Bar Wars in Lincoln

Enhance said:
100% agree about The Watering Hole. I was super bummed after the renovation. The product wasn't as good.

Mine are:

1) Barrymore's

2) Starlight

3) Duffy's

4) The Tavern

5) Sandy's

When I was a drunken 21-year-old, the order would've been:

1) Duffy's

2) Iggy's

3) Main St.

4) Sandy's

5) The Brass Rail
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Iggy's would have been on my list for "weekday bars"; it was chill during the week, particularly on Tuesdays for free nachos. You could actually walk around, talk to people, and use the pool/foosball tables in the back. 

Weekends, though? That place was too packed for my liking. 

 
Oh hell, I completely forgot about BisonWiches! I loved that place. They used to do a $5 cover, $1 anything deal on Saturday nights, where any beer/drink/shot was $1 ($2 if it had 2 shots in it). One night some friends and I spent $20 a piece, got absolutely blitzed and stood on a table and the entire bar sang Bohemian Rhapsody at the end of the night. 

If memory serves, I fell asleep on the rocks at the fountain at the student union that night, too. 

 
Main Street is great...You get a tallboy and a shot for 5 dollars...awesome way to start game day!

BRB is right about Iggys...you could not move in that place on Fri/Sat Night.

Anyone ever do happy hour in lincoln?  I never did.

@ColoradoHusk remembers the penny pitchers at The Rail...with his fake ID that made him 32 years old.

 
I have so many takes....

Sandys- Overrated bar. If you dont like Screwdrivers, you wont like this place. Sticky floors and D-bag bartenders.. or at least they were during my time out there 09-11.

Main Street- Use to love it but the amount of people getting roofied and other thigns that happened just pushed me away.

Iggys- Nachos on Wednesday nights... Wooden nickel nights. The big frosted mug of beer... Place was a zoo by 10pm on Fri/Sat but was a great place outside of that. 

Barrys- Only went there once... I think I had fun?

Cliffs- Sunday night- half price kamikazis... O boy.

Harrys Wonder Bar- Strongest Long Island I have ever had. Blacked out whilst drinking it... 

Brass Rail- Good god that place was dirty.. That is a 1am bar just for the people watching

The Bar The bar- Went there a few times... never fully understood the hype.... It was fine.

My #1 is Iggys for sure. Now that I am 30 I probably wouldnt go back. Last time I was in Lincoln we hit up the Haymarket and that is more my speed now... but back when i was 21.. great times. 

 
teachercd said:
BRB  Cdog923 is right about Iggys...you could not move in that place on Fri/Sat Night.
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FIFY

OK....this is probably only for people who were around in the 80s.  But, somewhere like on P or Q there was a great bar south of campus where you had to walk up stairs and there were lots of pool tables, foosball tables...etc.  

Anyone remember the name?

 
BigRedBuster said:
FIFY

OK....this is probably only for people who were around in the 80s.  But, somewhere like on P or Q there was a great bar south of campus where you had to walk up stairs and there were lots of pool tables, foosball tables...etc.  

Anyone remember the name?
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Was that Morgan's Upstairs?  Dang it I can't remember the name of the the bar I am thinking of.

 
Best O Street bars circa 2000

1) Woody's

2) Harry's

3) Iggy's

4) Some 2 story Irish Pub I can't recall the name of that isn't there anymore (looks like it might now be called The Fat Toad now)

5) Main St

97) Brass Rail

 
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BigRedBuster said:
FIFY

OK....this is probably only for people who were around in the 80s.  But, somewhere like on P or Q there was a great bar south of campus where you had to walk up stairs and there were lots of pool tables, foosball tables...etc.  

Anyone remember the name?
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PO Pears, right?  We would go there every Sunday because they had burger specials.  I think it closed 10ish years ago.

 
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Minnesota_husker said:
I have so many takes....

Sandys- Overrated bar. If you dont like Screwdrivers, you wont like this place. Sticky floors and D-bag bartenders.. or at least they were during my time out there 09-11.

Main Street- Use to love it but the amount of people getting roofied and other thigns that happened just pushed me away.

Iggys- Nachos on Wednesday nights... Wooden nickel nights. The big frosted mug of beer... Place was a zoo by 10pm on Fri/Sat but was a great place outside of that. 

Barrys- Only went there once... I think I had fun?

Cliffs- Sunday night- half price kamikazis... O boy.

Harrys Wonder Bar- Strongest Long Island I have ever had. Blacked out whilst drinking it... 

Brass Rail- Good god that place was dirty.. That is a 1am bar just for the people watching

The Bar The bar- Went there a few times... never fully understood the hype.... It was fine.

My #1 is Iggys for sure. Now that I am 30 I probably wouldnt go back. Last time I was in Lincoln we hit up the Haymarket and that is more my speed now... but back when i was 21.. great times. 
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Agree with a lot of these, especially Sandy's, Main St. and Brass Rail. I liked the latter for dancing just because there weren't a lot of options at the time. I totally forgot about Cliff's - I loved that place!

The Bar The Bar - I went once and saw too much frat.

I'm too 'get off my lawn' for Iggy's now. Was cool when I was 21 with how busy it was. Now, I say that, but I'm sure if my 30-year-old self got torched on a gameday I might try to drag some fools there around 11 p.m. to relive the memories.

 
I don't do much bar hopping any more but if I am in the mood for a beer I always hit up HopCat.  Easy to get to and to my knowledge it has the best selection around.

 
Red Five said:
PO Pears, right?  We would go there every Sunday because they had burger specials.  I think it closed 10ish years ago.
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No, that was down south of O.  I'm talking about a place on P maybe in the block where Raising Canes is now.

It was a sad day when PO Pears shut down.  Best burgers in town.  

 
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