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Inside the Fortune Teller Bar on Cherokee

Tarot-card readings come in two varieties: question readings and open readings. Enter the dim, timeless confines of the Fortune Teller Bar with a need for something specific, and you might find it. Or come with an open mind, as many have, and see what the future holds.

Read more: "Magic Ate Ball: What's in the cards at the Fortune Teller Bar?"

Photos by Mabel Suen of the Riverfront Times.

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A housemade pickled-egg basket: beet, curry and jalapeno.

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Bartenders at the Fortune Teller Bar.

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The Fortune Teller Bar by day.

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A sample tarot-card spread.

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A Black Forest ham sandwich with pickled onions, aged white cheddar and jalapeno jam.

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The "Pendulum" and "Chicago Sidecar" cocktails.

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Co-owners Matt Thenhaus, Kristin Dennis and Sam Coffey.

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Look for a rotating cast of tarot-card readers and one intrepid palm reader: co-owner Matt Thenhaus' wife, during the weekends.

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A few of the rotating taps at the Fortune Teller Bar.

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Curtis Farber reads tarot cards on Friday evenings for donations. He has fifteen years of experience.

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Decor at the Fortune Teller Bar includes taxidermed animals and strange artifacts.

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The Fortune Teller Bar carries a wide selection of beer and spirits, including house infusions on atop the handcrafted shelving built by co-owner and carpenter Sam Coffey.

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