They added the pitchers deal after they found out it was illegal to do All You Can Drink night. I used to live walking distance from there. What a time it was to be too young to get hung over.
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They added the pitchers deal after they found out it was illegal to do All You Can Drink night. I used to live walking distance from there. What a time it was to be too young to get hung over.
After that law went into effect, the Zone would charge like 5 bucks then people would slam pennies on the bar.
Yep, I had probably 20 of those plastic pitchers from the Zone. The beer was always garbage but cheap.
I had a buddy who would head up to The Zone with a fresh roll of pennies straight from the bank lol.
Does anybody remember exactly where on Duff the old Best Western was or what's in that spot now? I remember my Dad having drinks w/ Johnny Orr in there often, but cannot remember where exactly it was located. If I recall, Hickory Park is where the old Bonanza used to be, and the BW was where Panchero's is (and stretched all the way down in front of where BestBuy/BAM is)?
It was further north on Duff....in front of where Target is. A bank sits there now. It was just north of Home Furniture...which is now a Buffalo Wild Wings. It was called the University something...University Inn?
I'd forgotten about University Inn, but that was a different hotel entirely. In fact, I think that one was a Holiday Inn at one point.
The hotel that was at S 3rd and Duff was originally a Holiday Inn. Then became the University Inn. Across Duff on the west side where Panera Bread is was Hardee's. Wal-mart originally was Montgomery Wards and then a couple different discount grocery stores. Farther south on Duff over the Squaw Creek Bridge (now Ioway Creek Bridge) on the east side was the Ramada Inn (I think this is the hotel the original poster was asking about). I believe Books-A-Million and Best Buy are there now.
Yes! It was the Ramada Inn rather than Best Western; thank you for that correction.
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Piss warm Coors Light pitchers if I remember right. I got that nasty taste in my mouth just thinking about it.
It did. The bar was called Johnny's. Through the front door and to the left. If I recall there was a fireplace that was visible from the street through the outside wall.
Wednesday nights was $5 all you can drink. Yes I did. Hunky Dory’s had the same on Thursday nights and yes I did.
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Yessir. I used to go there every now and again in the afternoon for something different. They always had snacks out.
