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I love this thread. Keep talking folks. Wish I had some cool stories myself, but Im boring and mostly I studied. My very occasional trips to PP, The Swamp, Joes, and Leonardos never resulting in anything but decent to great food and a warm buzz after a fews beers. I wish I had gone to UF undergrad.
Copper Monkey is still there and still has tasty burgers.There were a couple of other places that popped into my head.
Brown Derby - way out SW13th - huge place. Finally closed in '94.
Copper Monkey - I think that's still there.
A couple of my frat brothers started a pizza chain called Gumby's Pizza. Lots of free pies after that.
Some place on University - kind of upscale on the same side of the road as Leonardos... something like Julians or Lillians or something.
Double date one night there and I told my buddy..."hey, your date is wearing light brown underwear...just got a glimpse, - by accident of course."
He smiled and said..."she's commando tonight"...oops.
And the Holiday Inn at the corner of Univ and 13th had a bar - wasn't it called Stacks back in the 80s? Not sure.
There was also a great sub shop kind of near the original Skeeters called Hogan's Heroes...anyone remember that?
They had a contest where you enter to drink every type of beer they had in 24 hours and if you did they would set you up with a special stein, picture on the wall and some type of deal on those subs. That shop reminded me of The Hobbit in Tallahassee... great sandwiches.
And a soul food place called Mama Lo's... picnic tables inside - old school with awesome southern cooking:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070405/GUARDIAN/70404038
Copper Monkey is still there and still has tasty burgers.
Jabber is a big Hogan's fan. Also a great spot!
Damn, Mama Lo's...only got to experience it once but so freaking good! My brother went there all the time when he was in school.
I remember just about all of those. At plenty of Gumby's and Mama Lo's. Copper Monkey is still there. They had $1.89 pitchers, of which I partook many a time. The other place you're thinking of is Lillian's Music Store but I don't remember it being upscale. I remember it just being an older crowd.There were a couple of other places that popped into my head.
Brown Derby - way out SW13th - huge place. Finally closed in '94.
Copper Monkey - I think that's still there.
A couple of my frat brothers started a pizza chain called Gumby's Pizza. Lots of free pies after that.
Some place on University - kind of upscale on the same side of the road as Leonardos... something like Julians or Lillians or something.
Double date one night there and I told my buddy..."hey, your date is wearing light brown underwear...just got a glimpse, - by accident of course."
He smiled and said..."she's commando tonight"...oops.
And the Holiday Inn at the corner of Univ and 13th had a bar - wasn't it called Stacks back in the 80s? Not sure.
There was also a great sub shop kind of near the original Skeeters called Hogan's Heroes...anyone remember that?
They had a contest where you enter to drink every type of beer they had in 24 hours and if you did they would set you up with a special stein, picture on the wall and some type of deal on those subs. That shop reminded me of The Hobbit in Tallahassee... great sandwiches.
And a soul food place called Mama Lo's... picnic tables inside - old school with awesome southern cooking:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070405/GUARDIAN/70404038
There was a hot tub place called The Park out on 13th that had bladder bust night and nickel beer night. They had about 6-8 hot tubs out back that were each in their own little cubby...you could rent a tub by the hour. Gross! We did charter that whole place out once every year for date event called Bottoms Up. A buddy broke his nose diving in headfirst.
If I remember right the Brown Derby burned down and there is now a derka derka Mosque thereThere were a couple of other places that popped into my head.
Brown Derby - way out SW13th - huge place. Finally closed in '94.
Copper Monkey - I think that's still there.
A couple of my frat brothers started a pizza chain called Gumby's Pizza. Lots of free pies after that.
Some place on University - kind of upscale on the same side of the road as Leonardos... something like Julians or Lillians or something.
Double date one night there and I told my buddy..."hey, your date is wearing light brown underwear...just got a glimpse, - by accident of course."
He smiled and said..."she's commando tonight"...oops.
And the Holiday Inn at the corner of Univ and 13th had a bar - wasn't it called Stacks back in the 80s? Not sure.
There was also a great sub shop kind of near the original Skeeters called Hogan's Heroes...anyone remember that?
They had a contest where you enter to drink every type of beer they had in 24 hours and if you did they would set you up with a special stein, picture on the wall and some type of deal on those subs. That shop reminded me of The Hobbit in Tallahassee... great sandwiches.
And a soul food place called Mama Lo's... picnic tables inside - old school with awesome southern cooking:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070405/GUARDIAN/70404038
Pretty sure Cafe Gardens is gone too. Really liked that place!Still nothing more 'gainesville' than the original Skeeters.. lines out the door all night, great food and a 400lb woman singing bluegrass at 2am.
Kesl's Coney Island down by the Hippodrome had some interesting food.
It saddens me that most of the classics are gone. Leonardos and Copper Monkey are still there.. I think Cafe Gardens, too.. but Joe's Deli, Skeeters, etc..
Pretty sure Cafe Gardens is gone too. Really liked that place!
That looks like one of the matching PorschesWere you cooking between 1982 and December of 1986?
We would hit CJs a lot...
When I worked at Rock 104 I promoted a local area band called Spoiled Brat. We did a show at the Florida Theater ('85) and maybe 30 people showed up.
But they rocked it... and we went to CJs after the show where the drummer proceeded to dump a full pitcher of beer over my head in celebration.
Hooked up later that night and we were walking to her apartment across this huge field across the street from CJs where there is massive retail these days.
Got horizontal and she ran her fingers through my 'beer-do' and that pretty much killed the mood... long walk back to CJs.
The guys apparently got in trouble for taking this picture in the rear of the building where CJs was located:
The 80's... Big Hair - Good times...
Brown Derby - way out SW13th - huge place. Finally closed in '94.
Copper Monkey - I think that's still there.
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There was also a great sub shop kind of near the original Skeeters called Hogan's Heroes...anyone remember that?
They had a contest where you enter to drink every type of beer they had in 24 hours and if you did they would set you up with a special stein, picture on the wall and some type of deal on those subs. That shop reminded me of The Hobbit in Tallahassee... great sandwiches.
And a soul food place called Mama Lo's... picnic tables inside - old school with awesome southern cooking:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070405/GUARDIAN/70404038
That reminds me of another date event I ran for a couple of years called Make Me Wet. We rented out Wild Waters park in Ocala from 8pm to midnight. Our fraternity and 3 others chartered about 10 busses to take everybody and their dates out there. We had Pili Pili reggae band playing and the "dance floor" was the shallow end of the wave pool. Open bar and kegs. Lots of girls in bikinis. Good times. The second time was pretty much the last thing I did in Gainesville before heading out to Parris Island to start a new life.
Still nothing more 'gainesville' than the original Skeeters.. lines out the door all night, great food and a 400lb woman singing bluegrass at 2am.
Kesl's Coney Island down by the Hippodrome had some interesting food.
Pretty sure Wild Waters closed down, as has Silver Springs essentially. Shame, I was hoping to take my kids there some summer.
Wild Waters officially closed this summer, that place turned into a HUGE dump. Silver Springs was bought by the state and turned into a state park. Trust me.... it is 1000 times better now. All the animals were removed and the place got one hell of a cleaning. We rent and take kayaks out onto the Silver springs often.
http://www.silversprings.com/
Hmmm....maybe I will take the kids to SS then. My 30yr HS reunion is this summer.