Yet another collegetown bar bites the dust

[Scersk '97]

A quote from an early patron: "Here, I can sit down with my friends and grab a beer and pizza, which is not an experience I really had before."

Didn't have that experience. IN COLLEGETOWN.

Also: "The one thing Collegetown was missing was a sports bar vibe."

Yeah, the one thing that's never missing anywhere is a sports bar "vibe."

Interiors look sterile to me. I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

[Trotsky]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

[RichH]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

Orange and olive Formica forever, because the 1970s aesthetic was the peak of modern society. Anything else are just passing fads.

[Trotsky]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

Orange and olive Formica forever, because the 1970s aesthetic was the peak of modern society. Anything else are just passing fads.

And whatever this is called:

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

Orange and olive Formica forever, because the 1970s aesthetic was the peak of modern society. Anything else are just passing fads.

And whatever this is called:

It's called ugly.

[Trotsky]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

Orange and olive Formica forever, because the 1970s aesthetic was the peak of modern society. Anything else are just passing fads.

And whatever this is called:

It's called ugly.

You wouldn't say that if Lana Turner were wiping it down.

[Roy 82]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

Orange and olive Formica forever, because the 1970s aesthetic was the peak of modern society. Anything else are just passing fads.

And whatever this is called:

It's called ugly.

Mid-century ugly to be precise.

[Scersk '97]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

Orange and olive Formica forever, because the 1970s aesthetic was the peak of modern society. Anything else are just passing fads.

That picture Greg linked to was beautiful.

The 70s ski lodge aesthetic will always have my heart.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

Orange and olive Formica forever, because the 1970s aesthetic was the peak of modern society. Anything else are just passing fads.

And whatever this is called:

It's called ugly.

You wouldn't say that if Lana Turner were wiping it down.

I think I'd probably ask, "Who's that beautiful woman wiping down that ugly counter?"  ::rolleyes::

[TimV]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

Orange and olive Formica forever, because the 1970s aesthetic was the peak of modern society. Anything else are just passing fads.

That picture Greg linked to was beautiful.

The 70s ski lodge aesthetic will always have my heart.

The brick makes it more urban than ski lodge.  Needs more wood.  And more cowbell.

[Scersk '97]

I'll never get the fetish for exposed lightbulbs.

It's 2010-2019 for "Naugahyde."

Each period's gimmicks quickly date themselves.

cf. granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances.

Orange and olive Formica forever, because the 1970s aesthetic was the peak of modern society. Anything else are just passing fads.

That picture Greg linked to was beautiful.

The 70s ski lodge aesthetic will always have my heart.

The brick makes it more urban than ski lodge.  Needs more wood.  And more cowbell.

The brick is because it's built, in my imagination, against the slope, and the reverse shot would be all windows and mountains.

[Trotsky]

I don't think of Naugahyde as apres ski.

[billhoward]

Hmmph. Hardly any recent posts on Collegetown bars closing.

[Trotsky]

Hmmph. Hardly any recent posts on Collegetown bars closing.

Do any remain?

[Iceberg]

Hmmph. Hardly any recent posts on Collegetown bars closing.

Do any remain?

Very, very scant compared to even when I was an underclassman ten years ago and bars were starting to close (i.e. The Palms). I was up there a few months ago and the only ones that were operational before I graduated are Level B and Loco, with the latter opening while I was still a student. Hideaway has been in the former Dunbars spot for quite a few years now and Ithaca Beer Company recently opened up a location in Collegetown. It's funny because when I was a student I thought it couldn't get any worse in Collegetown