Save the Palms!

[CAS]

The Royal Palm Tavern is slated to close the end of February.  This tragedy must be averted.  We can't stand idly by and let this happen.
Any suggestions [buyers] out there?

[nyc94]

Why is it closing?  Are the owners tired of running the business? Landlord raising the rent?

[ugarte]

It is losing money. Sad to see it go, since I spent a lot of time there. http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2012/01/13/palms-collegetown-fixture-1941-will-close-next-month

[CAS]

Was my second home senior year, many years ago.  Was thinking of retiring there.  There must be a way to keep it open!

[nyc94]

It is losing money. Sad to see it go, since I spent a lot of time there. http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2012/01/13/palms-collegetown-fixture-1941-will-close-next-month

The comments to the Sun article imply that the owners of the bar also own the building and are selling it to developers who will put up more apartments.

[CAS]

Yikes!  So sad.  Occupy the Palms?!  
So many memories of drinking PBRs there.  We can't let the special places go...

[ftyuv]

Everyone's going nuts about this. Am I the only person who thought it was one of the tooliest bars in Collegetown?

[Robb]

Everyone's going nuts about this. Am I the only person who thought it was one of the tooliest bars in Collegetown?

Guess so.  It was definitely the "senior" bar in '94 - a good place to just chill with a few friends without any annoying freshmen out to prove how cool they were.  We always wondered how they stayed in business with $1.25 Schaefers...

[Beeeej]

We always wondered how they stayed in business with $1.25 Schaefers...

Volume.

[nyc94]

Everyone's going nuts about this. Am I the only person who thought it was one of the tooliest bars in Collegetown?

Guess so.  It was definitely the "senior" bar in '94 - a good place to just chill with a few friends without any annoying freshmen out to prove how cool they were.  We always wondered how they stayed in business with $1.25 Schaefers...

In 1994 I would say the "tooliest bar" was Dino's.  Guess it depends on how you define tool.

As for the owner's assertion in the Daily Sun that most of their business came at the end of the night, that's how I recall it in the early 90s.

[ugarte]

Everyone's going nuts about this. Am I the only person who thought it was one of the tooliest bars in Collegetown?

I'm not sure when you went. It wasn't when I went. In the early 90's they checked IDs for real, so the crowd was all seniors, grad students and some young townies. I spent most of my time with the subset that played darts so I guess I can't speak to the larger ethos of the place.

[ftyuv]

Everyone's going nuts about this. Am I the only person who thought it was one of the tooliest bars in Collegetown?

I'm not sure when you went. It wasn't when I went. In the early 90's they checked IDs for real, so the crowd was all seniors, grad students and some young townies. I spent most of my time with the subset that played darts so I guess I can't speak to the larger ethos of the place.

I graduated in '06, and the Palms was plenty popular back then. To be fair, I only went once or twice, but I remember a lot of popped collars and people standing on the benches for no reason and looking at each other. Looked like a bunch of popped-collar fratboy prairie dogs.

[Trotsky]

Wonderful place back in the early 80's, with a bowling machine and deep, spacious booths.  It was a place for groups of 4-6 to get seriously drunk on those cold Ithaca nights.

It must be saved.

[RichH]

Ha. Finally read the Sun article. The owner was my landlord my senior year on Dryden Rd., and is a pretty big creep.  He can give as many sappy stories as he wants, I think he saw the chance for a big payday from developers and is taking the money & retiring. So I'm not surprised, knowing his money-grubbing nature. I'm sure he realizes he's selling out generations, given the "kids these days are txting instead of drinking" excuses.

Soon the center of Collegetown won't get any natural daylight with all the sterile high-rises.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

During my time, The Palms was a shithole with stale beer.  While I don't like the look of C-Town right now, I won't miss the Palms.