enzo
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Does anyone know the name of the bar that occupied Skully's prior to it becoming Skully's?
It would be cool to do a trivia game based on previous names of bars and restaurants!! Some have changed several times, others not so much. I was thinking the other day that Sugar used to be Network sushi spot!!! How weird.
lifeliberty
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It was something after skankland, "Clique" I believe. it was club/disco.
Hael
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I used to work with a dude that went to OSU during the late 60's. He liked to reminisce about the year all the girls decided to liberate their fun bags from the oppressive bra. I digress, he told me that The Char bar used to be on Campus, in the area of, if not the location of the South Heidelberg. TMYK.
michaelcoyote
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Skully's used to be on south campus.. I think the first time I went Billy was my bartender.. I wonder whatever happened to Billy?
WildmanDan
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Current Skully's was Skankland. Some shooting connected to the ownership in either the old location or the current Skully's location led to it's demise. I don't remember the details anymore.
Hael
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michaelcoyote wrote >>
Skully's used to be on south campus.. I think the first time I went Billy was my bartender.. I wonder whatever happened to Billy?
I completely forgot this. Yes, it was next to Sandro's (super shitty pizza) and below Apollos and the other gyro joint.
Wildman Dan, where was the original location for Skankland?
WildmanDan
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5th and Cleveland. Ah, and remember Chelsie's?
dru
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midislut wrote >>
after skankland it was "clique", a miserable failure of a club that i had the unfortunate luck of being involved with.
it still amazes me that a bar where the only thing visible inside was an old sofa shaped like lips wasn't a raging success. who doesn't want to party on a lip-shaped sofa?
Hael
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WildmanDan wrote >>
5th and Cleveland. Ah, and remember Chelsie's?
Ah yes, that's where I remember it. I had no idea it moved to the Short North.
Yes, I have fond memories of Chelsies. Played there quite a bit and caught lot's of good live music there.
Since we are on the topic of bars gone by, remember Crazy Mammas? Had to climb a steep fire escape to get in..IIRC...or was that to get out? Remember the cable the cops would put up along High Street to keep the cavalcade of drunks from falling into High St traffic. Remember when Papa Joes burnt to the ground? Ah, good times.
lifeliberty
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Crazy mamas had a stairwell through the inside of the building. I don't remember using the fire escape much. I remember it being available to use, but I seemed to always use the stairs.
greenhouse1014
Columbus
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Skankland was a parts store before it became Skankland. Old Skankland used to be on 5th & Cleveland in the building the Heavy Metal Motorcycle club sits now. They closed down because the building was falling apart. Several years later, Hugo Cabrera, who owned Skankland, along with his wife Linda, rebuilt Skankland in the old parts store. It was a great spot. My friends and I used to DJ there every weekend and Hugo always brought in great acts. A few years after opening, Hugo's wife committed suicide in the club. In fact, for a long time, her ashes were buried under the tiles of the dance floor. Unfortunately, Hugo was not a business man and soon sold to a guy named Kevin, who tried to keep reggae but gave up and called the club Clique. A couple years later, Kevin shoots his girlfriend and is now in jail. Really, he was a low-life loser and I've got a great story to tel about his loserhood one day. Skully bought the club when teh whole Campus Partners thing went down.
By the way, "Skank" is a form of dancing to reggae. You know, "Easy Skankin'" by Bob Marley. You thought he was talking about strippers?
enzo
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When I read Skankland from Cookie, and given her curt replies I thought it was a bar that was skanky and her term to explain it...not the real name.
That is super freaky weird that both club owners lose the women they were involved with...like a curse....WEIRD.
greenhouse1014
Columbus
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Well, Kevin didn't really lose her, he shot her. And it wasn't really his woman, it was his illicit affair partner.
But I hear ya.
Oh, and Kevin brought his own curse to the club himself.
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