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🕯️ In memoriam
Bernie's & The Distillery
1975–2015
“Bagels upstairs, up-and-coming bands in the basement.”
Music Venues · High St · OSU · 1896 N. High St.
Bernie Kaplan's basement-level warren — Bernie's Bagels & Deli up front, the dark little Distillery next door where up-and-coming bands cut their teeth since 1975. It closed on New Year's Eve 2015, and the spot is entombed beneath a Target now.
Did you catch a show at Bernie's & The Distillery? What do you remember?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Bernie's & The Distillery.
Community Memories
⚰️ Also gone
Mean Mr. Mustard's
1979–1998
“AC/DC-Cult Sunday nights and the black-clad crowd.”
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Papa Joe's Draft House
1970–1996
“Beer by the bucket and kegs-'n'-eggs on gameday.”
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Larry's Bar
1938–2008
“Poetry readings and the bohemian corner of campus.”
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The Oar House
†2004
“A South Campus rite of passage.”
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