OT: preseason Penn State HOT TAKE: Doggie’s Pub is a *VAST* improvement over the All American Rathskeller
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I've never been to Doggie's, but spent many a late night in the Skellar. Nothing beats the Skellar and a bucket of Rocks.
Imagine doing that but a) not having an olfactory experience overwhelmed by stale urine, & b) having the option of doing so in a courtyard setting, and you’ll begin to understand the Doggie’s Pub experience.
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Bars with courtyards are a dime a dozen. The smell of stale urine (and the thick, deep muck on the floor) is what gave the Skellar its character.
I’m catching what they’re pitching.
I’m not here for stale urine character. And I made the pilgrimage for the final visit before it “closed.”
Turns out it didn’t close after all. It got better.
I don't remember spending my 21st birthday at Doggies. I also don't remember spending my 21st birthday at the Skeller. Hmm, push.
I was going to say that right after I wrote it. Weren’t they 7.00 bucks before they jacked it up to 11.
I figured out how to open those RRs with my teeth, opened an entire case in under a minute once spring of '88. That, 30 years of ice hockey, and several bar fights is probably why I have 9 remaining original teeth. Wouldn't change a single thing. I loved that place.
I spent literally every Friday afternoon at the Skeller for three years (fake ID) and have no problem with the new place which, by the way, is basically still the Skeller.
I don’t understand some of you. If I want to be immersed in stale urine, I just stay home.
The Phyrst was my go to back in the early 80's. It was always great to visit and go find my wisdom (as well as my sister's from the late 70's) written on the ceiling above the pool table. Then they painted the place and erased all of those hundreds and hundreds of memories written all over that place. When I saw that I turned around and walked out. What a shame.
Cases were $6.00 when I started going and $7.00 when I graduated. You could get a bottle opener for a $0.50 deposit but they had bottle openers screwed to the ends of the benches so no need.
A typical Friday started by splitting a case at the Skellar, followed by 2 for 1 pitchers at the Gaff. Somewhere around midnight we'd head over to the Phyrst and around 1:30 walk around the corner to the Brick House.
Yep.
25 cent slices at surf club on Friday at 5-7.
Tuesday night all you can eat beer and Pizza 5 bucks at brewery.
Wed night 1 dollar pitchers gaff
Mon 35 cent drafts and wings at gman
Thursday night 4 dollar ticket night iced teas c’s/players.
Ohhh, that's the problem! The Skellar isn't stale urine smell, it's fresh urine smell!!
Apparantly The Rats Skellar was an underground establishment supplying university militants with the chemical ingredients to promote their cause.Ohhh, that's the problem! The Skellar isn't stale urine smell, it's fresh urine smell!!
What is gunpowder made out of exactly?
A mixture of powdered charcoal, sulphur, and saltpetre (a.k.a. Potassium nitrate).
They used to get saltpetre from urine. Frequenters of dodgy pubs may have noticed a white deposit forming on the walls near the urinals— that’s saltpetre. It’s formed when urine is allowed to evaporate. You can also make it on a large scale by mixing organic matter with alkalis and then essentially composting that mixture, and in some areas there are mineable deposits.
So, I lived in one of the apartments above the Skellar my senior year (the urine smell in the elevator was horrid). Comforting to know now I was sleeping above a pee bomb.
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As a college aged kid I thought the Skellar was great(late 80s), loved the case of RR, piss room was a piss room, as an adult in middle age I was not a fan. Same with the Phyrst. I gots monies now and my arse hurts on those hard benches. Haven't been to Doggies yet because I refuse to stand in line to get into a bar at this age, so I gravitate to the places outside of downtown. GET OFF MY LAWN!!!! 
As a college aged kid I thought the Skellar was great(late 80s), loved the case of RR, piss room was a piss room, as an adult in middle age I was not a fan. Same with the Phyrst. I gots monies now and my arse hurts on those hard benches. Haven't been to Doggies yet because I refuse to stand in line to get into a bar at this age, so I gravitate to the places outside of downtown. GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
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