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Slydell said:
Nat as much anymore. Liked it better back in the day when Big Ed was around. Good place to drink beer.
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I use to go there all the time when he was there. He use to sit at the same place at the end of the bar. I found him him pretty intimidating as a young kid. Pizza is still the same today as it was back then though.
 
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TEX_VOLFAN said:
I use to go there all the time when he was there. He use to sit at the same place at the end of the bar. I found him him pretty intimidating as a young kid. Pizza is still the same today as it was back then though.
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Bunch of us use to drive down just to drink beer and talk or listen to Ed. I guess he could come off intimidating.
 
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TEX_VOLFAN said:
It was more of just his looks. He wasn't very approachable, but he was really a soft spoken guy.
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He may have changed some over the years. It was the mid-late 70's when we use to frequent it. He would come over to sit and talk many times. When I moved back to the Knox area about 7-8 years ago, I live in Oak Ridge for several years. Jackson Square was always packed with cars.
 
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Slydell said:
He may have changed some over the years. It was the mid-late 70's when we use to frequent it. He would come over to sit and talk many times. When I moved back to the Knox area about 7-8 years ago, I live in Oak Ridge for several years. Jackson Square was always packed with cars.
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I went from the late 70's up until I moved in 1988. We would always check to see if Oak Ridge was having a home football game in the fall. Not a good time to go if they were.
 
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Slydell said:
Big Ed's-2*
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My family stopped going back in the mid 90s after we noticed the huge confederate flag they had hanging in the place. My father sent a letter asking about it and voicing our concerns. They pretty much told us to piss off.
 
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Nerd-Vol said:
My family stopped going back in the mid 90s after we noticed the huge confederate flag they had hanging in the place. My father sent a letter asking about it and voicing our concerns. They pretty much told us to piss off.
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I don't remember seeing one when we used to go there. Would have been a big tip off, no doubt. I wonder if it was placed later or we were so drunk didn't notice.
 
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I stopped going to Big Ed's after the first time, when I realized it was mediocre food.

Now that I've found out they proudly fly the flag of the Confederacy, I will have to start going back.
 
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Nerd-Vol said:
My family stopped going back in the mid 90s after we noticed the huge confederate flag they had hanging in the place. My father sent a letter asking about it and voicing our concerns. They pretty much told us to piss off.
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I don't remember ever seeing a rebel flag in there. Big Ed was full Italian I believe, I don't know why he would have one to begin with.
 
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Thrasher865 said:
I stopped going to Big Ed's after the first time, when I realized it was mediocre food.

Now that I've found out they proudly fly the flag of the Confederacy, I will have to start going back.
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You probably think Red Lobster is the best seafood in town too, huh?
 
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