01-12-2014, 02:08 PM
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That's strange, the place always seemed packed.
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01-12-2014, 02:19 PM
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Something must have been up with the owners or the lease. You don't just give up one of the best locations in the city to focus on a tiny casino location on your own volition.
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01-12-2014, 02:31 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: blow me
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I'm shocked. I have so many memories. Both as a patron and also when I did a few gigs there.
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01-12-2014, 02:34 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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I used to enjoy going there to watch people and sports, and later for weekend brunches. I'm kinda sad, but I've hardly gone there the last couple of years.
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01-12-2014, 02:45 PM
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I'm sure whatever replaces it is going to be super pretentious and have drinks that cost 25% more. That location is too good.
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01-12-2014, 02:45 PM
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I walked by around 11:30 today. The windows were all covered from the inside and there was about 20 people, along with a CBC camera man, all standing outside. Probably related but I'm unsure how/why.
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01-12-2014, 03:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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I haven't been there in two years.
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01-12-2014, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Ducay
Something must have been up with the owners or the lease. You don't just give up one of the best locations in the city to focus on a tiny casino location on your own volition.
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Nothing's up.
I know the owner's wife personally (worked with her previously and have kids roughly same age).
She told me that he just wants to focus on his family. Nothing wrong with that.
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01-12-2014, 05:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Originally Posted by fotze
Last time I went there the food tasted like Moxies.
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Didn't it always? I don't think it was ever that good food wise.
But yeah, you'd think the owner would easily be able to sell that business for a nice profit, even if it was just the naming rights.
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01-13-2014, 02:47 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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But what bar will I go to, to sit out front on my Harley, while holding my gut in and hoping the wind doesn't blow my plugs out.
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01-13-2014, 02:55 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Bunk
The meathead and creepy middle age dude quotient was very high at Melrose and the concept just started to feel very dated. Time for an upgrade. It'll get snapped up in a heartbeat
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I dont know man, while I agree that its a prime location, thats a double-edged sword.
A few of the people that I know that were associated with it mentioned that its overhead was astronomical.
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01-13-2014, 03:05 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Calgary
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I was never a huge fan.
When it was really busy it was almost uncomfortable
Bathrooms were awful
The lower levels had no appeal and was almost wasted space IMO
My early guess was a simple re brand due to bar watch like what Classic Jacks went through... it doesnt make sense to just shut down and I never heard of any attempts to sell it. My guess is it turns into 2 establishments...overhead with that much space and competition seems risky!
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01-13-2014, 03:09 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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Too late to return the Hoegaarden Stein?
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01-13-2014, 03:48 PM
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Maybe all the idiots with loud bikes will go hang out somewhere else now. Edmonton sounds good.
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01-13-2014, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by jammies
Maybe all the idiots with loud bikes will go hang out somewhere else now. Edmonton sounds good.
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Are we still allowed to deport people to Edmonton? I thought they stopped allowing that to be a thing. Can it still be a thing?
Bikers drink themselves into a drunken stupor and then we throw them and their bikes into a trailer and when they wake up they're somewhere around 137th Ave and the Anthony Henday?
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01-13-2014, 03:55 PM
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To many Delta Bravos at that place. Every single time I saw, they crowded the bar area.
Loved trivia nights though.
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01-13-2014, 03:57 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Are there any bars that do trivia in Calgary?
I have never seen that in Calgary since I moved from Nova Scotia 6 years ago
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01-13-2014, 03:57 PM
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Are we still allowed to deport people to Edmonton?
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When the law doesn't align with justice, there's always civil disobedience.
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01-13-2014, 03:59 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
Are there any bars that do trivia in Calgary?
I have never seen that in Calgary since I moved from Nova Scotia 6 years ago
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I think the Point & Feather does.
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01-13-2014, 04:01 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
Are there any bars that do trivia in Calgary?
I have never seen that in Calgary since I moved from Nova Scotia 6 years ago
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Bull & Finch in Bridlewood used too, and 'Name that tune'.
Only good thing about that dump though
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