UB Bars in the 80's

[Saxum]

2 hours ago, Wacka said:

Back in the late 70s they had an article in The Spectrum (student newspaper we called it The Rectum) about some possible plans for the Amherst Campus that were not used. One was a giant pyramid like building  with the University President's office at the top.  One of the major reasons it was scrapped was because that land was a marsh  in the past and  it would have sunk in the ground. The academic spine is connected in the basements. I made it from  Capen Hall to the Performing arts center without going outside.

 

I was on the editorial staff of The Spectrum in early 80s and I saw some of the files they had on new campus.  Some were marked unsubstantiated and others had other documents attached.

 

The university's student center on South Campus was originally paid for by student fees and they took it away for a dental school and gave students space in Amherst campus.  It was not the same since most people who used it lived in off campus Buffalo area and buses stopped running. I was part of the peaceful protest.  Most of people in protest started acting like this was this was he campus police issue for trying to stop us from blocking access but I told them they are still same people who many were friends with.

I was first person "arrested" by two campus police and had my "mug shot" with two officers who were in picture as witnesses.  Both were LB sized with beards and I put my arms on their shoulders smiling when picture was taken; the two of them tried to have straight faces.  Rest of people had their pictures taken quietly.  All were told this was a warning not an arrest but if they continued any trouble they would have charges filed against them with cops being the witnesses that you were and you were violating agreement.

 

And I never called it "The Rectum".  At least when I was on editorial board we attempted to differentiate between facts and opinions and required sources for articles; those which were first hand had to be identified as such.

[teef]

i went to ub for grad school in 2000-2004, and the only name i recognize was the steer.  we drank there a lot.  i remember 10 cent wing night, and that when smoking was outlawed indoor, that place didn't give a *****.  if anything, the bartender was annoyed we kept opening the front door, letting the cold in.  he insisted we smoke inside.

[Wacka]

My undergrad years were 75-79. The year before I went there, the  speakers bureau had two great speakers.  Moe Howard of the Three Stooges and Noel  Neill, Lois lane  in the original Superman TV show. The tickets sold out.

[bleve]

On 7/29/2023 at 10:36 AM, gomper said:

Anacones on Bailey.  You could get a to go six pack and a great roast beef sandwich at 3am.

There was a paint store next door to Anacone's and I worked for them painting houses one summer. After work we'd meet up at the paint store and go next door and grab a beef on weck and a few Molson's. 

They had big band music on the jukebox, the place was great.

[freddyjj]

On 7/29/2023 at 9:08 AM, Irv said:

Ha.  Good catch.  Nope.  Electrical Engineer with Computer Science Masters.  Summa ***** Laude.  The Library also was a great bar. On Bailey right?    There was a bar above it?     

Was Stax was in same building?

[Irv]

13 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

I was on the editorial staff of The Spectrum in early 80s and I saw some of the files they had on new campus.  Some were marked unsubstantiated and others had other documents attached.

 

The university's student center on South Campus was originally paid for by student fees and they took it away for a dental school and gave students space in Amherst campus.  It was not the same since most people who used it lived in off campus Buffalo area and buses stopped running. I was part of the peaceful protest.  Most of people in protest started acting like this was this was he campus police issue for trying to stop us from blocking access but I told them they are still same people who many were friends with.

I was first person "arrested" by two campus police and had my "mug shot" with two officers who were in picture as witnesses.  Both were LB sized with beards and I put my arms on their shoulders smiling when picture was taken; the two of them tried to have straight faces.  Rest of people had their pictures taken quietly.  All were told this was a warning not an arrest but if they continued any trouble they would have charges filed against them with cops being the witnesses that you were and you were violating agreement.

 

And I never called it "The Rectum".  At least when I was on editorial board we attempted to differentiate between facts and opinions and required sources for articles; those which were first hand had to be identified as such.

That was a really good paper.  There was another one that was magazine styled that I can’t remember the name.  There was one author that went by the pseudonym of Bitter Twisted.  Funny guy.  

[Saxum]

11 hours ago, Wacka said:

My undergrad years were 75-79. The year before I went there, the  speakers bureau had two great speakers.  Moe Howard of the Three Stooges and Noel  Neill, Lois lane  in the original Superman TV show. The tickets sold out.

 

When I was there I saw George Takei (Sulu) and Walter Koenig (Chekov) together from Star Trek: The Original Series. Walter Koenig told us that he was offered the lead in a X rated movie where he was the captain of a star ship.  I am sure the ratio of the females to males would favor the females unlike the original series.

