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🕯️ In memoriam
Crazy Mama's
closed mid-2000s
“South Campus's rowdiest rite of passage.”
Campus Bars · High St · OSU
One of the loud, packed South Campus High Street bars that defined OSU weekend nights for a generation of students. It was cleared away with the rest of the strip when the South Campus Gateway redevelopment leveled the block in the mid-2000s.
Did you hang out at Crazy Mama's? What do you remember?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Crazy Mama's.
Community Memories
⚰️ Also gone
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
The Oar House
†2004
“A South Campus rite of passage.”
High St · OSU