Things Muni would never do: beer tram
Photo by The Japan Times
Who cares about the many bars near Muni Metro stops when you’re enjoying a beer from inside the Muni Metro vehicle?
That dream is a reality for residents of Nagasaki, Japan.
Once a year for the last 20 years, a private company has run a tram along city tracks, offering its passengers drinks both alcoholic and non.
With counter seats facing the windows, passengers are allowed to drink all they want from a range of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, and even enjoy a meal. The car will run the Nagasaki city tracks once a day until Sept. 20.
Since the streetcar fleet offering a “refreshing beer” debuted more than 20 years ago, the service has grown in popularity, prompting the firm to extend the run by 20 days.
A beer would surely help during those insufferable Metro tunnel delays. But I guess we just can’t have nice things?
h/t Jeremy Whiteman (to the Muni Diaries Facebook page)
Maybe not Muni, but last year the San Francisco Beer Festival did charter the boat tram on a tour of downtown bars, starting Twin Peaks in the Castro.
Don’t try it unless they have onboard facilities to deal with the consequences. You don’t buy beer, you only rent it.
The back of the 49 Van Ness on school days is sometimes a cannabis bus.