Reminds me of Wish's in East Hartford. Mostly a bar, but the pizza was pretty good even though it was cheap. A small 1-item was 3 bucks, enough for 2. With 50 cent drafts you could do an afternoon for $5.
I remember American Eagle when it was called Sundown. Sounds like it didn’t change much.
When I worked at Travelers we went to Wish’s often for team lunches. Cheap pizza and beer. I remember a mark in the glass that looked like a bullet hole. It might have been.
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Yes, Rosal's was around in mid-80's. I can't recall if it was the exact same location that became Thumpers and then later (or before) Talk of the Town but there was definitely a sequence of mediocre dance hall type bars.Does anyone remember Rosal's? It was on 195 and close to RT 44 I believe. I am going back to the late 70's for this one. They used to have Hurricane specials and I believe a bus back to campus.
I found this link that mentions a few other bars that I do not remember. I believe that Hooligans is where Schmedley's and Pub 32 was. I do not remember Thumpers but this may have been the same location as Rosal's.
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Husky Blues was one name I think.
In today's New York Post "People waiting to get into a Fort Lauderdale bar as the state of Florida reported another 10,603 COVID-19 cases Sunday, the eighth consecutive day with an average of 11,000-plus new cases per day."
Wasn't Husky Blues the live music venue that opened up like twenty years ago, closer to campus, near where Storrs Commons is now? Saw a few shows there iirc; don't recall what was in that spot in the 80s.
Can we reroute all planes coming from Florida already?
Kinda like Italian Gardens in Willi. One time we actually measured the pitchers and realized that the $2.50 pitcher only contained 9 (juice) glasses of beer, whereas beers were only a quarter, so we'd order by the glass to save a quarter, lol.
I forget what the special was but I was 100% at that place one day a week.
I remember Husky Blues near Storrs Commons as well. It was the lower level around back. Bands like Max Creek played there from '95 until 2001. I googled and found the address was 1254 Storrs Road (Route 195).
I think I saw @August_West play there!
Nah, I already knew him by then. IIRC it was with his old, old band, which is how I first met him in the early 90s.
