Things that make you go What the F**k?

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thewobbler

I've few memories of vicos apart from falling asleep outside it one night and being woken up, carried off the road I'd made my bed, by 4 taxi men telling me how heavy I was.

Never had the stamina for late nights lol.

Tony Baloney

Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 06, 2021, 09:04:44 PM
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Did any of you students stay the weekends? Vico's was the spot on a Saturday and the limelight on a Friday night early to mid 90's, cracking tunes and the staff didn't annoy anyone.

The Duke of York upstairs on a Friday was decent too

Where was vicos? I remember the name but can't remember if I was in it.
Stayed up the odd time just as had a job back home.
Shine the odd time. Was in Duke of York one weekend and it was rough so didn't go back.
The weekend nightlife round home was good so I generally always went home.

The back of Robinsons Vico's had 3/4 floors with different tunes going on in each floor, with a guy serving free pizza downstairs, quality set up. Brunswick street
I just remember the inside of it being like a house with wee rooms and drinks in plastic cups. And of course the pizzas.

Newbridge Exile

Quote from: bigarsedkeeper on May 06, 2021, 10:56:58 AM
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Never drank at college (90-94) so was able to go out every night, had a weekly routine, think the Chaplency was a Monday night for the Irish night, great craic. The crescent was a regular spot but never felt safe in it, the Union ran a great night (might have been Weds?), actually had my stag night in it (got married the week after my finals, think i was the only student in Belfast that was engaged at college, this partly explains why I didn't drink. The best spot was I think called The Elms, it was just before you came to Lavery's, some great bands in it, think it may have been the Thursday night spot. Lavery's was a complete no no then days, full of the Village gentlemen, Hatfield also a definite no no then, was locals only. Bishops on a Sunday evening was the great food wise, beside that was a constant diet of spuds, beans and sausages and penguin biscuits that I shared with the mice in my bedroom, except my final year I lived in Stranmillis when Sphinx and the Chinese beside it were my local chefs. Have two children up there now, really feel for them as covid has wrecked a year and a half of their college life, holy lands is full of Romanians now.
I was around the same era, Blackthorn in the Elms on.a Thursday was a big draw back then , the Fly on a Tuesday night was popular too,as were   The Bot,& Renshaws , , we would have been in the middle bar in laverys  regularly enough back then and never had any hassle to be honest . ,Spuds or Bishops being the late night eating houses

Thought the Elms was a good spot and had good times in the Bot and the Egg too. The Students Union was also hard to beat back in the mid 90's at £1 a pint.
Could never warm to Renshaws though.

Unions went to shite around 2000, drink wasn't that cheap. I was in Jordanstown halls in first year and only hit the union up there a handful of times and never really warmed to Queens Union. Brother was in Queens late 80s and they lived in the unions. Said houses were cold and shit and the union was cheaper than off licenses.

UUJ union had a fry and tea for £1 in first year but it got done up after that and it went up to about £3 after that.
Getting a pint and a (very small) pizza in the empire for £1 was hard to beat,  in my 
fresher year it was £0.95 a pint  out at the poly union.

delgany

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Quote from: Newbridge Exile on May 06, 2021, 10:43:07 PM
Quote from: bigarsedkeeper on May 06, 2021, 10:56:58 AM
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Never drank at college (90-94) so was able to go out every night, had a weekly routine, think the Chaplency was a Monday night for the Irish night, great craic. The crescent was a regular spot but never felt safe in it, the Union ran a great night (might have been Weds?), actually had my stag night in it (got married the week after my finals, think i was the only student in Belfast that was engaged at college, this partly explains why I didn't drink. The best spot was I think called The Elms, it was just before you came to Lavery's, some great bands in it, think it may have been the Thursday night spot. Lavery's was a complete no no then days, full of the Village gentlemen, Hatfield also a definite no no then, was locals only. Bishops on a Sunday evening was the great food wise, beside that was a constant diet of spuds, beans and sausages and penguin biscuits that I shared with the mice in my bedroom, except my final year I lived in Stranmillis when Sphinx and the Chinese beside it were my local chefs. Have two children up there now, really feel for them as covid has wrecked a year and a half of their college life, holy lands is full of Romanians now.
I was around the same era, Blackthorn in the Elms on.a Thursday was a big draw back then , the Fly on a Tuesday night was popular too,as were   The Bot,& Renshaws , , we would have been in the middle bar in laverys  regularly enough back then and never had any hassle to be honest . ,Spuds or Bishops being the late night eating houses

Thought the Elms was a good spot and had good times in the Bot and the Egg too. The Students Union was also hard to beat back in the mid 90's at £1 a pint.
Could never warm to Renshaws though.

