While Googling around on these here interwebs I happened to see a bar in Washington, Illinois that goes by the name of Christy’s Place.

I’ve never been there or heard of it, so I thought I’d stop by tonight and check it out and have it be our 229th stop of the tour. So it’s off to Washington we go!

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Bar Number 229: Christy’s Place, Monday, October 5, 2026

Here we are at Christy’s Place in Washington, Illinois. Let’s go in and see what’s happening inside.

There’s the bar and there’s a seat right there. Let’s grab it and get settled in for the evening.

Mikayla was the friendly and pretty bartender on duty for the evening and here she is serving me up a beer with a beautiful smile.

I had taken a couple photos in here and Mikayla came up to me and said some people in the bar were somewhat uncomfortable with me taking photos in there. I felt bad because I could tell she kind of felt stuck in the middle of an uncomfortable situation. I told her I never take photos of people without getting permission and she thanked me. So this is the only photo I’ll put up of the bar. Usually I’ll go and take some shots of the back of the bar, the beers on tap and more, but I didn’t want to be taking photos with people being uncomfortable.

In the past, I’ve had people approach me and ask me why I’m taking photos and when I explain the blog to them it’s always been fine, but I’ve never had anyone tell the bartender to talk to me and I have to admit it was a little weird/awkward/uncomfortable, but whatever, let’s just keep moving along here. I just wanted to explain why this is the only bar photo in the post today.