It’s not Moe’s Tavern, but dig into the history of this local bar and you’ll find the inspiration for the curmudgeonly barkeep of The Simpsons. In 1933, after the repeal of Prohibition, former heavyweight boxer Louis “Red” Deutsch opened Tube Bar in Jersey City. The bar was named for its location on top of “The Tubes,” as the train tunnels running under the Hudson River to New York City were then called. Red ran the place with an iron fist and a bizarre set of rules. There were no stools…
