Cornell vs Harvard, ECAC QF Game 3, 3/15/26

[BearLover]

This type of camaraderie was gone by the time I matriculated in the late 2000s and in fact pretty much every good bar would close within 5 years. The BearLover effect? 

[imafrshmn]

This type of camaraderie was gone by the time I matriculated in the late 2000s and in fact pretty much every good bar would close within 5 years. The BearLover effect? 

It's all your fault!

[stereax]

It is a shame that the internet & smartphones have ruined campus socializing - and thereby late-night pizza availability!  There used to be roaming groups of 10 people moving all around Collegetown after hockey games going from the Nines to Johnny's or from the Chariot to Dunbar's.  Could even get a good "Let's Go Red!" chant going in any of those places when a new group arrived.  Right up til 1:30 AM.  Progress sucks.

I'm still trying to figure out socializing. Mixed results. People in the law school don't like hearing about the NHL trade deadline or my thoughts on the ECAC.

But more generally, especially post-covid it's been tough to find things to do with other people in real life. I genuinely don't know if most of my colleagues have a life. I don't think they do? And I think I'm doing okay for myself between trivia on Thursdays and centering my nonacademic life around hockey in all shapes and sizes (and sometimes other Cornell sports too, if they strike my fancy). I have no idea what other people do. If they do anything at all besides study, some of these people reach levels of nerddom that I can't even fathom.

...Then again, don't ask me about my summer internships. Or my grade transcript. Or if I generally do anything once I get home from class besides graze on whatever's in my fridge and then collapse into bed exhausted.

...I haven't done groceries in like, a month. Jesus.

...I think I'm oversharing again?

But, I mean - point stands. Tech boom + covid migrating so much stuff online = limited in-person third spaces and shit. And no more 24/7 establishments.

I do feel bad in that way for today's students; they won't ever know how hopping Collegetown used to be every Friday & Saturday night.  The supply was there because the demand for pizza & beer was high.  And the hockey or hoop game was just the start of a long night out for so many.  We had Souvlaki House and 3 more Italian places on the other side of Eddy Street alone:  The Chariot, Sa's Place & a full Italian restaurant, Little Joe's.  College Ave had Oliver's, CTB, Ruloff's & the Nines; Johnny's was up on Dryden.  Celebrating hockey wins in Collegetown was a group event.  And it is ironic that maybe this forum has replaced those actual group experiences with a more-convenient way to interact without  the pizza, beer or memories.

The Palms was on Dryden too.  And a solid post-game group would head all the way to Stewart and Chapter House, back when they 1) brewed their own beer and 2) existed.

The most "unified Cornell" I ever felt was the playoff run Schafer's first year when there were 5 teams all vying for 4 home playoff slots and not losing. Heading down the hill into C-Town from Lynah, the Dino's "club" type crowd would already be out on the streets and they'd see hockey garb and screamed "who won??" (remember, no pocket internet). They'd get the good news and yelled in the full streets!  At least 3 "pizza by the slice" joints open until about 2am + Jason's Deli.  I think Wendy's on the College & Dryden corner was open late, too.

Shortstop Deli up until 2019-2020 had a digital counter displayed with the amount of time since they had last been closed...It was decades. When I heard they changed their 24-7 hours permanently, it was a gut punch that things were REALLY changing. That was something you could ALWAYS count on.

Here's a nice alumni mag article: https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/collegetown-eateries-celebration/

Man. Yeah, literally the only place that rings a bell is Souvlaki - which is still one of the best bites in town on my spreadsheet. And CTB, obviously.

Coming from the home of 24/7 diners, absolute gut punch to learn there's nothing like that anymore when I first got up here. Honestly if Shortstop were open past midnight I'd probably be there once or twice a month at like, 2 am with the munchies.

[upprdeck]

Lots of late nights ended with SS/hals  and State diner food back in the day.  Went to the Greek house more than the Souvlaki house.    The chariot and the nines for pizza and wasnt there one more sit down pizza place back in the 90s in college town?

[Will]

Lots of late nights ended with SS/hals  and State diner food back in the day.  Went to the Greek house more than the Souvlaki house.    The chariot and the nines for pizza and wasnt there one more sit down pizza place back in the 90s in college town?

I think you're thinking of Mama T(eresa)'s, on Dryden Road.

[Dafatone]

Lots of late nights ended with SS/hals  and State diner food back in the day.  Went to the Greek house more than the Souvlaki house.    The chariot and the nines for pizza and wasnt there one more sit down pizza place back in the 90s in college town?

I think you're thinking of Mama T(eresa)'s, on Dryden Road.

Mama T's had the better late night atmosphere as compared to Collegetown Pizza back in my day. Plus, you occasionally got to see someone drop a pizza on its way to the oven, dust it off, and throw it in anyway.

[ugarte]

Section C is yelling at Healey every time he's on the ice.

...it seems to be working.

Comes through clear as a bell on the broadcast.  People come up to me and they say, with tears in their eyes, sir, Healey sucks.

Seriously, even Isaac legit asked, "Mama Dada why they booing him?" 

He's a garbage person, Isaac. Beneath dirt. I know we say that hate is destructive but it's ok to hate him.