[The Jokeman]

19 hours ago, Wacka said:

Back in the late 70s they had an article in The Spectrum (student newspaper we called it The Rectum) about some possible plans for the Amherst Campus that were not used. One was a giant pyramid like building  with the University President's office at the top.  One of the major reasons it was scrapped was because that land was a marsh  in the past and  it would have sunk in the ground. The academic spine is connected in the basements. I made it from  Capen Hall to the Performing arts center without going outside.

The Spectrum was still around in the late 90s, (BA, class of 2000).  it used to have ads for Mickey Rats in it all the time. I also remember Steer being a popular stop back then. I'm sure there were others but I've never been all too social so I usually booze it up at close friends parties or on my own vs in public. 

Edited August 1, 2023 by The Jokeman

[Bermuda Triangle]

I went to UB’s in the early 90s

 

Molly’s (next to Wilson Farms).  Some kid was thrown down the stairs there by a bouncer maybe 15 years ago and died from his injuries.  Place was shut down a few years later…as were PJ Bottom’s and Third Base)

Jimmy J’s on Bailey

BBC on Bailey (same building as The Library)

Broadway Joe’s (next to Mickey Rat’s)

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

18 minutes ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

I went to UB’s in the early 90s

 

Molly’s (next to Wilson Farms).  Some kid was thrown down the stairs there by a bouncer maybe 15 years ago and died from his injuries.

At least one off duty Buffalo Police officer working bar security was brought up on federal charges and convicted over inaction during the incident.

[BillsPride12]

1 hour ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

At least one off duty Buffalo Police officer working bar security was brought up on federal charges and convicted over inaction during the incident.

Bar bouncers are hands down some of the biggest dipsh**'s I've ever seen in my life....most of the time they make situations much worse than actually helping.  One of the things I don't miss at all from the bar days 

[Charles Romes]

On 8/5/2023 at 10:33 PM, Bermuda Triangle said:

I went to UB’s in the early 90s

 

Molly’s (next to Wilson Farms).  Some kid was thrown down the stairs there by a bouncer maybe 15 years ago and died from his injuries.  Place was shut down a few years later…as were PJ Bottom’s and Third Base)

On 8/5/2023 at 10:33 PM, Bermuda Triangle said:

I went to UB’s in the early 90s

 

Molly’s (next to Wilson Farms).  Some kid was thrown down the stairs there by a bouncer maybe 15 years ago and died from his injuries.  Place was shut down a few years later…as were PJ Bottom’s and Third Base)

Jimmy J’s on Bailey

BBC on Bailey (same building as The Library)

Broadway Joe’s (next to Mickey Rat’s)

BBC on Bailey (same building as The Library)

Broadway Joe’s (next to Mickey Rat’s)

Best wings on campus in the early 90s  JimmyJ’s on Bailey

Edited August 11, 2023 by Charles Romes

[Bob Lamb]

On 7/29/2023 at 1:36 PM, gomper said:

Anacones on Bailey.  You could get a to go six pack and a great roast beef sandwich at 3am.

Dave Anacone was a well known touring and studio drummer.

 

The following excerpt is from http://home.digitalcity.com/buffalo/...nn/v-107566977

"Free Beer Tomorrow" reads a well polished brass sign behind the bar. That may keep the Homer Simpsons of this town coming back, but others are drawn by more realistic charms. Anacone's (rhymes with "condones") has been in the same spot on the Bailey strip since 1967, when Dave Anacone's bar thrived on clientele from Harrison Radiator and other neighborhood companies. Relic of that era, a yellowed placard offering the workingman's special: a draft of Genny and a shot of Grande Canadian. The nearest big employer now is the University at Buffalo's South Campus, whose med school and architecture students, not to mention undergrads who shirk the Greekish University Heights scene, call this their hangout of choice. After growing up in the apartment above the bar, Mark Anacone took over the business from his father, whose beside burned face looks out from behind the bar and a drum kit in a couple of prominently displayed photos. Look closely and you'll find a crayon drawing of him, too, which years of tobacco smoke have made look like a Clifford Still painting from the Albright Knox. Every once in a while Dave Anacone and the Bebop All Stars get booked to play a smoking set of traditional jazz in the back room. Occasionally, so does another band (The Red Gills are frequently that band, but there are others); otherwise, you can appreciate an abundance of tables, cheap pool, and a well stocked but not-too-loud jukebox. Open every day from 11-4, Anacone's serves beef on weck and some other sandwich favorites. Drinks are reasonably priced, making this a great option for a drink with friends, today or, for free beer, tomorrow. --Stephen Gingerich

 

We spent many a night there playing pool on the short wall. Met my wife there.

