Champaign-Urbana Restaurants & Bars

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Gary J
Papa del’s still has the best pizza I have ever tasted. I like it better than Pequads.
 
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chiefini
Illiniguy74 said:
I remember the back bar. Our paths obviously crossed back then. I seem to recall that when 2nd Chance first opened, beer was served in commemorative glasses that were quickly stolen by customers. Does that sound right?
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Yep!
 
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Stevegarbs
chiefini said:
As I’ve said before, I waitressed at Second Chance from 1971-74. It was an upscale sorority/fraternity bar with red shag carpet, a beautiful oak bar with majestic oak columns and mirrors in the back bar room (the original bar from the 1890’s World’s Fair in Chicago that won the Pabst Blue Ribbon) and “Frosties,” frosty mugs of beer for $.50, to rival Dooley’s with its green shag carpet and huge goblet beer glasses. Bub Barthlow owned Chances R and opened Second Chance. We had live bands on Sunday nights, including Head East (who played to maybe 20 customers at first). We also had a grill in the front room that had the best cheeseburgers! BTW, both Dooley’s and Stan Wallace’s Gridiron made up the original KAM’s…Ahhh, memories.
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Shag carpeting in a campus bar seems like a really bad idea...
 
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Illiniguy74
Stevegarbs said:
Shag carpeting in a campus bar seems like a really bad idea...
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It was but was considered classy. Want to hear another bad idea. Dooley's had a bar in the basement that could only be accessed by patrons via a narrow staircase. Would get very crowded down there. I shudder to think what could have happened in the event of a fire up or downstairs on a crowded night.
 
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