Places on the strip

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The very said thing is after the O&W Game this Saturday, all people are going to have to talk about here on VolNation for the next 3+ months will be threads like this one.
 
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I saw the city had plans to give the whole strip area a much needed facelift, but havent heard anything about it recently.

Does anyone have any info?
 
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I used to go to the strip a lot in the late '80s and early '90s. There was Ruby's, O'Charley's, Ivy's, Hawkeye's Corner, The Library, OCI, The Last Lap, and so on. Now I only go to get Stefano's Pizza occasionally, and take-out at that. It's mostly rednecks and panhandlers now. I have no knowledge at all of the newer places.

I agree with some of the previous posters; go downtown. There is Marble City's new brewpub, The Quarry, and many other good places.

On gamedays, I park downtown, drink beer at Downtown Grill and Brewery, then ride the Trolley to the University Center; that way, I don't lose my buzz walking there. :)
 
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VolMaster14 said:
Half Barrel is one of my fav
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Same here. I remember sitting in there many years ago the night before we destroyed Ga.
 
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Downtown Grill and Brewery is definitely the bee's knees. Great food and decent drink selection. As a student, I still avoid the strip unless I am looking to just get inappropriately drunk and dance on gross people. In which case Rumourz is the place to be.
 
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anybody remember "The Place"?? I was a TAP ROOM fan. To eat................Roman Room. George would ask what kind of beer.... then, "Big? .... Little?"


PIZZA BURGER!!!


Rooster with Cheese.................. Drag it thru the garden?? from Smokey Mtn. Mkt.

How about a chili dog from the Roach Coach outside of Hess Hall.

Life was good!.............from what I remember
 
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Gator H8R said:
Last time I was on the strip, it looked like alot of things were gone. BWW was gone and hardly no decent bars left.

Have they added anything new lately? Id like to check out some new places Saturday.
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What is BWW? My days at UT and on the strip were in the 1970s and none of the places mentioned here exsited at that time.
 
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I remember the days at the Lap when Marvin was at the door and Tommy Giles was making kick ass drinks! The Velcro Pygmes at the Library Friday night before Bama playing Kiss cover music! Dollar longneck Wednesday nights! 3 dollar big gulps! Tall boy bush light night! Chick night with Tall Paul! Fun times!!!
 
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vol-un-tear said:
I remember the days at the Lap when Marvin was at the door and Tommy Giles was making kick ass drinks! The Velcro Pygmes at the Library Friday night before Bama playing Kiss cover music! Dollar longneck Wednesday nights! 3 dollar big gulps! Tall boy bush light night! Chick night with Tall Paul! Fun times!!!
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My wife was a Tall Paul Groupie................. but she is 10 years younger than I.

This thread is REALLY making me feel old..... anybody else?

................ I was out the night (morning) Krystal burned.
 
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vol_in_il said:
BigAl said:
I used to go to the strip a lot in the late '80s and early '90s. There was Ruby's, O'Charley's, Ivy's, Hawkeye's Corner, The Library, OCI, The Last Lap,
same here, would rotate to watch Tall Paul play and one other you left off was the Annex
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Tall Paul was the best. I am sure we must have crossed paths since we went to all of the same places! I was there from '85 to '90. Does anyone remember when the Campus Inn had live bands before the games? That place was always rockin.
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DeerPark12 said:
Parking had little to do with the decision, their sales numbers remained string until they closed, despite the poor quality of the food and service.

The issue that BWW had was that the chain is requiring all of its franchises to upgrade to a certain model, and the footprint that the location sat on could not support what needed to be done without completely tearing it down and starting over, and the landlord was unable to put that together.

The building itself has some serious issues and will likely have to be demolished before a new tenant builds there.
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This is what I figured.
 
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Seriously. There is just no tradition anymore. Back in the day, Hawkeye's, OCI, Longhorn, The Lap, The library, Gryphons...hell, even O'Charley's.

They were all fun on any given evening depending on what kind of fun you wanted to have.

Of course, back in those days, there wasn't anything in Market Square except a Subway that closed at 5PM and the legendary Mercury Theater. We used to eat shrooms and hang out with the homeless people who always built fires in the 55 gallon metal drums that the city used for garbage cans.

I think it is a good trade off in the end because I am really happy now when I go down to Market Square. I can take my kids ice skating and point out the various buildings that used to be abandoned that we would sleep in when we were to drunk to drive home that now house trendy furniture stores or hair salons.
 
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OrangeDog said:
My wife was a Tall Paul Groupie................. but she is 10 years younger than I.

This thread is REALLY making me feel old..... anybody else?

................ I was out the night (morning) Krystal burned.
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I was out the night Gus's burnt down in 94'.
 
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OrangeDog said:
anybody remember "The Place"?? I was a TAP ROOM fan. To eat................Roman Room. George would ask what kind of beer.... then, "Big? .... Little?"


PIZZA BURGER!!!


Rooster with Cheese.................. Drag it thru the garden?? from Smokey Mtn. Mkt.

How about a chili dog from the Roach Coach outside of Hess Hall.


Life was good!.............from what I remember
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Yup, I remember The Place....and yeah, the Roman Room for food. Vol Burger, turkey and smoked cheddar on long white.

How about the Tunnel/Yosemite Sam's? The house band was called Fatback, went on to become Russell Smith and the Amazing Rhythm Aces (Third Rate Romance went top 40). Man, there's dirt under the pyramids younger than me......Condredge Holloway was the starting QB my freshman year.
 
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VFL1953 said:
Yup, I remember The Place....and yeah, the Roman Room for food. Vol Burger, turkey and smoked cheddar on long white.

How about the Tunnel/Yosemite Sam's? The house band was called Fatback, went on to become Russell Smith and the Amazing Rhythm Aces (Third Rate Romance went top 40). Man, there's dirt under the pyramids younger than me......Condredge Holloway was the starting QB my freshman year.
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Nice!
 
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