A 103 year old WW2 vet has been tending the same basement bar since 1963

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If running a bar out of your basement sounds like a fun idea, you are unfortunately out of luck. Koch's dive is Maryland's last true "basement bar": an establishment that has more or less been killed off by modern zoning codes.

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Irv Koch still bartends at his own established “Irvs Basement Bar” located in Maryland. During WWII, he served as Navy Seabee in the Philippines. While on the island of Samar, he fought against the Japanese and built fortifications and bases for U.S. service members. All are encouraged to visit his bar, hear his story and have him crack you open a beer!

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The Washington Post yesterday profiled Irvin Koch, who, at the ripe old age of 103, is considered to be the world's oldest bartender.

The centenarian's establishment, Irv's Basement Bar, is quite literally in the basement beneath his home in Anne Arundel County, on the outskirts of Baltimore. The bar came with the house when Koch purchased the property in 1963. The cash bar proved lucrative enough that he's kept operating it ever since.

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