Tin & Lint

Tin & Lint is a dive bar at 2 Caroline St in downtown Saratoga Springs, at the Broadway end of the city’s main bar street. The bar opened in 1970 and is the longest-running bar in the city; Bri Collins bought the business from longtime owner Jim Stanley in 2025.

The bar serves beer, well drinks and cocktails at low prices in a dim room with carved wooden benches, a jukebox, a pool table and walls covered in photos and carved names. A plaque marks the booth tied to the local legend that Don McLean started writing American Pie here.

What to know

• Credit cards are accepted since the 2025 ownership change.
• Dogs are welcome inside.
• The Don McLean story is a legend the bar and local papers describe as disputed.