Bill, with respect, I don't think the "following a Star" anology to the Jug is valid. I'm not disputing your counts of regulars/locals or in anyway suggesting that your post brought any non regulars to the Jug but I think it is incredibly naive to suggest that others may not know the location of the Jug.

As it has been mentioned in a number of threads and was in fact the venue for a UK Mudcat gathering, I would suggest it location is (at least vaguely) known internationally by Mudcatters as I would suggest the Press Room in NH may be (a bit hard to tell as Jeri is a close friend so I tend to read threads about the venue).

What I'm trying to say and hopefully outside this argument (the implications good or bad reach further) is that we should all at least be realistic enough to see that when we talk about venues here and give locations (even if in past threads) we are to some degree putting a venue on an international map.

Jon