Yet another collegetown bar bites the dust

[billhoward]

ny state says it was 18 since 1933. the national age became 21 in 1933 but states could go lower

Pass me a Genny Cream!

Mature crowd this week. No one made a play on pass and piss.

Two summers ago we were motorboating along Cayuga Lake and stopped at a waterfront restaurant a third of the way up the west side. It was so nostalgic, I think the most sophisticated menu item was a burger with onion rings, and the warmish day called for a Genny Cream. My wife, whose teen years were in Thailand, found Genny nothing special. Other than cold.

But she didn't appreciate the beauty of a 24-pack, that or Rolling Rock, for, what, $2 (I think), in the early 1970s. Actually, if you run the inflation calculator, cheap beer today is cheaper. A $1.99 case of beer equals $12 today; if it was $2.99 a case it'd be $19.

[billhoward]

Bring back Oliver's! (And all the other spaces we are missing.)

Seconded.

Also, raze any building in C-town over 2 stories.

Even the three-story wood-frame buildings of the fifties? If any are left?

[David Harding]

Bring back Oliver's! (And all the other spaces we are missing.)

Seconded.

Also, raze any building in C-town over 2 stories.

Even the three-story wood-frame buildings of the fifties? If any are left?

I'm quite partial to the 3-story houses from the 19th century that are frequent in the East Hill Historic Preservation District, having grown up in one of them.  I'll point out that the building that used to house the much-mourned Chapter House was three stories, as is its replacement.

[Trotsky]

Bring back Oliver's! (And all the other spaces we are missing.)

Seconded.

Also, raze any building in C-town over 2 stories.

Even the three-story wood-frame buildings of the fifties? If any are left?

Fine.  Raze every building erected since 1945.

[The Rancor]

ny state says it was 18 since 1933. the national age became 21 in 1933 but states could go lower

Pass me a Genny Cream!

Mature crowd this week. No one made a play on pass and piss.

Two summers ago we were motorboating along Cayuga Lake and stopped at a waterfront restaurant a third of the way up the west side. It was so nostalgic, I think the most sophisticated menu item was a burger with onion rings, and the warmish day called for a Genny Cream. My wife, whose teen years were in Thailand, found Genny nothing special. Other than cold.

But she didn't appreciate the beauty of a 24-pack, that or Rolling Rock, for, what, $2 (I think), in the early 1970s. Actually, if you run the inflation calculator, cheap beer today is cheaper. A $1.99 case of beer equals $12 today; if it was $2.99 a case it'd be $19.

I'm guessing O'Malley's which has been there forever. I used to go with my Grandparents- it was an adventure across the lake for burgers and fried fish.

[upprdeck]

1/3 of the way up wouldnt be Omallays though thats like 1/2 half but perhaps close enough

The Pines would be more like 1/8 up the lake if you can get to it from a boat

[The Rancor]

1/3 of the way up wouldnt be Omallays though thats like 1/2 half but perhaps close enough

The Pines would be more like 1/8 up the lake if you can get to it from a boat

oof the stairs from the bottom would be brutal!

That said, there really isn't enough boat up dining on Cayuga, which TBH isn't a bad thing, not every lake has to be max developed.

[upprdeck]

there used to be some places towards the other end on the west side. not sure if they have all closed up.

[Iceberg]

I walked through Collegetown last night just to check out how it is nowadays. It's amazing how few bars there are now compared to 10-15 years ago when places were closing down and we thought it was bad then. Now, it's just Hideaway (where Dunbar's used to be) and Level B. CTB has drinks but that's mostly a restaurant. Even the Commons seems to be a more appealing option for students nowadays given there are actual bars where people can easily hear each other in addition to the pseudo clubs

[George64]

The Fall Creek House is still around.  Used to be a hockey hangout.  Now, judging by photos of the bar, apparently a lax hangout.

[billhoward]

The Fall Creek House is still around.  Used to be a hockey hangout.  Now, judging by photos of the bar, apparently a lax hangout.

The Chapter House, burned out -- April is the 10th anniversary -- has been rebuilt. And still sits empty. Critics say the asking price on rent is too much.

[upprdeck]

You have to wonder if 10 yrs down the road, does sitting empty create more money than something paying less rent does?

The way bars are going now is there even a market to be one?

[Scersk '97]

You have to wonder if 10 yrs down the road, does sitting empty create more money than something paying less rent does?

Something, something absentee landlords!

[upprdeck]

one comes back

agave location

[Trotsky]

one comes back

agave location

> a former railroad depot building

I had no idea!  Wonder which line.