Blarney Stone Tavern

The Blarney Stone Tavern, commonly known as "The Bones" to employees of the New York Museum of Natural History, is a restaurant and pub on 72nd Street in Manhattan. It is located across from the south entrance of the museum and is frequented by the museum staff, who appreciate the low prices and casual atmosphere. The owner is a man named Boylan.

The Bones derives its nickname from the decor; every wall and ceiling surface is covered with bones of all shapes, sizes, and species, arranged in rows and patterns. Though Boylan claims that people bring him the bones that he uses to decorate, a running joke at the speculates that if the police were to remove all of them for examination, half the city's open missing persons cases would be solved immediately.

The Blarney Stone was a favorite haunt of journalist Bill Smithback, who had spent countless hours there working on his books or latest scoop, and he shared his affection for the place with Nora Kelly when she moved to New York.