Bar Wars in Lincoln

JJ Husker said:
IIRC wasn't the Watering Hole on P street? At least it was when I went to college and that's what their T-shirts said...
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When I was in school ('03-'08), the Watering Hole was a couple doors to the west of Main Street. I think they've had to close at least one of the WHs in Lincoln, but to my knowledge, that one still exists. 

 
BigRedBuster said:
Ok....I told my daughter I wanted to go back to the rail because I used to go there all the time and she about freaked. 

claims it’s been turned into more of a club atmosphere that people my age just don’t belong in. 

what’s with that?
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About what time period would you have frequented there?

When I was 21 (2010), it was a cheap drunk fest with $1 hot dogs ("rail dogs") and drinks, a dance floor, and a lot of really young college students. It sort of maintained that visage through the following years (up through 2016 at least). I assume it's much the same still.

 
knapplc said:
Where on P Street would it have been?
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Golly, I can't remember. 11th, 12th, 13th....somewhere in that area.

I do distinctly remember that it was The Watering Hole on P Street though. It was on their T-Shirts and of course the innuendo of having to pee because you visited the Watering Hole. This was early/mid 80's, maybe it relocated shortly thereafter.

 
Enhance said:
About what time period would you have frequented there?

When I was 21 (2010), it was a cheap drunk fest with $1 hot dogs ("rail dogs") and drinks, a dance floor, and a lot of really young college students. It sort of maintained that visage through the following years (up through 2016 at least). I assume it's much the same still.
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LOL.....80s. 

 
BigRedBuster said:
LOL.....80s. 
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I know the owner...they have done some renovations and expanded the back, I think there is even a beer garden now.  Still a young crowd and still the last call spot.  If you stopped in on a game day you would not feel out of place at all.

 
BigRedBuster said:
Ok....I told my daughter I wanted to go back to the rail because I used to go there all the time and she about freaked. 

claims it’s been turned into more of a club atmosphere that people my age just don’t belong in. 

what’s with that?
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Enhance said:
About what time period would you have frequented there?

When I was 21 (2010), it was a cheap drunk fest with $1 hot dogs ("rail dogs") and drinks, a dance floor, and a lot of really young college students. It sort of maintained that visage through the following years (up through 2016 at least). I assume it's much the same still.
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My brother went to UNL 74-78 and tended bar at the Brass Rail, prob 77-78. At the time that was THE college bar. I think it's decline in rep must have started much later. It was still pretty popular in the early/mid 80's when I was there.

I got really messed up there once when I was an underage freshman. Went for an older fraternity brother's birthday. I had 21 shots of tequila, had never really had any takillya before that. I passed out on the mall walkway (by those large pools/fountains) on my way back to campus. Woke up about 3 in the morning with some guy nudging me with his foot, asking if I was okay. I r fused to touch teguila for at least 15 years after that. True story.

 
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JJ Husker said:
My brother went to UNL 74-78 and tended bar at the Brass Rail, prob 77-78. At the time that was THE college bar. I think it's decline in rep must have started much later. It was still pretty popular in the early/mid 80's when I was there.

I got really messed up there once when I was an underage freshman. Went for an older fraternity brother's birthday. I had 21 shots of tequila, had never really had any takillya before that. I passed out on the mall walkway (by those large pools/fountains) on my way back to campus. Woke up about 3 in the morning with some guy nudging me with his foot, asking if I was okay. I r fused to touch teguila for at least 15 years after that. True story.
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Those pools/fountains!  Loved those things.

 
BigRedBuster said:
If he spent more time drunk then studying....I probably did. 
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Ehh... probably split 50/50. I do know some highlights of his college drinking days:

- He vividly remembers getting sloshed at Barrymore's with regularity (penny pitchers)

- He and some buddies once smuggled a beer keg onto Cather 10 in a tuba case... using the stairs (apparently the tuba case broke open around the 8th floor and tumbled a floor or two down... somehow, they weren't caught)

 
Enhance said:
Ehh... probably split 50/50. I do know some highlights of his college drinking days:

- He vividly remembers getting sloshed at Barrymore's with regularity (penny pitchers)

- He and some buddies once smuggled a beer keg onto Cather 10 in a tuba case... using the stairs (apparently the tuba case broke open around the 8th floor and tumbled a floor or two down... somehow, they weren't caught)
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Oh I bet that keg took some time to not be all head. (Not that head is always a bad thing)

I was more more of the guy that was holding the party charging 2 bucks at the door every weekend.....making bank and using that to buy booze the rest of the week. 

 
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We hosted a decent sized party for our frat in our off campus place.  They said "Can you host it, we will pay for the kegs and you can charge and keep the money"

So we jumped on that...charged 5 each (girls too!  Ha)

 
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