Opposite side from Kathy johnsIt used to be called Rosals steakhouse but had a big room for larger dinner events and a bar area for music etc. That was on 195 heading north on the left just past Rt 320.
Opposite side from Kathy johnsIt used to be called Rosals steakhouse but had a big room for larger dinner events and a bar area for music etc. That was on 195 heading north on the left just past Rt 320.
Saw her there too!I saw Bonnie Raitt at the Shaboo. Fell in love that night sitting just a few feet in front of her.
Exactly. On Route 32 in the Merrow section of Mansfield. Chuck's Steak House Margarita Grill. You walk in through the silo.Copied this from their website:
With a storied history as an actual working dairy farm and barn in the early to mid 20th century, then in 1974 the barn was converted into a restaurant called Chuck's Steak House.
When I say "in the woods behind Kathy John's" I don't mean it was off the parking lot or something, only that KJ's was the nearest landmark, so in near vicinity in the wilds behind, but you had to go up RT. 320 and then take the first right. My wife is sitting here and recalls the exact same location (she always remembers better than me on how to got to places). We were married in '71 (yup, 50 years), so it would have been in 1971-72, as we left for for grad school in Maine 73-74, returned and it wasn't a thing anymore. I had another year of school, and that's when we and other grad students started going to Jury's in Willington. Then we migrated to Willington Pizza after it opened and continued going there forever.
"Some say it never existed", it's pretty hard to prove a negative.
Elvin Bishop. "Fooled around and fell in love" still one of the alltime great songs and has a crackin guitar riff half way through.
One of my favorites for a big night out. Surf and turf.Chucks steakhouse opened in 1974 renovated Barn
Connecticut Daily Campus, 12/13/1971, Page 11This is great evidence. You went to school the exact same years as my dad so I'm inclined to believe you on this. So true it's hard to prove that it didn't exist. My father also stressed that it wasn't directly behind Kathy John's. But in that direction I guess. That's what I understood. Oh and happy 50 years!
You've done it! Thank you for this. I spent hours this weekend in the daily campus archives looking for any mention. This confirms it. Neither you, Your wife, nor my father is delusional. Now, see if you can locate j.p. crab. Thanks againConnecticut Daily Campus, 12/13/1971, Page 11
"at the Barn tonight, featuring;
J.P. CRAB
DrinksReduced■DoorPrize-PlentyofFun"
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Yes it was two stepsI remember the line dancing. Also remembered thinking "why???". I guess most others did as well. Called two steps I think. I doubt this was the place my father is remembering as his "barn bar" didn't last past the early 70s, according to memory
Package store deliveries right to your roomI spent a lot of beer money at Rapp's in 1973-74 In a strip mall the other side of 195 from KJ's! Went out to Rosals, Chucks and Jury's but I never had any money, so mostly the package store and kegs on Thrusday nights in the dorms (we could drink at 18). Was at UConn '73 to '77.
Great memories. Thanks for posting this and thanks for your service.Was at UConn from '72-'74, after discharge from Uncle (Sam). Was older than most students, married, and lived off campus (Ashford). My wife and I would go a few times a year to Chuck's on Rte. 32. Great steaks with reasonably priced wine (we loved Mateus and Lancers). Campus is light years nicer than then, but the great memories persist. Went to every (then men's only) BB game in the old field house. Long before joining Big East. Big games were UMass, URI, BC, PC and Holy Cross. Tony Hanson was "the man".
Bleed National Flag Blue.
and they would cash your checkPackage store deliveries right to your room
Villa Spirit ShopPackage store deliveries right to your room
if it was a Bar why would you buy tickets from the Alpine Haus. Alpine haus was a ski shop in the Pizza House plazaYou've done it! Thank you for this. I spent hours this weekend in the daily campus archives looking for any mention. This confirms it. Neither you, Your wife, nor my father is delusional. Now, see if you can locate j.p. crab. Thanks again
We would never decide we needed anything until about quarter of 8:00, so we drove like crazy to Villa!Package store deliveries right to your room
Forgot that partand they would cash your check
No, freshman year didn't have a car so that order was always placed in time. Sad to say they actually knew my name, dorm and room number after awhile because I always ordered the same thing.We would never decide we needed anything until about quarter of 8:00, so we drove like crazy to Villa!
If only my Great-Aunt Dottie knew what the $20 she sent me each week went for.Saw this on eBay.
Villa Spirit Shop
That place was pay a fee in and drinks were like a quarter around 1989. It was a country line dance place for a few years. Was empty for awhile. Probably torn down.I graduated 75, so my time frame. Not sure but I think there was a place called the Barn on 32. Just about a mile north of the intersection of 195 and 32. There's no restaurant or anything left there now. Could be the place.