🕯️ In memoriam
Banana Joe's
1998–2005
“Eurodance, Top 40, and dancing on the bar.”
Dance Clubs · Brewery District
The high-energy tropical-themed party club — part of an Ohio-grown chain — that packed the Brewery District around the turn of the millennium, DJs pumping mainstream Top 40, early-2000s hip-hop remixes and upbeat Eurodance to keep a floor of college kids and young professionals dancing (sometimes on the bar itself). It faded in the mid-2000s as the crowds migrated to the booming Arena District.
Did you dance at Banana Joe's? What do you remember?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Banana Joe's.
Community Memories
⚰️ Also gone
Ludlow's
1994–2003
“Cover bands, a patio, and the Brewery District at full volume.”
Brewery District
Mean Mr. Mustard's
1979–1998
“AC/DC-Cult Sunday nights and the black-clad crowd.”
High St · OSU
Papa Joe's Draft House
1970–1996
“Beer by the bucket and kegs-'n'-eggs on gameday.”
High St · OSU
Larry's Bar
1938–2008
“Poetry readings and the bohemian corner of campus.”
High St · OSU