A good tavern is hard to find. This new book is about Weeds, its bartender and his creations.

Two men walked into a tavern. This was not unusual for these two men to walk into taverns. The two men, who were myself and the writer and filmmaker Dave Hoekstra, know taverns, having spent much of our working and relaxing lives sitting in taverns and frequently writing about them. I have been at it for decades, ever since some misguided Sun-Times editors asked me to write about “bars and nightclubs” and that’s some of what I did at that newspaper and later the Tribune, among many duties.

The esteemed artist and gallery owner Tony Fitzpatrick gave Mayora his first gallery show many years ago. “I found him a fascinating Gordian knot of contradictions,” says Fitzpatrick. “This big burly guy; who made these amazing, small, intricate, and elegant boxes that were funny, moving, and in some cases bitterly funny. He brings brutal honesty and intelligence to so much of his work.” So Hoekstra sat down and opened his book.

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