Johnny's No More
Posted by JDeafv
Johnny's No More
Posted by: JDeafv (---.mae.cornell.edu)
Date: March 14, 2009 12:16PM
Johnny's Big Red Grill sign in Collegetown is no longer "still there." 
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: ugarte (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: March 14, 2009 04:06PM
Burn. I was a Royal Palm guy but I really liked that sign.
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Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: RichH (---.hsd1.ct.comcast.net)
Date: March 15, 2009 01:27AM
JDeafv
Johnny's Big Red Grill sign in Collegetown is no longer "still there."
Awful. That was something I hoped would stay forever.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: Lauren '06 (128.189.243.---)
Date: March 15, 2009 01:33AM
Did it go the way of the hydraulic lab, or was it taken down because it might someday?
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: RatushnyFan (---.rbccm.com)
Date: March 16, 2009 08:35PM
Do they still have the jukebox with the vinyl 45's at Dunbar's? And Pep?
Thread drift.
Thread drift.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: dag14 (---.187-72.tampabay.res.rr.com)
Date: March 16, 2009 10:31PM
Not sure about the jukebox but Pep is going strong....
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: RichH (---.hsd1.ct.comcast.net)
Date: March 16, 2009 11:33PM
RatushnyFan
Thread drift.
No such thing in this particular forum.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: March 17, 2009 08:35AM
dag14
Not sure about the jukebox but Pep is going strong....
And I'd be shocked if he wasn't in Albany this weekend, too.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 18, 2009 01:12PM
Pep and the jukebox (with pretty much the same selection) are still there. And he will be in Albany.
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Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: L-J (---.nys.biz.rr.com)
Date: March 18, 2009 01:57PM
You can thank the City of Ithaca Fire Marshal for the removal of the sign.
The old neon sign was landmarked and thought to be safe from removal. The rooster sign above the Chanticleer bar downtown is another landmarked local neon sign.
And it is not disposed of, just in a safe resting place for now.
The sign is not in great shape, and it is doubtful that it will be returned to it's former location.
The old neon sign was landmarked and thought to be safe from removal. The rooster sign above the Chanticleer bar downtown is another landmarked local neon sign.
And it is not disposed of, just in a safe resting place for now.
The sign is not in great shape, and it is doubtful that it will be returned to it's former location.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: Beeeej (Moderator)
Date: March 18, 2009 03:09PM
CowbellGuy
Pep and the jukebox (with pretty much the same selection) are still there. And he will be in Albany.
Just so long as the jukebox isn't. I don't give a flying @#$% about your shaker of salt.
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Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: TimV (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: March 18, 2009 04:31PM
L-J
And it is not disposed of, just in a safe resting place for now. The sign is not in great shape, and it is doubtful that it will be returned to it's former location.
Fix it to make it safe and hang it in the Game Room at WSH.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (Moderator)
Date: March 18, 2009 05:55PM
CowbellGuy
Pep and the jukebox (with pretty much the same selection) are still there. And he will be in Albany.
And also--I believe--the popcorn machine whose oil has not been changed since 1979. (Although the last time I was there it was off.)
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: RichH (155.104.37.---)
Date: March 18, 2009 06:11PM
jtwcornell91CowbellGuy
Pep and the jukebox (with pretty much the same selection) are still there. And he will be in Albany.
And also--I believe--the popcorn machine whose oil has not been changed since 1979. (Although the last time I was there it was off.)
No, the grease has gotten so thick that it now just completely blocks the light and thermally isolates it.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: RatushnyFan (---.rbccm.com)
Date: March 24, 2009 09:14AM
I never ate that popcorn once in the, oh say 500 times I was in Dunbars. Common sense prevailed. I did hear Brown Eyed Girl (ended up marrying one) and Magic Carpet Ride a few times as I recall.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: ftyuv (---.techtarget.com)
Date: March 24, 2009 10:25AM
I used to eat the popcorn at Dunbars all the time. It was fine. I only threw up once that I remember, and I think that had more to do with the pitchers than the popcorn.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: ugarte (---.z75-46-65.customer.algx.net)
Date: March 24, 2009 10:37AM
Oh, to be 19 again...ftyuv
I used to eat the popcorn at Dunbars all the time. It was fine. I only threw up once that I remember, and I think that had more to do with the pitchers than the popcorn.
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Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: Killer (---.c3-0.nat-ubr5.sbo-nat.ma.cable.rcn.com)
Date: March 26, 2009 12:58PM
TimVL-J
And it is not disposed of, just in a safe resting place for now. The sign is not in great shape, and it is doubtful that it will be returned to it's former location.
Fix it to make it safe and hang it in the Game Room at WSH.
Otherwise, I think it's time for another Collegetown Riot. Oh, for the days of eating in Chef Italia and watching the clouds of tear gas go wafting by in the night.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: FiveDollarFootLong (---.citlabs.cornell.edu)
Date: April 13, 2009 09:41PM
They're building some sort of weird balcony thing where the sign used to be. I don't quite get it...
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: French Rage (---.hsd1.ca.comcast.net)
Date: April 14, 2009 03:29AM
FiveDollarFootLong
They're building some sort of weird balcony thing where the sign used to be. I don't quite get it...
Is that a balcony or just scaffolding for building reovation?
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Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: RichH (155.104.37.---)
Date: July 16, 2009 05:25PM
The sign is rumored to be eventually sold on eBay, per the last sentence of this CAM story:
[cornellalumnimagazine.com]
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Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.net)
Date: July 20, 2009 11:22AM
It's true. Will be (or maybe already has been, I'm not sure) sold on eBay.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: September 04, 2009 12:37AM
The Cornell Sun reports that the Johnny's sign has been sold on e-bay to an alumna who bought it as a birthday present for her alumnus husband. There's a long discussion of where it could be stored, the cost of restoration, and potential final display locations.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: Ben Rocky '04 (140.239.101.---)
Date: September 04, 2009 09:35AM
I hope they can get it up in C-town somewhere, and get the neon lights restored.
Re: Johnny's No More
Posted by: imafrshmn (130.245.221.---)
Date: September 04, 2009 12:46PM
Now all we need are even more generous alums who want to reopen Johnny's.
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