2 AM Club
The 2 AM Club is a bar in Mill Valley, California.[1]
The bar was opened by Bill Brown on the corner of Miller and Montford, and was called The Brown Jug.[1] Prohibition forced its closure in 1921, and the saloon became a grain and feed store.[1] It was reopened in 1933, when Prohibition was repealed, with the same name, The Brown Jug by Joe Hornsby, a local contractor, who bought the building.[1] It became known as the 2 A.M. Club, because it was outside the city limits and so was allowed to stay open until 2 am, whereas bars within the city of Mill Valley had to close by 10 pm.[2] It was officially renamed as the 2 A.M. Club in 1940.[3]
It is known locally as "The Deuce".[4]
In 1983, the bar was the location for the cover photo of the Huey Lewis and the News' album Sports; Lewis himself attended school in Mill Valley.[3][5]
A toilet seat guitar created by Charlie Deal hangs behind the bar.[3] Deal obtained a patent for the idea.[6] The guitar is one of the many items visible in the photographs used for the Sports album.[3]
The band 2AM Club named themselves after the bar.
References
- ^ a b c d "VIGNETTE > 2AM Club". Mill Valley Historical Society. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Homestead in the Thirties". Mill Valley Historical Society. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ a b c d Silvers, Emma (2018-11-28). "Mill Valley's 2AM Club and the trope of the high-school reunion bar". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "The San Francisco Rock and Roll Road Map". Archived from the original on 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
- ^ Kramer, Jill (November 7, 2001). "Huey Lewis". JillKramer.net. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ Charles E. Deal (22 January 1985). "US Patent D277291: Electric Guitar". US Patent Office.