Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

My thanks is always for clicking and listening along.

Got a great one for you this week.

In person, I should point out, one of the few we've been able to do in the last year,

but actor Justin Thoreau owns a bar.

It turns out on the lower east side of Manhattan.

I live in Manhattan too.

I said, hey, what if we went to your bar?

It's called Raise.

He co-owns it with some friends of his.

So he opened up the bar.

We sat there at some social distance literally sitting at the bar.

It's kind of a divey place.

You'll hear us talk about it a little bit.

By design, he opened it a couple of years ago, and it's just supposed to be a neighborhood

joint where anybody can walk in, have a relatively inexpensive drink, a beer, a shot, nothing fancy,

you know, just a good place to hang out.

Good music in there, good jukebox, memorabilia on the walls, kind of from the 70s and 80s,

got the wood paneling and the pool table.

Joining us for the interview was his dog, Kuma, who's become something of an Instagram

celebrity.

During the pandemic, it's just been Justin and Kuma hanging out having meals, all turning

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