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[ShakyTheMohel]

I think my favorite part of this thread is Pudge gamely trying to talk football right in the middle of it.

I'm about to go all get-off-my-lawn....

You kids had it easy. Back in the day, when I lived in South in a building with exposed heating pipes and a dirt floor in the laundry room, our best dining options were either a sandwich or whatever gray meat UConn managed to buy from the remaindered pen at the slaughterhouse.

The same. I ate a lot of Subway back then.

The grey meat comment brought back memories....we used to call the roast beef au jus....roast beef aw geez.

 

[Fishy]

The same. I ate a lot of Subway back then.

The grey meat comment brought back memories....we used to call the roast beef au jus....roast beef aw geez.

Didn't Subway have a van that used to park outside of South?

Ate a lot of Taco Bell and Little Caesars on the weekend - $4 went a real long way at both back then.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Subway 's motto was we aren't styro food! I was a dorm steward in the early 80's. Having a commercial kitchen at our beckon call at that age was just over the top. Add to the fact that the drinking age was 18 meant we could have kegs with our dinners! Dorms did fundraisers back then. One used the life sciences building to show DeepThroat. What a time

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

We did not do that. We would have if we'd thought of it though.

I did not think of 1/4 barrel hallway bowling, but being more knowledgeable clearly made all of the difference

 

[JMick]

Think it will always be the Jungle. If you don’t have that mindset ... to bad for you.

kids don't even call it that anymore. haven't since at least 2010

 

[JMick]

Flip cup with Dubra

dubraaaaa. quintessential UConn. They should sponsor events. It's the only place you'll ever see it besides connecticut high school parties.

 

[TRest]

kids don't even call it that anymore. haven't since at least 2010

Confirmed. My daughter got lucky in room draw, she was headed to Hartford Hall but a roommate change landed her in Alumni. Didn’t care about my Litchfield war stories.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Dorms did fundraisers back then. One used the life sciences building to show DeepThroat. What a time

Cant say our dorm was the only sponsor, but Deep Throat and Debbie Does Dallas absolutely funded a few parties’ worth of barrels. Never heard any complaints from the nearby Women’s Center on Gilbert. It was a different time.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

kids don't even call it that anymore. haven't since at least 2010

Kids these days ...

 

[JMick]

Confirmed. My daughter got lucky in room draw, she was headed to Hartford Hall but a roommate change landed her in Alumni. Didn’t care about my Litchfield war stories.

Alumni is so much better nowadays. she made a good choice lol

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Didn't Subway have a van that used to park outside of South?

Yup, the Subway owner must have bought his South Campus access. Not setting the quality food bar too high, but the local local food truck before Subway was much better.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Didn't Subway have a van that used to park outside of South?

Ate a lot of Taco Bell and Little Caesars on the weekend - $4 went a real long way at both back then.

Cheap weekend hotdogs at Wawa. Gumby’s pizza.

 

[Guapo]

Cheap weekend hotdogs at Wawa. Gumby’s pizza.

UConn had a Wawa?

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Didn't Subway have a van that used to park outside of South?

Ate a lot of Taco Bell and Little Caesars on the weekend - $4 went a real long way at both back then.

Yes....I was there 3 times a week after passing on the grey meat. Early food truck I guess.

 

[Pudge]

Yes....I was there 3 times a week after passing on the grey meat. Early food truck I guess.

A full decade before ... there were three good food trucks right in front of ROTC (where that Garage is on North Eagleville - next to Visitirs Center). Grinders. Sub sandwiches. Burgers. Something other than dorm food.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

A full decade before ... there were three good food trucks right in front of ROTC (where that Garage is on North Eagleville - next to Visitirs Center). Grinders. Sub sandwiches. Burgers. Something other than dorm food.

Irma's. Great cheeseburger grinders

 

[HuskyHawk]

UConn had a Wawa?

Yeah it came in where Store 24 was. Not sure what’s there now. It was past South, across from EO Smith I guess. There was a cool record shop in that plaza.

 

[Fishy]

Cheap weekend hotdogs at Wawa. Gumby’s pizza.

Yup. And yup.

And, if you didn't mind waiting until 11 pm for dinner, free pizza at Oscars.

 

[uconndogs]

Any of you remember Bill’s #7 in Willimantic? Easily one of the oddest places I’ve ever eaten, but open late at night into early morning and cheap.

 

[TRest]

Alumni is so much better nowadays. she made a good choice lol

Yeah she's steps.away from McMahon and South cafes, center of campus nearby, etc. She was in Towers freshman year and didn't like it much.

 

[Kolumbo]

Haffenreffers, funnels, and late night burritos from Store 20-Free.

 

[Huskygrad88]

UConn had a Wawa?

2 for $1 chili cheese dogs at Wawa was a little piece of heaven

 

[JMick]

Yeah she's steps.away from McMahon and South cafes, center of campus nearby, etc. She was in Towers freshman year and didn't like it much.

hey, could be worse. I got stuck in shippee my freshman year

 

[TMB4405]

2 for $1 chili cheese dogs at Wawa was a little piece of heaven

I guess I am really old. Used to head to wawa for 3 dogs for $1.

 

[Scrutineer]

And for 9 PM snacks, when Wes Bialosuknia was the star of the BBall team, you could buy grinders from Wes as he carried a cardboard box of grinders for sale from Lou's from dorm to dorm and fraternity to fraternity.
Then, Sunday nights, you could go to the Park Central hotel in Willimantic for 95 cent plates of shells and meatballs, served up with dime beers.
Oh, the good old days.

 

[History Geek]

I lived in Towers in the late 80"s. Back then each "small dorm" had it's own chef that cooked family style. No weekend meal plan, so I would go to TED's sub shop and get the Cheeseburger grinder, six patties. Half on Saturday and half on Sunday. I would wash it down with a milkshake from the Dairy Bar. My whole caloric intake would be the sub, milkshake, and assorted low quality beer.

I lived in Terry in the early/mid 80s. Our chef Johnny D. was a great guy, decent cook, and would join us at Huskies every Thursday for happy hour. Some of my best memories from college.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Any of you remember Bill’s #7 in Willimantic? Easily one of the oddest places I’ve ever eaten, but open late at night into early morning and cheap.

The guy never wrote down an order. Worked the counter by his lonesome and just cleared the dishes, glasses and flatware til closing.

 

[uconndogs]

The guy never wrote down an order. Worked the counter by his lonesome and just cleared the dishes, glasses and flatware til closing.

Right, and if you ever challenged him on the “bill” or asked where your order was he would tell you to FO. Couple all of that with a place packed with drunk college students and you have some real comedy.

 

[storrsroars]

Speaking of gray meat, can't remember the name of that craphole little breakfast/lunch joint that preceded the Hardees across from South Campus, but I recall a time when we were served sandwiches with gray roast beef with full rainbow slime/sheen, and watched as the busboy went about collecting plates with a dog attached to the bus cart on a leash. The dog proceeded to lick all the scraps from every plate put into the bus trays.

Missing out on treats like this is why kids today just don't have strong immune systems.

 

[Milo65]

The guy never wrote down an order. Worked the counter by his lonesome and just cleared the dishes, glasses and flatware til closing.

I thought the place in Willi was Gil’s. Breakfast spot, Texas style breakfast sandwich with chocolate milk, syrup on the bottom with a long spoon.

Gil’s Sign discovered