"We already have people coming in from different states… California, New York…. She said it will be interesting to see what the exposure will do for the packed bar. Now she has to think about what she’s going to wear and what to do with her ‘do. "I can’t even believe a little town like Great Falls would get such an honor. "All I can say is I’m just thrilled," Sponheim said. Piano Pat Sponheim, who’s been tickling the ivories for the bar for 40 years, said she feels honored. until whenever it’s finished, Thares said. The bar will be closed to the public during the shoot starting at 3 p.m. Photographer Carlos Serrao will be arriving in Great Falls today with his assistant, and will photograph the bar on Sunday. What a boon for Great Falls if people start flying in to see the Sip-N-Dip." It’s really hard to believe."Īccording to several Web sites, the international magazine has a circulation of more than 700,000.Īsked if she was afraid the place would be overrun with tourists after the magazine hits the shelves, Thares said: "That’s so scary isn’t it? But I don’t really know how many people would travel to see it.
"I couldn’t buy advertising as good as this," she said. She doesn’t know where it sits in the ranks, but she’s tickled. He went back to the magazine and suggested it for the top 10 issue, Thares said. The voice on the phone told her, "’We have some places in Tokyo, New York, New Orleans…’ and Great Falls? I said I was kinda having a hard time with this."Īpparently a GQ staffer had reason to stop at the bar and was taken by what he saw. When she got a call announcing the news, O’Haire Motor Inn manager Sandra Thares thought someone was trying to sell her a subscription. The combination of retro-Tiki style, mermaids and Piano Pat’s loungy accompaniment won over a GQ staffer, earning the Sip a place in the April issue as one of the top 10 bars in the world. Shows what interest this type of PR can generate.- Russ) This award is generating a lot of corporate interest in Great Falls. (I was asked by Roundtable members to reprint this article. The Sip-N-Dip will be rubbing elbows in March with the greatest international hot spots in the swanky men’s magazine Gentlemen’s Quarterly.
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