Unions went to shite around 2000, drink wasn't that cheap. I was in Jordanstown halls in first year and only hit the union up there a handful of times and never really warmed to Queens Union. Brother was in Queens late 80s and they lived in the unions. Said houses were cold and shit and the union was cheaper than off licenses.

UUJ union had a fry and tea for £1 in first year but it got done up after that and it went up to about £3 after that.
Getting a pint and a (very small) pizza in the empire for £1 was hard to beat,  in my 
fresher year it was £0.95 a pint  out at the poly union.

£6.50 for a pint .....and 2 pints, 2 toastie with chips £37, in Belfast.....wtf

TabClear

Quote from: delgany on May 07, 2021, 07:06:07 AM
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on May 06, 2021, 10:43:07 PM
Quote from: bigarsedkeeper on May 06, 2021, 10:56:58 AM
Quote from: clarshack on May 06, 2021, 09:58:35 AM
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on May 06, 2021, 01:29:14 AM
Quote from: PMG1 on May 06, 2021, 12:53:59 AM
Never drank at college (90-94) so was able to go out every night, had a weekly routine, think the Chaplency was a Monday night for the Irish night, great craic. The crescent was a regular spot but never felt safe in it, the Union ran a great night (might have been Weds?), actually had my stag night in it (got married the week after my finals, think i was the only student in Belfast that was engaged at college, this partly explains why I didn't drink. The best spot was I think called The Elms, it was just before you came to Lavery's, some great bands in it, think it may have been the Thursday night spot. Lavery's was a complete no no then days, full of the Village gentlemen, Hatfield also a definite no no then, was locals only. Bishops on a Sunday evening was the great food wise, beside that was a constant diet of spuds, beans and sausages and penguin biscuits that I shared with the mice in my bedroom, except my final year I lived in Stranmillis when Sphinx and the Chinese beside it were my local chefs. Have two children up there now, really feel for them as covid has wrecked a year and a half of their college life, holy lands is full of Romanians now.
I was around the same era, Blackthorn in the Elms on.a Thursday was a big draw back then , the Fly on a Tuesday night was popular too,as were   The Bot,& Renshaws , , we would have been in the middle bar in laverys  regularly enough back then and never had any hassle to be honest . ,Spuds or Bishops being the late night eating houses

Thought the Elms was a good spot and had good times in the Bot and the Egg too. The Students Union was also hard to beat back in the mid 90's at £1 a pint.
Could never warm to Renshaws though.

Unions went to shite around 2000, drink wasn't that cheap. I was in Jordanstown halls in first year and only hit the union up there a handful of times and never really warmed to Queens Union. Brother was in Queens late 80s and they lived in the unions. Said houses were cold and shit and the union was cheaper than off licenses.

UUJ union had a fry and tea for £1 in first year but it got done up after that and it went up to about £3 after that.
Getting a pint and a (very small) pizza in the empire for £1 was hard to beat,  in my 
fresher year it was £0.95 a pint  out at the poly union.

£6.50 being quoted in the papers for a pint in Belfast, ......and 2 pints, 2 toastie with chips £37, in Belfast.....wtf

Where is that? That is ridiculous, I know the pubs have had extra costs and lower numbers but if those prices are maintained its hard to see trade returning to pre Covid levels.

