Markey's has been a fixture in Bywater in one way or another for 110 years, as of 2015 -- starting as the home of Standard Brewing Co. until the early 1920s when Eugene Frish took it over and opened Frish's Cafe. (A sign still marks the spot.) This history comes from Roy Markey Jr., whose great uncle, Joe Markey, turned it into a bar in 1947. Roy's father, Roy Sr., was a founding member of the Downtown Irish Club (along with Eddie Griffin, Jim Monaghan and Bud Rip) back when Bywater had a large Irish-American community. Roy Jr. carries on the Irish tradition; he was a longtime officer in the club, which despite some updates retains a lot of its old neighborhood charm.