Cheap, back-in-the-day, beer thread.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

The Rosetta Stone (corrections Welcome)

Caffreys - was the Ardmore and I believe the 2nd location for the Gym.
Murphy's - original Gym Location
Jimmy John's - About where the Lanche used to be
Field across Wells from the Al - Hegarty's
Qdoba - Grunts
Triangle Fraternity - O'Donahughes
18th and State - Lenny's Tap
15th and State - Greentree
12th (?) and State - Statehouse and Good Time Charlies
13th (?) and State - O'Padgetts
19th and Clyborne - Hegarty's Glocca Mora
21st and Wells- Can't remember the name.

Miss any?

That's a great memory.  
Missed an obvious one: The Avalanche
The Greentree closed and reopened a short time later (but for only a short time only) on the other side of the Viaduct.

I recall people heading to the VFW near the short lived West Hall.

 

[jsglow]

I never saw the old Ardmore.   My parents pulled away from McCormick that August day in 1984, I waved and walked directly across the street and ordered my first legal beer.   

So it was in full Miami Vice mode when you arrived, huh.

[hairy worthen]

Nothing like old guys babbling about the glory days.

[Archies Bat]

Nothing like old guys babbling about the glory days.

If ZFB can talk about taking a leak on an RA and BB player's desk in another thread, we can reminisce about bars also.

Corrected

[hairy worthen]

If PTM can talk about taking a leak on an RA and BB player's desk in another thread, we can reminisce about bars also.

Right. But pissing on a desk trumps old bars and beers.

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If PTM can talk about taking a leak on an RA and BB player's desk in another thread, we can reminisce about bars also.

I did?

[Archies Bat]

I did?

May have been someone else, let me check and issue a correction.

[Archies Bat]

I did?

Sorry, messed up my initials while eating my lunch and typing.  Corrected now.

[Lennys Tap]

The Rosetta Stone (corrections Welcome)

Caffreys - was the Ardmore and I believe the 2nd location for the Gym.
Murphy's - original Gym Location
Jimmy John's - About where the Lanche used to be
Field across Wells from the Al - Hegarty's
Qdoba - Grunts
Triangle Fraternity - O'Donahughes
18th and State - Lenny's Tap
15th and State - Greentree
12th (?) and State - Statehouse and Good Time Charlies
13th (?) and State - O'Padgetts
19th and Clyborne - Hegarty's Glocca Mora
21st and Wells- Can't remember the name.

Miss any?

Before Hegarty''s Glocca Mora I think it was a bar called Who's Inn. Also on Clybourne (between 16th and 17th) was the Black Spider. Owned by Bob Lehigh and his wife Toots. Many great bartenders, most notably Pat Devitt. The "Spider" moved to West Allis in around 1971.

[Archies Bat]

Before Hegarty''s Glocca Mora I think it was a bar called Who's Inn. Also on Clybourne (between 16th and 17th) was the Black Spider. Owned by Bob Lehigh and his wife Toots. Many great bartenders, most notably Pat Devitt. The "Spider" moved to West Allis in around 1971.

I had many at the West Allis Black Spider.  I believe it was on 92nd, around Cleveland or Lincoln.

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Sorry, messed up my initials while eating my lunch and typing.  Corrected now.

I wish I did actually!

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I also remember the special barrels from Greenfield Liquor that would be delivered with a bag of ice and sleeve of cups. What a great service.

That was a sad, sad May 4th in 1999(?) when that palace of underage provisions burned to the ground.

[mu-rara]

Steak and Lowenbrau

[River rat]

$2.99 a case of Old Milwaukee from Richie Frenn and the boys at Marquette Licquors, that 2.99 net after returns.  Many of which never got returned and were used as night stands, lamp stands, box springs etc.
Also, $.50 16 oz. drafts of red white and blue in my Alvalanche mug.

[warriorchick]

Okay, it wasn't a cheap beer, but it is a back-in-the-day beer.

Anyone remember Nude Beer?  Each label had one of a number of bikini-clad babes on it, but you could scratch off her bikini with your thumbnail, like it was an instant lottery ticket.

