OT - Pub 32

[UConn '89 "98]

Sorry for the off-topic post, but this is driving me insane. Tried an internet search, but couldn't find anything. Back in the late 1980's, we used to spend a lot of time at the place now known as Pub 32 (still go there pre-game). Problem is, I can't remember what the place was called? Guess I was drinking too much back then. Remember one, kind of, particularly out of control night when UConn beat OSU in the NIT Championship. I know, NIT, big deal, but it was a big deal back then.

 

[8893]

Hooligan’s Pub

 

[August_West]

Hooligan’s Pub

used to work there.
and after that but before Pub 32 it was smedleys

 

[UConn '89 "98]

Thanks. I was thinking Hooligan's, but thought that was the place next to Thumpers. Now I'm really being a pain, do you recall what that place was called?

 

[August_West]

Thanks. I was thinking Hooligan's, but thought that was the place next to Thumpers. Now I'm really being a pain, do you recall what that place was called?

LOL Thumpers. What a scalitoshow that place was.

 

[Rico444]

Is it on Route 32? I'm pretty sure I stopped there after a noon game a few years ago. Good beer selection.

 

[UC313]

Pool tables, juke box and pint glasses of rum and coke. Oof i remember those days.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

It had a different name in my years in the 00s but last I knew it was back to Pub 32.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Pub 32 Restaurant, Bar & Grill | Bar and Restaurant Mansfield how hard did you search? Lol

 

[uconnphil2016]

Pub 32 was definitely the best bar around UConn

 

[August_West]

What about Oscars!?!

 

[CAHUSKY]

What about Oscars!?!

Free pizza at midnight! Horrid pizza and cheap beer.

 

[dvegas]

What about Oscars!?!

Not as good as it's predecesor, Rapp's Deli Bar home of the $1 happy hour pitchers

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

used to work there.
and after that but before Pub 32 it was smedleys

Yep, Schmedley's. I believe it had another name between Schmedley's and Pub 32, but I'm drawing a blank.

 

[UconnMICK]

What about Oscars!?!

I remember closing that place many times by sharing the mic with Mass-Conn-Fusion. Good times.

 

[krinklecut]

Sorry for the off-topic post, but this is driving me insane. Tried an internet search, but couldn't find anything. Back in the late 1980's, we used to spend a lot of time at the place now known as Pub 32 (still go there pre-game). Problem is, I can't remember what the place was called? Guess I was drinking too much back then. Remember one, kind of, particularly out of control night when UConn beat OSU in the NIT Championship. I know, NIT, big deal, but it was a big deal back then.

It was called stonewall for a while around 09-10, then changed back to pub 32

 

[Robertelamin]

I never stepped into Schmedleys but I always figured it was the townie bar. @Stainmaster?

 

[August_West]

I never stepped into Schmedleys but I always figured it was the townie bar. @Stainmaster?

Not back in my day.
There were some locals, but students would pack that place for live music.

 

[Travelman6]

I feel like bars were probably a lot better back in the day, especially in the mid 80s to mid 90s than they are now.

 

[August_West]

I feel like bars were probably a lot better back in the day, especially in the mid 80s to mid 90s than they are now.

Yeah...... I would of course say yes looking back with nostalgia as most are wont to do, but empirically I think that would have to be an emphatic yes too.

Things were a lot looser back then.

Nickel night at Huskies!
They ran a old crappy school bus to Thumpers from campus. Fricking zoo.
Hooligans and Oscars. Teds.

People were out and partying pretty hard most nights.

 

[Stainmaster]

I never stepped into Schmedleys but I always figured it was the townie bar. @Stainmaster?

I didn’t set foot in the place until it went by Pub 32. It does seem a little more townie-ish than other local options.

 

[whaler11]

used to work there.
and after that but before Pub 32 it was smedleys

oh god i love smedleys. bring back the hot lips.

god i loved their happy hour.

 

[JMick]

Yeah. I would of course say yes looking back with nostalgia as most are wont to do, but empirically I think that would have to be an emphatic yes too.

Things were a lot looser back then.

Nickel night at Huskies!
They ran a old crappy school bus to Thumpers from campus. Fricking zoo.
Hooligans and Oscars. Teds.

People were out and partying pretty hard most nights.

It got to the point where @Stainmaster called the cops on parties so often that the bars were the only place to go besides small house parties. It was good and bad. Lots of people but sometimes too many people with lines out the door because of capacity issues

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

I never stepped into Schmedleys but I always figured it was the townie bar. @Stainmaster?

I didn’t set foot in the place until it went by Pub 32. It does seem a little more townie-ish than other local options.

I believe a good deal of Coventry people go there since it's close to Route 31. I see a LOT of bikers drive in and out of there too.
It definetly feels moreso like a townie bar than college bar.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

When I was there it was a good place for a beer or two mid-week or to catch a game. Not the type of place you’d go on a weekend. Mostly off campus seniors and grad students. 22-23 yr old girls would go super dressed down as a way of mocking the younger girls who got super dolled up for the campus bars. They actually had 32 draughts too. A buddy tried to drink all 32 in a 2 day span. Didn’t make it.