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Are you thinking about John’s Grocery? Some of the worst beer I’ve ever had I bought from there.
What I knew it as. Only went once because word had it they had Bud in longneck bottles for sale. One of those dumb things that was "cool" because beer around here all came in what looks like a Miller Hi Life bottle as I recall. Bought a case and they came in a packaged in a waxed heavy cardboard box. As a PBR guy, thought I was one big spending cool guy that day.
I remember those pinball machines when you got to winning the magnet kicked in and it would take it back and they tilted really easy. Do you all remember that guy from Sturgis George Rhodes who was strong as an ox got drunk one night and started fighting and it took 7-8 deputies to take him down. He was a man among boys..
What was the other club close to Len Lews, but across 45 on the east side? Wasn’t right on the highway, but not too far off.
the Landing? or Triangle Club? Bunch of pool tables
I personally witnessed George pick up a car and turn it over on its side by himself.
I remember that place too but I don't remember the name. It had 2 or 3 foosball tables.
In its later years it was a BP station but I don't recall what it was when I was in school. There were massive crowds that hung out there on Sunday afternoons, big gravel parking lot would be full and it was both black and white folks but I don't remember there ever being a problem. You'd have to park out on 45 and walk through all the vehicles and people to get to the store
My recollection of Classix from my one trip. Lotta electronic dance music and lotta people on ecstasy or something similar. Might have been a one off night, but I preferred the drunk crowd and did not return.
I consider myself old, but neither of these have I ever been to. I think that your demographic has shifted to some of the newer old places being where the money is. I hear of several repeated here that were after my time but are no gone Flo and Eddy's (sp?) being one of them.
John's/The Wood Pile was North of the Crossroads at corner of 45 and Old West Point Rd. Back then it was on the NE corner of that intersection, now its on the SE corner but not sure its even open anymore. Old W Point Rd was one of the alternative routes back to campus if you heard there were roadblocks going back to Starkville on 82 or Artesia Rd.
LOL If I ever had any doubts about your authenticity as an old State student they are gone now. I tip my hat for you excellent memory of things that only "we" would know !
Triangle Club was across the Highway on the East side. I once went to the Triangle Club 19 nights in a row back in the 1970’s. Again, it’s a miracle that I actually graduated. LOL
Naw, I just enjoyed everything. Foosball, pin ball that actually paid off back then, beer, music, girls, what’s not to like?
When I went to State, I had to catch a ride back on Sunday afternoon and the guy I rode with always stopped at LenLew's for a beer(or two) on the way..I developed my taste right there(a lot time ago and not still today) along with the best hamburger I've ever eaten..I have always said if they were going to hang me in the morning, my last meal would be a cold beer and a hamburger from Lenlew's
Yes , bought 2 sixers of Lite there one night after leaving the Landing at 1 a.m. Was underage, paid $20.
I had the honor of meeting Jack Cristil in Len Lews one evening. He was on his way to call a basketball game and stopped for a cheeseburger on his way to the game. I sat the bar stool next to him and we talked sports. Great guy and hated The Mississippi Webel bear sharks just as much as I do. I had been listening to him for my whole life and was thrilled to actually meet him and talk for a bit. That was about 1973 or 74.When I went to State, I had to catch a ride back on Sunday afternoon and the guy I rode with always stopped at LenLew's for a beer(or two) on the way..I developed my taste right there(a lot time ago and not still today) along with the best hamburger I've ever eaten..I have always said if they were going to hang me in the morning, my last meal would be a cold beer and a hamburger from Lenlew's