Leave it up to international bar star and Emerica pro Kevin Long to get interviewed by the New York Times. His favorite bar in the world, Max Fish in New York, is closing at the end of January.

"One patron, Kevin Long, a 26-year-old professional skateboarder known as Spanky, showed off a new tattoo on his elbow, which depicted a small broken bottle, a teardrop and the letters M and F. He and a veteran bartender there had designed it on a cocktail napkin in protest. “The top 100 times of my life have all been in this bar,” Mr. Long said.

Read the full article "Watching the Fish turn to black" on the New York Times website.