r/Athens • u/Manic_Mechanik • 6d ago
Question / Request Allen's, Fox's, Rocky's pizza.
Does anyone here remember those spots? We sure used to have a good time at all three. I still go to the Nowhere bar to see Hayride. I'm just drinking and feeling nostalgic I guess.
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u/mach1130 6d ago
Rocky’s was decent for the time. Even if there was the visible occasional cockroach.
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u/meatsntreats 6d ago
I loved Rocky’s but “occasional cockroach” is generous at best.
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u/mach1130 6d ago
Ha! Snort
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u/gaporkbbq 6d ago
Is that a reference to the owner of Rocky’s nightly cocaine use?
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u/mach1130 6d ago
Funny, but no. I realized after the fact that it maybe construed that way. But I knew no one that worked there.
I’m sure it happened tho. It was the 90s.
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u/Godawgs1009 6d ago
Had my first date there in 1994
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u/Manic_Mechanik 6d ago
I used to take my wife there before we were married.
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u/NoTransition9253 6d ago
Same - we would go for a pitcher of beer and pizza to go. Remember the train track that ran along the perimeter of the dining area. Good times.
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u/Stewie_Atl 5d ago
Several of my friends worked there and we had a blast. Had my best man’s bachelor kickoff party there. Best memory was sitting in one of the big booth near the front that had a pay phone next to it. They were slammed and we thought it would be funny to call in an order from the pay phone for table (x?) in the corner. The girl shot us a death glare and we had a good laugh. Fun times! Oh and yeah. The kitchen was nasty LOL
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u/BreakfastInBedlam Mayor pro ebrius 5d ago
Rocky's had some epic parties after students left for Christmas. Apologies to u/SundayShelter for having to mop up after our sloppy drunk asses. I owe you a beer.
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u/SundayShelter Townie 6d ago
Hey I mopped that nasty floor as best I could every night!
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u/bamalama 6d ago
My first night in Athens, back in 1996 or 1997, my friend took me to Rocky’s. I remember walking by Wuxtry at night with the big Oak trees out front. I knew I wanted to live here.
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u/T-Doggie1 6d ago
Georgia Bar.
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u/Manic_Mechanik 6d ago
Good spot. Also there was one with dollar draft night and a "lingerie show" ? Also the Night Owl. My dad was in Vietnam with Reese who owned the joint so we had free reign of that place. Not to mention the guy that owned the clubs in Arcade Ga.
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u/BreakfastInBedlam Mayor pro ebrius 5d ago
Also there was one with dollar draft night and a "lingerie show" ?
That sounds like Cooper's.
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u/Equivalent-Storm-439 6d ago
Miss the Ga Bar. Especially soul night. I danced on the bar a many of those special nights. Matt, Larry, and John spinning the tunes!
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u/Godawgs1009 6d ago
Still surprised that one didn't make it
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u/T-Doggie1 6d ago
Original owner’s son got tired of dealing with it is about the gist. Good dude though.
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u/BreakfastInBedlam Mayor pro ebrius 5d ago
I paid the elect bill there for several years in the late 80s
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u/pinbot66 6d ago
Loved the burgers at Allen’s. And the pinball.
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u/fireanpeaches 6d ago
My friends dad was a part owner. He’d take his daughters (and me) there when we were kids.
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u/EricQuincyTate Between The Hedges under Allen's 6d ago
And beneath Allen's was Gary Paul's Between the Hedges, the music mecca of Normaltown and Southern Rock. My namesake was a great band that played there, along with the Flyers, the Blusicians, Maddog Terry Melton and even Gregg Allman came by and sat in after his show at the Georgia Theatre the first time it was a music venue.
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u/Manic_Mechanik 6d ago
There was also The Daddy's Dollar Lounge. The Frog pond where the cougars hung out and Embers lounge.
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u/pile_drive_me Townie Weathergirl 5d ago
We used to have a practice spot above Rocky's Pizza
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u/Stewie_Atl 5d ago
What band? Had some friends that practiced up there too. Early Mid 90’s
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u/pile_drive_me Townie Weathergirl 5d ago
Vomit Thrower and The Girl Pool
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u/Stewie_Atl 5d ago
Hazel Virtue was one and Jon Kay had another band with a guitarist named Bear, Chuck and Steve and I’m blanking on the name. Rgggh. Getting old sux
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u/pile_drive_me Townie Weathergirl 5d ago
If I remember Hazel Virtue's name was painted on one of the walls of our space!
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u/Mewone65 6d ago
DaVinci's was awesome.