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<blockquote data-quote="NJILLINI" data-source="post: 1443629" data-attributes="member: 628126"><p>Born in Carrollton, IL but relocated to C-U when Dad took a prof job in 1965. Both parents (Mom - BA, MA and Dad- BA through PhD), both sisters and I all proud Illini. Grew up in Urbana and remember many of the haunts mentioned here -- some before my being able to get in and some that I frequented quite often. The two primary bar-owner families back then, IIRC, were the Katsinas (Boni's, Dooley's and namesake restaurant on Neil) and the Cochranes (Cochrane's, Round Robin, ultimately CODs, The Office and the New Red Lion), the latter of which still own and operate bars today. Ray Timpone owned the Thunderbird, I believe, and their named restaurant along with the Jolly Roger ("hidden in downtown Urbana"). My favorite memory of the T-Bird was being there as an under-aged high schooler watching on what was by far the biggest live screen I had ever seen as Leon Spinks beat Muhammad Ali in a split decision for the undisputed heavyweight championship. We used to go to T-Bird about 6pm because, once you were in, you were in and the bouncers didn't start working until a little later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NJILLINI, post: 1443629, member: 628126"] Born in Carrollton, IL but relocated to C-U when Dad took a prof job in 1965. Both parents (Mom - BA, MA and Dad- BA through PhD), both sisters and I all proud Illini. Grew up in Urbana and remember many of the haunts mentioned here -- some before my being able to get in and some that I frequented quite often. The two primary bar-owner families back then, IIRC, were the Katsinas (Boni's, Dooley's and namesake restaurant on Neil) and the Cochranes (Cochrane's, Round Robin, ultimately CODs, The Office and the New Red Lion), the latter of which still own and operate bars today. Ray Timpone owned the Thunderbird, I believe, and their named restaurant along with the Jolly Roger ("hidden in downtown Urbana"). My favorite memory of the T-Bird was being there as an under-aged high schooler watching on what was by far the biggest live screen I had ever seen as Leon Spinks beat Muhammad Ali in a split decision for the undisputed heavyweight championship. We used to go to T-Bird about 6pm because, once you were in, you were in and the bouncers didn't start working until a little later. [/QUOTE]
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