind of. I was going to build a pub inside a cat. … what?
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5 mrbasehart on Jan 7, 2008 at 6:30 pm
They’ll be opening “branches” all over the place! But seriously, this’ll be no interest to those people who are “tree-total”!
Thank you and try the veal.
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6 Mr. Slick on Jan 7, 2008 at 7:07 pm
This is not news! We Irish have pubs in trees… and in bushes, shrubs, lamposts, churches…let’s just say we like a good drink.
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Reply from Bill Corbett on January 7, 2008:
Yes, I’m a member of the tribe. I used to have a pub in my sock drawer.
7 Cee on Jan 7, 2008 at 7:09 pm
What about sheep? Are sheep welcome?
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8 drewsolo "lunchpail" on Jan 7, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Hey Bill, CHeck out my new Movie Riffing Delivery systems (just purchased the new sony media walkman)
now I can take MST3k or Rifftrax on the go 24/7.
I can be the guy thats standing in at any line with my head buried into the tiny movie screen with my headphones on, bumping into everyone! yay!! ohh wait hrm, I hate those guys hehe, ohh well.
check it out let me know what you think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSQROspDz4w
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Reply from Minnesota on January 7, 2008:
Pretty cool video. I’ve been meaning to get a PSP.
Reply from Bill Corbett on January 8, 2008:
You are connected, my friend.
9 Roper on Jan 7, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Who do you contact to acquire a liquor licence for a tree?
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Reply from Bill Corbett on January 7, 2008:
You have to bribe an Ent.
Reply from Roper on January 8, 2008:
Thanks, I’ll give Bregalad a ring.
Reply from ShutterBun on January 8, 2008:
I’m stumped.
Reply from YoohooRiffer on January 8, 2008:
ShutterBun that pun made one of my kidneys fail. Quite painful.
10 Brian O. on Jan 8, 2008 at 12:57 am
You don’t wanna know where my EL Fudges are made.
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11 Botchinator on Jan 8, 2008 at 5:12 am
I wonder how the fire escape plan for that place looks or if they have a sprinkler system. Cause ya know, building codes and whatnot. Sure 6000 years ago the code may have been a bit different, but safety first folks.
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12 Sampo on Jan 8, 2008 at 9:19 am
Why do I have this feeling that if you looked in the kitchen you’d see smurfs chained to the floor?
I mean it. Why? I’ve had this feeling for weeks, well before I saw this item. I may need to adjust my dosage.
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13 Kip on Jan 9, 2008 at 7:59 am
5000 people a year? That’s like 12 people a day. Think I’d be pissed if I spent however long gutting “the biggest living thing on earth” to make 60 bucks on a good night.
I imagine most conversations are about the fact you’re sitting in a tree and drinking.
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14 norgavue on Jan 9, 2008 at 11:17 am
I tried that very same idea on the Bradford Pear in the front yard. The entire bar is about one inch thick by two inches high and i can only serve a single shot of cherry brandy a night. Even due to these constraints the place has been a rousing success bringing in over three dollars a night.
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