Any of you guys frequent the Lavery's £10 "drink all you want (can? ;)) nights in the late 90s? We ended up at a couple of them and we knew one of thebarmen well. Absolute carnage and by far the worst hangover I have ever had. My mate is convinced it was nt the volume of drink but the "quality" of some of the spirits being doled out.

bigarsedkeeper

Quote from: TabClear on May 07, 2021, 07:51:36 AM
Quote from: delgany on May 07, 2021, 07:06:07 AM
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on May 06, 2021, 10:43:07 PM
Quote from: bigarsedkeeper on May 06, 2021, 10:56:58 AM
Quote from: clarshack on May 06, 2021, 09:58:35 AM
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on May 06, 2021, 01:29:14 AM
Quote from: PMG1 on May 06, 2021, 12:53:59 AM
Never drank at college (90-94) so was able to go out every night, had a weekly routine, think the Chaplency was a Monday night for the Irish night, great craic. The crescent was a regular spot but never felt safe in it, the Union ran a great night (might have been Weds?), actually had my stag night in it (got married the week after my finals, think i was the only student in Belfast that was engaged at college, this partly explains why I didn't drink. The best spot was I think called The Elms, it was just before you came to Lavery's, some great bands in it, think it may have been the Thursday night spot. Lavery's was a complete no no then days, full of the Village gentlemen, Hatfield also a definite no no then, was locals only. Bishops on a Sunday evening was the great food wise, beside that was a constant diet of spuds, beans and sausages and penguin biscuits that I shared with the mice in my bedroom, except my final year I lived in Stranmillis when Sphinx and the Chinese beside it were my local chefs. Have two children up there now, really feel for them as covid has wrecked a year and a half of their college life, holy lands is full of Romanians now.
I was around the same era, Blackthorn in the Elms on.a Thursday was a big draw back then , the Fly on a Tuesday night was popular too,as were   The Bot,& Renshaws , , we would have been in the middle bar in laverys  regularly enough back then and never had any hassle to be honest . ,Spuds or Bishops being the late night eating houses

Thought the Elms was a good spot and had good times in the Bot and the Egg too. The Students Union was also hard to beat back in the mid 90's at £1 a pint.
Could never warm to Renshaws though.

Unions went to shite around 2000, drink wasn't that cheap. I was in Jordanstown halls in first year and only hit the union up there a handful of times and never really warmed to Queens Union. Brother was in Queens late 80s and they lived in the unions. Said houses were cold and shit and the union was cheaper than off licenses.

UUJ union had a fry and tea for £1 in first year but it got done up after that and it went up to about £3 after that.
Getting a pint and a (very small) pizza in the empire for £1 was hard to beat,  in my 
fresher year it was £0.95 a pint  out at the poly union.

£6.50 being quoted in the papers for a pint in Belfast, ......and 2 pints, 2 toastie with chips £37, in Belfast.....wtf

Where is that? That is ridiculous, I know the pubs have had extra costs and lower numbers but if those prices are maintained its hard to see trade returning to pre Covid levels.

Any of you guys frequent the Lavery's £10 "drink all you want (can? ;)) nights in the late 90s? We ended up at a couple of them and we knew one of thebarmen well. Absolute carnage and by far the worst hangover I have ever had. My mate is convinced it was nt the volume of drink but the "quality" of some of the spirits being doled out.

I worked in bars at home and fellas would have said "those pints mustn't be great I was dying after it" and they managed to slap through 15 pints of it the night before.

imtommygunn

To be fair if it's the same receipt I saw then the £6.50 pint was hoegarden (spelling) and I have never seen it not being close to £6. Peroni pints have always been a good bit dearer than the average and they were £6 on the receipt. £5.30 for a pint of tennents was the bigger outrage as it's horrendous lol.


Tony Baloney

Quote from: imtommygunn on May 07, 2021, 08:58:04 AM
To be fair if it's the same receipt I saw then the £6.50 pint was hoegarden (spelling) and I have never seen it not being close to £6. Peroni pints have always been a good bit dearer than the average and they were £6 on the receipt. £5.30 for a pint of tennents was the bigger outrage as it's horrendous lol.
The other 6.50 pint was Clonmel lager! And this gaff isn't even in the City Centre!

johnnycool

Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 06, 2021, 07:56:28 PM
Did any of you students stay the weekends? Vico's was the spot on a Saturday and the limelight on a Friday night early to mid 90's, cracking tunes and the staff didn't annoy anyone.

