The Cave, Clifton, AZ, 2002
374 Chase Creek.
Clifton used to have an underground bar called the Cave dug into the side of a mountain. Originally a storage tunnel for a bar on Chase Creek (Clifton's main street), the tunnel was expanded to include one large room with lots of interconnecting tunnels. The Cave opened in 1933 at the end of Prohibition and evidently was THE happening bar in the '30s and '40s. One of its appeals was that inside the mountain, the temperature stayed a constant 65 degrees. In 1951 the business was moved to its current location, mostly because a family member got tired of having the entrance to the bar in the back yard. These days the entrance to the old bar is still there if you know where to look, and the sign on US 191 that once pointed towards the Cave now also points in the direction of the new Cave.
The Cave, Clifton, AZ, 2002
374 Chase Creek.
Clifton used to have an underground bar called the Cave dug into the side of a mountain. Originally a storage tunnel for a bar on Chase Creek (Clifton's main street), the tunnel was expanded to include one large room with lots of interconnecting tunnels. The Cave opened in 1933 at the end of Prohibition and evidently was THE happening bar in the '30s and '40s. One of its appeals was that inside the mountain, the temperature stayed a constant 65 degrees. In 1951 the business was moved to its current location, mostly because a family member got tired of having the entrance to the bar in the back yard. These days the entrance to the old bar is still there if you know where to look, and the sign on US 191 that once pointed towards the Cave now also points in the direction of the new Cave.