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🕯️ In memoriam
The Blue Danube
1940–2018
“"The Dube" — vinyl booths and 2 a.m. breakfast.”
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Everyone called it "the Dube" — the wonderfully worn diner-bar with the vinyl booths, the kitschy décor, and a kitchen that fed the after-bar crowd. It served the University District for around 78 years before closing in 2018.
Did you hang out at The Blue Danube? What do you remember?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of The Blue Danube.
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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