Pub Tour To Benefit Dormont Swiming Pool

DORMONT, PA - It’s only fitting that there are 11 stops on this weekend’s 11th annual Dormont Pub Tour benefitting the borough’s historic swimming pool.

Friends of the Dormont Pool will hold this year’s tour on April 29 from 7 p.m. to midnight. Participants will be given a map to be signed at each stop to be eligible to win a prize following the event.

The tour is designed to raise money for the pool, which dates back to 1920 and was designated a historic landmark by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation in 2002. Financial difficulties nearly forced the iconic pool’s closure in 2006; the friends organization was established to help generate long-term funding to pay for major repairs and maintenance.

Pub tour shirts serve as tickets to the event and are available at all participating establishments and on ShowClix. They cost $16 in advance or $20 the day of the event at the tour tent on West Liberty Avenue at Wisconsin Avenue. Those wearing the shirts qualify for special prices at the tour stops, which include:

• The Apple Inn

• Cain’s Saloon

• Jamison’s on West Liberty

• SlapShots

• Mexi-Casa

• Albert’s Lounge

• Breaker’s Billiards and Lounge

• R Bar

• Sam’s Bar

• Vasta

• VFW Post 694

The pool opens for the season on May 27. A water fountain is being added in the shallow end this year.

Season passes are available at the borough office building.

Photo by Chris Winters via Creative Commons.