The Duke of York upstairs on a Friday was decent too

Lived for a while in Hawthorn street, off Cavendish Street and if we'd come up early on the Sunday would have headed to St Pauls for the "folk" night.

Mad altogether.

Armagh18

Quote from: delgany on May 07, 2021, 07:06:07 AM
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on May 06, 2021, 10:43:07 PM
Quote from: bigarsedkeeper on May 06, 2021, 10:56:58 AM
Quote from: clarshack on May 06, 2021, 09:58:35 AM
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on May 06, 2021, 01:29:14 AM
Quote from: PMG1 on May 06, 2021, 12:53:59 AM
Never drank at college (90-94) so was able to go out every night, had a weekly routine, think the Chaplency was a Monday night for the Irish night, great craic. The crescent was a regular spot but never felt safe in it, the Union ran a great night (might have been Weds?), actually had my stag night in it (got married the week after my finals, think i was the only student in Belfast that was engaged at college, this partly explains why I didn't drink. The best spot was I think called The Elms, it was just before you came to Lavery's, some great bands in it, think it may have been the Thursday night spot. Lavery's was a complete no no then days, full of the Village gentlemen, Hatfield also a definite no no then, was locals only. Bishops on a Sunday evening was the great food wise, beside that was a constant diet of spuds, beans and sausages and penguin biscuits that I shared with the mice in my bedroom, except my final year I lived in Stranmillis when Sphinx and the Chinese beside it were my local chefs. Have two children up there now, really feel for them as covid has wrecked a year and a half of their college life, holy lands is full of Romanians now.
I was around the same era, Blackthorn in the Elms on.a Thursday was a big draw back then , the Fly on a Tuesday night was popular too,as were   The Bot,& Renshaws , , we would have been in the middle bar in laverys  regularly enough back then and never had any hassle to be honest . ,Spuds or Bishops being the late night eating houses

Thought the Elms was a good spot and had good times in the Bot and the Egg too. The Students Union was also hard to beat back in the mid 90's at £1 a pint.
Could never warm to Renshaws though.

Unions went to shite around 2000, drink wasn't that cheap. I was in Jordanstown halls in first year and only hit the union up there a handful of times and never really warmed to Queens Union. Brother was in Queens late 80s and they lived in the unions. Said houses were cold and shit and the union was cheaper than off licenses.

UUJ union had a fry and tea for £1 in first year but it got done up after that and it went up to about £3 after that.
Getting a pint and a (very small) pizza in the empire for £1 was hard to beat,  in my 
fresher year it was £0.95 a pint  out at the poly union.

£6.50 for a pint .....and 2 pints, 2 toastie with chips £37, in Belfast.....wtf
Anywhere charging that deserves to go bust. £4 is a rob for a pint ffs.

GetOverTheBar

Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 06, 2021, 07:56:28 PM
Did any of you students stay the weekends? Vico's was the spot on a Saturday and the limelight on a Friday night early to mid 90's, cracking tunes and the staff didn't annoy anyone.

The Duke of York upstairs on a Friday was decent too

Stayed first couple of weekends I was there with the lads I lived with....down into Beach Club and the likes, thought this was great. One Sat night they convinced me to go to 'Shine' at the Union. Be great craic they told me, like the holiday all over.

It was not.