[jsglow]

The Rosetta Stone (corrections Welcome)

Caffreys - was the Ardmore and I believe the 2nd location for the Gym.
Murphy's - original Gym Location
Jimmy John's - About where the Lanche used to be
Field across Wells from the Al - Hegarty's
Qdoba - Grunts
Triangle Fraternity - O'Donahughes
18th and State - Lenny's Tap
15th and State - Greentree
12th (?) and State - Statehouse and Good Time Charlies
13th (?) and State - O'Padgetts
19th and Clyborne - Hegarty's Glocca Mora
21st and Wells- Can't remember the name.

Miss any?

Current SSP (Limo) Office - Circle Inn, formerly known as the Meet Market
21th(ish) & Wells - Thoma's.  Met chick while enjoying some buddies perform in a band called Entering Chelmsford.  Ironically, we lived in Boston some years later and actually entered Chelmsford.

[real chili 83]

That, of course, was the "New Ardmore."  First time I ever tried imports--drank a fair amount of Bass Ale that first year.

The Ardmore is where I went when visiting MU for a weekend senior year in high school.  Had my first gin and tonic there at 17.  Thought it was cool that the seniors who were showing me around had their own mug hanging up at the Ardmore.

[Skitch]

Was I the only one sneaking 40's of crappy malt liquor into the dorms?  When I lived in O'Donnell we would organize and a couple guys would go buy and a couple others would go to the basement which was actually at ground level.  The 40s were just small enough that they fit between the bars over the windows during the hand off.  Horrible horrible stuff.  King Kobra, Old English, Big Bear, Schlitz, Mickeys, etc etc

[spartan3186]

The Rosetta Stone (corrections Welcome)

Caffreys - was the Ardmore and I believe the 2nd location for the Gym.
Murphy's - original Gym Location
Jimmy John's - About where the Lanche used to be
Field across Wells from the Al - Hegarty's
Qdoba - Grunts
Triangle Fraternity - O'Donahughes
18th and State - Lenny's Tap
15th and State - Greentree
12th (?) and State - Statehouse and Good Time Charlies
13th (?) and State - O'Padgetts
19th and Clyborne - Hegarty's Glocca Mora
21st and Wells- Can't remember the name.

Miss any?

Sobelmans - Angelo's

That's where I did most of my underage drinking

[SuddenSam]

The "rod" tap handle at State House and an attractive blonde bartender every time she tapped a beer.

Miller High Life long necks always in friend's room at McCormick

Carling's Black Label, best and cheapest beer available while prepping for MU's slot at The Button spring break in Ft. Lauderdale (beat 'Bama, ND, others).

[only a warrior]

Sobelmans - Angelo's

That's where I did most of my underage drinking

What about Bernie and Melba's across the street from OPs?  Always a good time to mix it up with the townies

[MU82]

35 cent Schlitz drafts at The Midget Tavern. And the owner, a great old guy named Frank Herald, always gave us our first for free.

I can't remember what they had on tap at Harp & Shamrock. But we'd put a fiver on the bar at the start of the night, drink for hours, and the fiver would still be sitting on the bar at the end of the night. We left it as a tip for the bartender, the legendary Dan Fisher.

Miller Lite freshman year at The Gym. Of course, Red White & Blue at the 'Lanche ... then you had to break the bottle on the floor.

Before The State House was called that, it was something else, and they had 10-cent taps on Marquette game days.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Was I the only one sneaking 40's of crappy malt liquor into the dorms?  When I lived in O'Donnell we would organize and a couple guys would go buy and a couple others would go to the basement which was actually at ground level.  The 40s were just small enough that they fit between the bars over the windows during the hand off.  Horrible horrible stuff.  King Kobra, Old English, Big Bear, Schlitz, Mickeys, etc etc

I did the same at Schroeder Hall sophmore year.  But it was cans.

[LloydMooresLegs]

The "rod" tap handle at State House and an attractive blonde bartender every time she tapped a beer.

Miller High Life long necks always in friend's room at McCormick

Carling's Black Label, best and cheapest beer available while prepping for MU's slot at The Button spring break in Ft. Lauderdale (beat 'Bama, ND, others).

Good Lord.  The Button.  That was a time.

[warriorchick]

I did the same at Schroeder Hall sophmore year.  But it was cans.

Were forties even a thing in the early '80's?  I guess when you are legal to drink, you are not so worried about maximizing the size of the container.