Yet another collegetown bar bites the dust

[Ben Rocky '04]

Sadness.
http://cornellsun.com/2015/12/31/dunbars-closes-doors-after-36-years-in-collegetown/

Not gonna miss the bathrooms though.....

[Trotsky]

I had no idea Dunbar's had only been open for 2 years when I first stumbled in there in 1981.  I assumed it had been there since the 60s.

It is comforting, however, to know it looked like a shithole right from the beginning.



Farewell, youth.

[gonyr]

And there goes the one of the last reasons to go to Collegetown. How long does Rulloff's have left?

[scoop85]

I had no idea Dunbar's had only been open for 2 years when I first stumbled in there in 1981.  I assumed it had been there since the 60s.

It is comforting, however, to know it looked like a shithole right from the beginning.



Farewell, youth.

I too arrived in 1981, and likewise had assumed Dunbars had been around for years. It may have always looked like a shithole, but it was our shithole.

[Trotsky]

I had no idea Dunbar's had only been open for 2 years when I first stumbled in there in 1981.  I assumed it had been there since the 60s.

It is comforting, however, to know it looked like a shithole right from the beginning.



Farewell, youth.

I too arrived in 1981, and likewise had assumed Dunbars had been around for years. It may have always looked like a shithole, but it was our shithole.

Hopefully the very last song on the very last night was "American Pie," split awkwardly across two recordings.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

The bar was on the site for a while before Pep bought it and renamed it Dunbar's.  When I arrived on campus it was called The Gin Mill.  Before that it was called Maury's.

Pep and Lee bought it in '79 and changed the name to Dunbar's in 1980. It was named after Pep's dog. That's the date the article refers to.

It breaks my heart.  I loved that place.

[Ben Rocky '04]

Rulloffs closed in late 2014, and then reopened in 2015.  
http://dining.14850.com/reviews/1503-rulloffs

[Trotsky]

Rulloffs closed in late 2014, and then reopened in 2015.  
http://dining.14850.com/reviews/1503-rulloffs

Food writers should be stabbed in the face.

Were there any significant changes to Rulloff's structurally?

[ugarte]

Rulloffs closed in late 2014, and then reopened in 2015.  
http://dining.14850.com/reviews/1503-rulloffs

Food writers should be stabbed in the face.

Were there any significant changes to Rulloff's structurally?

Please check the byline on that article and report back, Greg.

[Trotsky]

Rulloffs closed in late 2014, and then reopened in 2015.  
http://dining.14850.com/reviews/1503-rulloffs

Food writers should be stabbed in the face.

Were there any significant changes to Rulloff's structurally?

Please check the byline on that article and report back, Greg.

Well, food writers except for Mark should be stabbed in the face...

[RatushnyFan]

RIP Dunbars.  I knew ye well.

[RichH]

Were there any significant changes to Rulloff's structurally?

I stopped in shortly after the re-open last winter, and while I didn't go to the downstairs seating area, it sure looked the same to me. A little cleaned up and polished, too.

[RichH]

I posted a list in another thread, and present it, updated as best as I know:

Current Collegetown spots with a bar:
Collegetown Bagels
Resurrected Rulloff's
The Nines
Level B
Jack's Grill
Loco Cantina


RIP:
Palms
Dino's
Johnny's
Johnny O's
The Chariot
The Connection/Bear Den (College Ave)
Little Joe's
Pixel
Stella's
Chapter House*
Dunbar's

*Shall Rise Again from the ashes.

[Scersk '97]

*Shall Rise Again from the ashes.

Some part of me hopes that the closing of Dunbar's will speed this process along a bit.

(Never much of a Dunbar's guy, but I did have the worst shot of my life there... so that's something.)

[Trotsky]

*Shall Rise Again from the ashes.

Some part of me hopes that the closing of Dunbar's will speed this process along a bit.

(Never much of a Dunbar's guy, but I did have the worst shot of my life there... so that's something.)

Worst shot of my life was at The Connection.  Best popcorn I've ever had was there, too.