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Posted on 12/9/14 at 4:12 pm to Peter Buck
I bet the railroad track crew would put us all to shame
Posted on 12/9/14 at 4:21 pm to K9
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I bet the railroad track crew would put us all to shame
I was in school from the fall of '73 to the spring of '79...
Posted on 12/9/14 at 4:41 pm to dallasga6
My read on the deal...coming to Athens in the early 80s and visiting as early as the laste 70s was that down town was not the party place for most students until the back side of the 80s. At that time, the wild open frat parties and house parties were starting to get shut down by the police.
Down town you had the Oddessey, Athens Yacht Club and a few others. The 40 Watt and Uptown were in and out of down town during that period and then the 40 Watt settled on Washington Street at the end of the 80s. Down town was still a lot of empty stores. Frankly, the40Watt was kinda ina bad area at the time. There were other bars, but it was nothing like today. The Ga Theatre was like a beer and movie place for a while and then got into music full time again towards the end of the 80s.
A lot of the more popular bars in the mid 80s were not down town. Allens, TK Heartys, Flying Buffalos and the group that changed every few years off Baxter. Of course, there was O Malleys as well. As the 90s began, down town had really changed and there were a lot more places to eat and drink... and not just directly off Broad. That is when I feel was its best time.
Of course, I was not there in the beginning and of course there were places down town before 1980
Down town you had the Oddessey, Athens Yacht Club and a few others. The 40 Watt and Uptown were in and out of down town during that period and then the 40 Watt settled on Washington Street at the end of the 80s. Down town was still a lot of empty stores. Frankly, the40Watt was kinda ina bad area at the time. There were other bars, but it was nothing like today. The Ga Theatre was like a beer and movie place for a while and then got into music full time again towards the end of the 80s.
A lot of the more popular bars in the mid 80s were not down town. Allens, TK Heartys, Flying Buffalos and the group that changed every few years off Baxter. Of course, there was O Malleys as well. As the 90s began, down town had really changed and there were a lot more places to eat and drink... and not just directly off Broad. That is when I feel was its best time.
Of course, I was not there in the beginning and of course there were places down town before 1980
Posted on 12/9/14 at 5:06 pm to Peter Buck
There wasn't a ton of bars downtown or elsewhere really in the mid 70's... We had Between the Hedges, Allen's, the B&L Warehouse, the Station, the Chameleon Club, Mad Hatter, the Holiday Inn lounge & the VFW among them. I think The Ga. Theatre & 40 watt opened my last year in school...
That's the ones I remember off the top of my head, Dave can prolly help fill the blanks...
There were def. more house parties than bar hopping during my day...
That's the ones I remember off the top of my head, Dave can prolly help fill the blanks...
There were def. more house parties than bar hopping during my day...
This post was edited on 12/9/14 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 12/9/14 at 5:55 pm to dallasga6
Downtown Athens used to be just like any other quiet downtown area in any small Georgia town where normal people shop and do business during the day.....with the difference being that there were a bunch of hole-in-the-wall bars that opened up at night with live music.
Now, downtown feels more like the restaraunt/bar area at Epcot Center or something like that.
It's overkill.
Now, downtown feels more like the restaraunt/bar area at Epcot Center or something like that.
It's overkill.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 6:08 pm to Jefferson Dawg
I visited in the late 70's and was in grad school for three years in the early - mid 90's. Typically, The fifth quarter was where we started the weekend, shifted to 40 watt, etc for the music and ended up crashing whatever party we could find. We didn't have the money bar hop too much. It was cheaper to pool our money, buy a keg, get a bushel of oysters from Wilfongs and invite over a sorority house. We rented the rock house on Morton while I was in school.
Wasn't the GA theater called the draft house? Spent many a Saturday night there after leaving the library. I remember downtown for the food - Srickland.s and goat barbecue.
Wasn't the GA theater called the draft house? Spent many a Saturday night there after leaving the library. I remember downtown for the food - Srickland.s and goat barbecue.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 6:13 pm to dallasga6
Dad got out in '61. Apparently he had the hook up on the homemade shine. And he saw Chuck Berry in concert in Athens. Y'all might laugh at that shite but that was the real old school lol.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:00 pm to Peter Buck
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I was there before the 90s... The 90s were the hey day...
I got there in 96, left in 02.
Two completely different towns.
Once the Starbucks took over Yudy's, the whole place went to shite. I swear to Christ it all started with that Starbucks. It sounds like a hipstery punchline, but in this case it is literally the truth.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:18 pm to deeprig9
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Once the Starbucks took over Yudy's, the whole place went to shite. I swear to Christ it all started with that Starbucks. It sounds like a hipstery punchline, but in this case it is literally the truth.
Just wait until that long rumored Urban Outfitters moves onto Clayton...
ETA - I grew up going to Allens, Between the Hedges, Steverinos, Guthries, and countless others that no longer exist. I'll add onto the Starbucks thing by saying Downtown changed when UGA won the 2002 SECCG and the gameday suite consturction boom began.
This post was edited on 12/9/14 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:20 pm to tylerdurden24
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Just wait until that long rumored Urban Outfitters moves onto Clayton...
They've already just opened some kind of god damn "Anthropologie" or some shite on Washington, behind TurdMonster* Brewing Company.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:25 pm to deeprig9
Curious to see what opens up in the new Standard building on Thomas and that giant apartment complex they're building on the corner of Hull and Broad. Between all that construction, everything being built on campus, and the Epps Bridge/316 area exploding, this place will be damn near unrecognizable in about 5 years.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:30 pm to tylerdurden24
I dont recall between the Hedges... when and where was that one?
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:35 pm to Peter Buck
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The ones that came in the 90's were and still are a bunch of Atlanta surbunites riding the Hope.
No. The Hope kids didn't roll in until mid 90s. We still had south Georgia rednecks enrolled when I attended.
3 years of bartending at Lowery's Tavern, I can say I did my part.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:37 pm to RealDawg
when were you at Lowreys?
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:43 pm to Peter Buck
91-93
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:46 pm to Peter Buck
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I dont recall between the Hedges... when and where was that one?
It's where that French place (Etiennes I think?) on Broad and Jackson is now. I think it was like the Cotton Club or some shite before that.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 7:56 pm to RealDawg
I'm sure I got one from you
Posted on 12/9/14 at 8:34 pm to tylerdurden24
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I think it was like the Cotton Club or some shite before that.
holy shite i forgot this was a place and it's only been like 4 years. never went.
also, i believe bad manor is now called "The Hedges." i know that that is absolutely not the type of bar anyone here is talking about, just giving out some interesting naming information.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 8:50 pm to Peter Buck
Between the hedges is the only place that ever rejected my ID. And I was 21.
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