Tyrdub

Quote from: Armagh18 on May 07, 2021, 09:19:22 AM
Quote from: delgany on May 07, 2021, 07:06:07 AM
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on May 06, 2021, 10:43:07 PM
Quote from: bigarsedkeeper on May 06, 2021, 10:56:58 AM
Quote from: clarshack on May 06, 2021, 09:58:35 AM
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on May 06, 2021, 01:29:14 AM
Quote from: PMG1 on May 06, 2021, 12:53:59 AM
Never drank at college (90-94) so was able to go out every night, had a weekly routine, think the Chaplency was a Monday night for the Irish night, great craic. The crescent was a regular spot but never felt safe in it, the Union ran a great night (might have been Weds?), actually had my stag night in it (got married the week after my finals, think i was the only student in Belfast that was engaged at college, this partly explains why I didn't drink. The best spot was I think called The Elms, it was just before you came to Lavery's, some great bands in it, think it may have been the Thursday night spot. Lavery's was a complete no no then days, full of the Village gentlemen, Hatfield also a definite no no then, was locals only. Bishops on a Sunday evening was the great food wise, beside that was a constant diet of spuds, beans and sausages and penguin biscuits that I shared with the mice in my bedroom, except my final year I lived in Stranmillis when Sphinx and the Chinese beside it were my local chefs. Have two children up there now, really feel for them as covid has wrecked a year and a half of their college life, holy lands is full of Romanians now.
I was around the same era, Blackthorn in the Elms on.a Thursday was a big draw back then , the Fly on a Tuesday night was popular too,as were   The Bot,& Renshaws , , we would have been in the middle bar in laverys  regularly enough back then and never had any hassle to be honest . ,Spuds or Bishops being the late night eating houses

Thought the Elms was a good spot and had good times in the Bot and the Egg too. The Students Union was also hard to beat back in the mid 90's at £1 a pint.
Could never warm to Renshaws though.

Unions went to shite around 2000, drink wasn't that cheap. I was in Jordanstown halls in first year and only hit the union up there a handful of times and never really warmed to Queens Union. Brother was in Queens late 80s and they lived in the unions. Said houses were cold and shit and the union was cheaper than off licenses.

UUJ union had a fry and tea for £1 in first year but it got done up after that and it went up to about £3 after that.
Getting a pint and a (very small) pizza in the empire for £1 was hard to beat,  in my 
fresher year it was £0.95 a pint  out at the poly union.

£6.50 for a pint .....and 2 pints, 2 toastie with chips £37, in Belfast.....wtf
Anywhere charging that deserves to go bust. £4 is a rob for a pint ffs.

a friend sent me a pic of the drinks menu of an establishment on the Antrim Road...
Tennents £5.30
Guinness £5.20
Peroni £6
Hoegaarden £6.50
Clonmel £6.50
Five Lamps £5.30
Heverlee £5.90
if i knew how to post a pic i woudl put it up, shocking altogether.
New owners but they also own a couple of other bars in the city centre, bloody rip off

Milltown Row2

Quote from: johnnycool on May 07, 2021, 09:12:14 AM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 06, 2021, 07:56:28 PM
Did any of you students stay the weekends? Vico's was the spot on a Saturday and the limelight on a Friday night early to mid 90's, cracking tunes and the staff didn't annoy anyone.

The Duke of York upstairs on a Friday was decent too

Lived for a while in Hawthorn street, off Cavendish Street and if we'd come up early on the Sunday would have headed to St Pauls for the "folk" night.

Mad altogether.

The Caley? on the corner of the street? Was a good aul night, big bottles of Harp
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

Milltown Row2

Quote from: GetOverTheBar on May 07, 2021, 09:20:05 AM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 06, 2021, 07:56:28 PM
Did any of you students stay the weekends? Vico's was the spot on a Saturday and the limelight on a Friday night early to mid 90's, cracking tunes and the staff didn't annoy anyone.

The Duke of York upstairs on a Friday was decent too

Stayed first couple of weekends I was there with the lads I lived with....down into Beach Club and the likes, thought this was great. One Sat night they convinced me to go to 'Shine' at the Union. Be great craic they told me, like the holiday all over.

It was not.

Shine had some cracking nights, with some big names playing there back in the day, Carl Cox was a regular
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

johnnycool

Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 07, 2021, 10:54:21 AM
Quote from: johnnycool on May 07, 2021, 09:12:14 AM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 06, 2021, 07:56:28 PM
Did any of you students stay the weekends? Vico's was the spot on a Saturday and the limelight on a Friday night early to mid 90's, cracking tunes and the staff didn't annoy anyone.

The Duke of York upstairs on a Friday was decent too

Lived for a while in Hawthorn street, off Cavendish Street and if we'd come up early on the Sunday would have headed to St Pauls for the "folk" night.

Mad altogether.

The Caley? on the corner of the street? Was a good aul night, big bottles of Harp

ventured into it a few times, turned out the barman had played hurling with me da for Ulster, so all was good  ;D