Paul's Club (start the night off trying to pick up classy women!)
The Pub
The Plaza
Irish Pub (called McKensey's now I think)
Black Bear Lounge/Taco Grande
MadHatters
Whatever the hell was across the street from Madhatters - JOE HARTS!
Regent Street Retreat
Big 10 Pub
Church Key
Stillwaters
Jockos Rocket Ship (closed after federal drug investigation implicated the owner and some fireman and police)
Bar/restaurant under Kennedy Manor Apartments
Varsity Club (home to 1001 Tommy Thompson stories)
Red Shed (still open, get the brick cheese cheeseburger)
State Street Brats (red brats)
Grandaddy Of Them All: Essen Haus (make dinner reservation, eat $10 of appetizers) drink boots for as long as you remain upright)
I am missing a couple. Used to be a bar/restaurant over a fast food joint on north side of State, can't remember name. Italian food I think. Jockos and Big Ten Pub were only two bars downtown (that we knew of) that had two satellite antennas, one for NFC games and one for AFC games. Used to watch Browns at Big 10.
Looking at this list and knowing this isn't all of them, I am thinking Hoosier tripped over me
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