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🕯️ In memoriam
The Oar House
†2004
“A South Campus rite of passage.”
Campus Bars · High St · OSU
One of the rowdy South Campus High Street bars that every OSU class cycled through on the way to (barely) graduating. It was swept away with the rest of the strip when the South Campus Gateway redevelopment leveled that block in the mid-2000s.
Did you hang out at The Oar House? What do you remember?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of The Oar House.
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 Blue Danube
1940–2018
“"The Dube" — vinyl booths and 2 a.m. breakfast.”
High St · OSU