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Oldest bar in your college town.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 10:15 am
Posted on 4/8/19 at 10:15 am
What's the oldest continuously operating bar in your college town?
Fayetteville has George's since 1929 (although it wasn't technically a "bar" until after Prohibition was repealed.
Maxine's in Fayetteville has been operating since 1950.
So Fayetteville has a 90 year old and a 69 year old bar in our college district/downtown.
What's yours? (Mississippi didn't repeal Prohibition until the 1960s so they'll be at a disadvantage here).
Fayetteville has George's since 1929 (although it wasn't technically a "bar" until after Prohibition was repealed.
Maxine's in Fayetteville has been operating since 1950.
So Fayetteville has a 90 year old and a 69 year old bar in our college district/downtown.
What's yours? (Mississippi didn't repeal Prohibition until the 1960s so they'll be at a disadvantage here).
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Posted on 4/8/19 at 10:21 am to Numberwang
Auburn had supper club, but it closed. Most of the other bars have changed hands so much. Id say probably Bourbon Street Bar is the oldest by far.
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This post was edited on 4/8/19 at 10:23 am
Posted on 4/8/19 at 10:22 am to Numberwang
There is just something about an old college town bar that makes it a great watering hole. What are some of the older bars in Mizzou's neck of the woods?
Posted on 4/8/19 at 10:31 am to Arksulli
Yeah I believe Mizzou has some old ones.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 10:42 am to NYCAuburn
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Most of the other bars have changed hands so much.
Same with Tuscaloosa. Harry's is still open and just as trashy as it's always been, so my guess is its the oldest. Jackie's has also been around for ages. It may actually be older than Harry's. Not sure.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 12:00 pm to NYCAuburn
Doesnt Athens also have a Bourbon Street bar?
Posted on 4/8/19 at 12:02 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
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Doesnt Athens also have a Bourbon Street bar?
Yeah, but it's semi-new. Opened within the past decade or so.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 12:22 pm to DirtyDawg
not affiliated either
Posted on 4/8/19 at 12:33 pm to NYCAuburn
I’ll let Carolina girl answer this one...
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Posted on 4/8/19 at 1:02 pm to Numberwang
<----lives in a dry county
Posted on 4/8/19 at 1:09 pm to pioneerbasketball
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<----lives in a dry county
I told you I'd buy you some hooch if you came through town.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:01 pm to NYCAuburn
I've never gone out in Auburn, but is your Bourbon Street Bar nicer?
The Athens one is nothing but a dark, dank freshmen shithole. Just wondering, but I've never had someone to ask.
The Athens one is nothing but a dark, dank freshmen shithole. Just wondering, but I've never had someone to ask.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:36 pm to DirtyDawg
Never been in the Auburn one, but just by walking past it it looks like your typical college shithole bar.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:14 pm to The Spleen
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Harry's is still open and just as trashy as it's always been
Jackie's is older.
The Chukker would have been the oldest if it had managed to survive eminent domain laws. The city didn't repeal prohibition until 1951 due to a strong local temperance movement. The Chukker was opened a couple of years after.
Prohibition was a very long dry spell for a college town that for 20 years in the 1800's was the state capital, where Governor John Gayle kept his gubernatorial office in a bar.
This post was edited on 4/8/19 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:19 pm to DirtyDawg
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I've never gone out in Auburn, but is your Bourbon Street Bar nicer?
The Athens one is nothing but a dark, dank freshmen shithole. Just wondering, but I've never had someone to ask.
One in Auburn is weird, downstairs is dark, basement like, but has a stage for a band. Upstairs is just the old big restaurant with a long bar and a back deck. Like most college bars, the owner is frugal about nice upgrades like you would see in a bigger city.
Which is pretty much Auburns problem with most bars. The owners are only willing to give just enough attract a crowd
This post was edited on 4/8/19 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:23 pm to Arksulli
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There is just something about an old college town bar that makes it a great watering hole. What are some of the older bars in Mizzou's neck of the woods?
Booches - Been around since the late 1800s. Not sure of the year
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:56 pm to ZouKeeper314
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Booches - Been around since the late 1800s. Not sure of the year
Now I want to make a road trip up there just to visit that bar.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 8:30 pm to Numberwang
Would have been Jaco's a few years ago. It opened in 1912 and closed in 2017.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 12:19 pm to Arksulli
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Now I want to make a road trip up there just to visit that bar.
You wouldn't regret it. It's a sweet little dive.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:15 pm to ZouKeeper314
ooches - Been around since the late 1800s. Not sure of the year
yep 1884, but its only been in its current location(moved across the street)since 1920s
yep 1884, but its only been in its current location(moved across the street)since 1920s
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