On 7/29/2023 at 4:15 PM, oldmanfan said:

Cassidy’s.  I did the funnel.  Many times.

SPIN THE WHEEL!

[Bob Lamb]

UB Bars & Food Service

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[Rico]

On 7/31/2023 at 8:17 PM, Wacka said:

My undergrad years were 75-79. The year before I went there, the  speakers bureau had two great speakers.  Moe Howard of the Three Stooges and Noel  Neill, Lois lane  in the original Superman TV show. The tickets sold out.

I was in high school, but I was there to see Moe.

[djp14150]

On 7/28/2023 at 11:12 PM, Irv said:

UB Class of '87.  Anybody have any memories they want to share?

 

• PJ's
• Third Base
• Cassidy's (Freddie's Special) 
• Stuffed Mushroom
• Sutters Mill
• The Library
• Wilkison Pub
• Molly Malones
• Mickey Rats
• Pinzones (Food)
• Mikes Big Mouth (Food)
• The Steer (I was too poor hang there)
• Rude Boyz
• Others?   

 

I became of age in the early 90s…

 

Some of these I recall.

 

whrn I went to UB most stuff was at Smherst. Main Street departmrnts were med school of ehich statistics was under, and mathematics.  Very thing else was at Amherst.

 

I went to the UB main st bars..I can’t recall the names.

 

Manikins was a night club on NF blvd roughly across the street from where Target/ Barnes and noble/ Best Buy  plaza is located.  
 

a dive bar I regularly went to was Louie’s in NT.
 

thrn there were the Canadian ballet theaters ……

Edited August 16, 2023 by djp14150

[dorquemada]

On 7/28/2023 at 11:12 PM, Irv said:

UB Class of '87.  Anybody have any memories they want to share?

 

• PJ's
• Third Base
• Cassidy's (Freddie's Special) 
• Stuffed Mushroom
• Sutters Mill
• The Library
• Wilkison Pub
• Molly Malones
• Mickey Rats
• Pinzones (Food)
• Mikes Big Mouth (Food)
• The Steer (I was too poor hang there)
• Rude Boyz
• Others?    

 

I still have a couple of the PJ's 32oz plastic cups from $1 32oz molson nights

 

 

[WotAGuy]

In the late 70s, there was a small joint that served wings - it was on the south side of Bailey between Millersport and Main. I have no idea what the name was but we used to go there for late night wings when I was in high school. 
 

Also, the original Mighty Taco on Hertel was a trip during the same time frame. One time we went sometime after midnight and parked at a gas station a block away.  I took a leak next to the car and a cop pulled in and gave me the ol “What if you mother looked out her window and saw that” routine. Had a packed bowl sitting in the ashtray that he never noticed. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

10 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

In the late 70s, there was a small joint that served wings - it was on the south side of Bailey between Millersport and Main. I have no idea what the name was but we used to go there for late night wings when I was in high school. 
 

Also, the original Mighty Taco on Hertel was a trip during the same time frame. One time we went sometime after midnight and parked at a gas station a block away.  I took a leak next to the car and a cop pulled in and gave me the ol “What if you mother looked out her window and saw that” routine. Had a packed bowl sitting in the ashtray that he never noticed. 

Hey!  I had to scrub the urine off the gas pump islands, ya maroon! 😡

The boss claimed that he could smell it. 🤨

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In that stretch, Bailey Ave. runs about as true north - south as you can get.  I believe that wing joint was on the west side of the street.  Vaguely remember one being there when I would make Bocce Club pizza runs.

[Augie]

On 8/6/2023 at 12:31 AM, BillsPride12 said:

Bar bouncers are hands down some of the biggest dipsh**'s I've ever seen in my life....most of the time they make situations much worse than actually helping.  One of the things I don't miss at all from the bar days 

 

I agree, and I wish people could have a few drinks in peace so we didn’t need them. Sadly, we are not that fortunate. Even worse, some of the people who get these jobs are just bullies who want some jollies. Not all, but a few.