The Pub opened April, 1974 as an alternative to having drive a couple of miles back from Kay's and having to worry about driving after drinking. Valhalla had opened around 1968. Pub beer sales dropped after the 21 drinking age was reinstated. BTW, Kay's still has a board of fading photos form 1974, but I am not there so I must not have been there the night they were taken.

(02-06-2015 06:50 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(02-06-2015 06:34 PM)Antarius Wrote:  

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(02-06-2015 06:19 PM)Antarius Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 03:09 PM)mrbig Wrote:  If they ever expand/upgrade the roost, another option might to be to affiliate it with Willy's Pub. I do like the idea of making it Rice-affiliated, whether with a brewery that is owned, run, or founded by alums, or in some other way.

Valhalla.

Willy's basically offers the same mediocre beer as we currently have.

Patently false. You need to head to Pub sometime, their beer selection has expanded significantly in the past few years and is actually pretty decent. Much, much more available than a few Budweiser products.

I'm also an alum, so the odds of me making it to Willys are pretty slim. Maybe over beer bike.

Regardless, Valhalla is awesome. Just by virtue of its concept, execution, history, selection and cheap beer.

All those things you say about Valhalla hold equally true to Pub. Pub is the red-headed step child of on-campus bars to alumni, but it isn't without merit. Pub has a fantastic history to it, which rivals Valhalla (it used to be second only to the Astrodome in beer sales in Harris County), it is a great concept that allows undergrads to experience what running a business is really like, and it's beer is still pretty darn cheap.

I get the big appeal of Valhalla because you have few undergrads and it is outdoors, but Pub is wonderful place, and someone's gotta stand up for it.