Was talking to someone today about the good ole days and began debating on whether or not Cheers was open when I was at MSU. I was there between August of 2000 to May of 2002 and don’t believe it was open. I never went and feel certain if it had been open I would have been quite the regular. Help a brother out. Was it open then or had it already shut down?
OT: Cheers Bar in Starkville
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It wasn't my scene but it was for sure open at least 95 to 98. I lived 2 blocks away in 97 but was more of a Daves regular.
It was opened 2000-2002. Wasn’t my scene either. I worked at Flos, but went every now and then with friends when i want working
Bill Arrington owned it originally. Then Danny holland had it till it was boarded up in 2004 or so
Friday night dollar you call it was my jam there around that time frame.
It was originally Baba O' Riley's (The Who song) owned by Bill Norris. He sold it in the mid-80s and it was renamed Cheers.
They had penny pitchers too on certain nights.
My first ever beer was in Cheers in the fall of 2004 on penny pitcher night. I remember going regularly for awhile, but It closed soon after. I want to say March 2005 plus or minus.
Well yall young dudes missed out on a great bar.
Was Cheers in the mid 80’s and Wednesday night was nickel beer night.
I believe the cover was $5.00 and you drank draft beer for .05 cents per.
I bartended out at The Landing in the late 80’s and $1 long necks was the only promo that came close!
Was Cheers in the mid 80’s and Wednesday night was nickel beer night.
I believe the cover was $5.00 and you drank draft beer for .05 cents per.
I bartended out at The Landing in the late 80’s and $1 long necks was the only promo that came close!
I saw Jerry and his wife at Cheers and a Men’s BB game sometime around 1989.
I lived at cheers from 90 to 93. Cannot recall that ever being said...of course, they probably didnt want me finding that out
Jerry with his maroon Jag and twin Rottweilers frequented stark a lot in the eighties. Stayed at the old holiday inn some
Remember the wheel they would spin for the next drink special on either Tuesday or Wednesday I believe? If it was something you liked and the timer for the special was about to run out you would buy three. If you liked the next one but 2-3 more and leave hammered. First place I regularly saw decent live comedy. Fun place, lots of talent in the building. Nate was running it most of the time I was in there in the late 90s
There MAY have been a smig of gambling and weed transfers going on What I heard
I can certainly say that Stagger In was much better in the old Cotton District location. I know parking was a nightmare, but parking ain’t much better in the much smaller new location. There were Cheers type bars in every college town across the south. There was a college hangout bar near downtown Monroe that had Tuesday Night 1 cent pitchers, with $5 cover and line dancing was the rage then. Baton Rouge had competing cheap beer night bars. Lafayette La. Had 4 bars right off campus clustered together that had crazy event nights during the week and even on weekends as did Lake Charles! Lake Charles had a bar about the size of The Palmeiro Center that was packed Wednesday-Saturday for different drink specials every night.
But….. cheers….. Cheers! Was in there the night before one of the Regional finals State lost and one of our historically better 3rd Baseman who was also our Closer was in there enjoying quite the night. Amazing he played in the game the next day with the hangover he must have had! He didn’t have a very good game, I can tell you that!
But….. cheers….. Cheers! Was in there the night before one of the Regional finals State lost and one of our historically better 3rd Baseman who was also our Closer was in there enjoying quite the night. Amazing he played in the game the next day with the hangover he must have had! He didn’t have a very good game, I can tell you that!
Spent my twenty-first birthday there. Me and a couple of friends (and a handful of regulars) were the only people there that night. All request night from the DJ.
Semi-memorable night (as in I remember some of it).
Semi-memorable night (as in I remember some of it).
I think at one time $5 cover got you two drink tokens and the buffet. I thought the buffet was fine dining compared to what I usually ate.
I think I was in there every Friday night late 80s into early 90s. Dave's didn't exist. Dave worked at one of the bars maybe a bit later than that. Can't remember which.
Dave worked at the Bully III where Dave’s is now. He bought it with David Odom and then pushed odem out
When I went you could walk out of that place after three hours completely hammered and have a $10 or $12 bar tab. The rumor was they weren't paying attention to tabs because it was mainly to legitimize the earnings from the gambling operations. Then it closed and reopened and it was still a cheap place to drink but not like it was. So maybe they really did just have bartenders making drinks and not marking them on tabs.
Went there for Halloween one year... I was Al Bundy. The winner was a chick with a mattress tied to her back and a sign that said Ole Miss sorority queen.
It was definitely open then. But it had a crowd of regulars by that time, and if you weren't one, you probably didn't go.
Dave worked at Mulligan's before that. Mulligan's was in the old Walmart shopping center.
Tell me we weren't friends in 8th grade without telling me**
...but you got to see the fights in the parking lot for free, so it all evened out.
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