12-10-2008, 01:24 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Our favorite tavern is closing
Turned on the radio this morning to hear about this, I'm sure this is gonna have a big effect on many of our fellow CPers.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/City+sh...995/story.html
Last edited by Nabber; 12-10-2008 at 01:28 PM.
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12-10-2008, 01:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Section 222
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Damn, where am I going to score drugs and get beat up now? Oh wait, the back alley is still open, right?
EDIT: I gotta say though, 1,700 calls to emergency services from this place so far this year? That's completely insane.
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12-10-2008, 01:27 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nabber
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Fixed.
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12-10-2008, 01:32 PM
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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I've drank a few beers there. 
A buddy and I used to play racquet ball regularly at the YWCA, which is just up the street from the Cecil, and we would go there for a beer or two afterwards. Cheap.
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12-10-2008, 02:05 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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I haven't been there since the 1980s, when it was a bit safer.
We saw some crazy things there:
1) The Wedding Reception - the happy couple met there - the parents were mortified to be there
2) The TSN Turning Point - one woman was passed out on the dance floor, while people continued to dance around her. She somehow got to her feet, and started dancing again.
3) The Final Straw - one evening, one "lady" spit in my face when I declined her generous invitation to dance.
4) The Warning - a sign at the bar required patrons to "check their knives"
5) The Stalker - another "lady" followed me into the washroom to watch me pee.
6) The Case of Mistaken Gender - one fellow asked my male friend to dance - I don't think he was gay - just to drunk to distinguish between men and women
7) The Horror, The Horror - one friend refused to enter the establishment, and hid in the car in the fetal position
Last edited by troutman; 12-10-2008 at 02:10 PM.
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12-10-2008, 02:10 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Where will Bookers get the crabs for their "all you can eat crab night" now?
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12-10-2008, 02:17 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
Where will Bookers get the crabs for their "all you can eat crab night" now?
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Ah gawd damnit
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12-10-2008, 02:57 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Quote:
"It's a good bar, it's part of our history," said Charles McLean, a resident of the Calgary Drop-In Centre who liked the tavern for its $1.75 glasses of draught beer.
"A lot of the old-timers go there because it's all they can afford."
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Well at least the Herald is showing all sides I guess.
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12-10-2008, 03:05 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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The same people who made the place seedy will just go somewhere else. If I'm a bar owner in that area, I think I'd be a little worried..
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12-10-2008, 03:20 PM
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Franchise Player
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My bachelor party ended at the Cecil (not my idea). Actually, that's not true. My bachelor party ended in the emergency room after my best man was assaulted with a weapon. Then we got together over the Christmas break for a nice reunion at the trial of the guy who put my best man in the hospital.
Good times.
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12-10-2008, 03:24 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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This is the only place I've seen a passed out person get dragged into the bar from the alley, and propped up in a chair.
I think I met this woman also...
3) The Final Straw - one evening, one "lady" spit in my face when I declined her generous invitation to dance.
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12-10-2008, 03:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The same people who made the place seedy will just go somewhere else. If I'm a bar owner in that area, I think I'd be a little worried..
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Where is the next cheapest beer?
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12-10-2008, 03:30 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Where is the next cheapest beer?
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Shamrock?
Someone could make a movie, or coffee table book about the Cecil.
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12-10-2008, 03:42 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
I haven't been there since the 1980s, when it was a bit safer.
We saw some crazy things there:
1) The Wedding Reception - the happy couple met there - the parents were mortified to be there
2) The TSN Turning Point - one woman was passed out on the dance floor, while people continued to dance around her. She somehow got to her feet, and started dancing again.
3) The Final Straw - one evening, one "lady" spit in my face when I declined her generous invitation to dance.
4) The Warning - a sign at the bar required patrons to "check their knives"
5) The Stalker - another "lady" followed me into the washroom to watch me pee.
6) The Case of Mistaken Gender - one fellow asked my male friend to dance - I don't think he was gay - just to drunk to distinguish between men and women
7) The Horror, The Horror - one friend refused to enter the establishment, and hid in the car in the fetal position
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Aeneas?
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12-10-2008, 03:51 PM
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Where is the next cheapest beer?
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Is the Forest Lawn Tavern still open?
If not, the beer's always cheap at the Legion.
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12-10-2008, 04:14 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fredr123
Aeneas?
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No, I'm not sure if Aeneas was at the Cecil that time. I think he was there the night of The Horror, The Horror.
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12-10-2008, 04:44 PM
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Franchise Player
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Aren't there minimum drink price laws in effect now? How do these places continue to sell cheap booze?
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12-10-2008, 04:48 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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only place to get a beer on xmas
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12-10-2008, 04:55 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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For people familiar with the Vancouver and Calgary bar scenes, how does the Cecil compare with the Ivanho in Vancouver? I haven't been to the Cecil, but the stories remind me a lot of the Ivanho.
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12-10-2008, 05:09 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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As a building, the Ivanhoe is far far worse.
I couldn't give an opinion on the clientele though, having never gone in either.
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