slufan13 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Sounds like it's being sold/was just sold. Supposed to remain a bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthBilliken Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Heard it was being demolished in February. Not sure what's happening after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I've heard the same thing that it was to remain a bar from a couple employees, both current and former. Supposedly that was the desire of the owner, but who knows for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 By experience with situations like this, I can affirm that employees are the last to know when a business that is being sold will be closed down or demolished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBilliken Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 By experience with situations like this, I can affirm that employees are the last to know when a business that is being sold will be closed down or demolished. Especially a the servers and bartenders. last thing the owner needs is everyone jumping ship 3 months before they sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I'm not up on SLU real estate anymore, but is that space big enough to build anything of consequence? Wouldn't the smart money be on the Humphreys name continuing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SShoe Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I'm not up on SLU real estate anymore, but is that space big enough to build anything of consequence? Wouldn't the smart money be on the Humphreys name continuing? Good question. The building is kind of a dump (doesn't mean I don't love it) and the site is much larger than the building footprint, so I wouldn't be surprised if the underlying land was worth nearly as much as the building. At that point, demo becomes feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 It will be interesting to see what happens with the new owners that is for sure. It is a fantastic location for a college bar, they just need to figure out ways to get people in there on a nightly basis. Easier said than done, to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 From what I've heard. It's supposed to remain the same minus family photos and such Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Needs some major renovations but no reason to demolish it, especially when the number of on campus residents will be significantly increasing in the next couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthBilliken Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Sucks that the bar is empty every night besides Wednesday 10pm-1am. And they are only selling a majority of $1 pitchers x1 a week. Everyone seems to go to Soulard on the weekends anyway. Also, what the hell is wrong with the Shack (aka Laclede's) location? Is the land that expensive that no one is willing to buy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Sucks that the bar is empty every night besides Wednesday 10pm-1am. And they are only selling a majority of $1 pitchers x1 a week. Everyone seems to go to Soulard on the weekends anyway. Also, what the hell is wrong with the Shack (aka Laclede's) location? Is the land that expensive that no one is willing to buy it? I heard the people who own the property are apparently trying to sell it for a ridciulous price and so no one is stepping forward at the moment. Would be interesting to know if the value will continue to climb since all of that land south of campus will be undergoing big renovations in the next few years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I heard the people who own the property are apparently trying to sell it for a ridciulous price and so no one is stepping forward at the moment. Would be interesting to know if the value will continue to climb since all of that land south of campus will be undergoing big renovations in the next few years There once were plans to tear down the Shack building and build apartments there, but the deal fell through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I feel like I went to SLU at the best time for campus adjacent drinking. Humphreys, laclede's/cheaters/pierre laclede's and library annex Edit: I guess throw in field house too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Being a student here now is some slim pickings, I will say that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 library annex The atmosphere there after we beat Butler was incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsCPA Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 They need to have more lax carding standards. Besides Pennies humps never really felt like a college bar to me the way Lacledes (RIP) did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I feel like I went to SLU at the best time for campus adjacent drinking. Humphreys, laclede's/cheaters/pierre laclede's and library annex Edit: I guess throw in field house too My freshman/soph years 02-04 were pretty solid with Humphreys, Laceledes, Fat Freddie's/whatever it was when it was only open on weekends, the city brewery, and that ###### place over behind Captain D's by the med campus. The ID'ing in those days also made it easy to get in most places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Being a student here now is some slim pickings, I will say that much. Do you have more than 2 choices? Because then you're better off than a lot of us. From 2001-2005, it was Humphrey's first, then Laclede's, and that was it. Fat Freddie's closed down before I was 21, but I did get in there once with a Nebraska ID. It was only open spottily for maybe one year while I was there. Joe Boccardi's was open for a while on the other side of campus, but that was more of a restaurant and we only drank there sometimes because we knew a couple employees. I guess we also had Vito's but no one hung out there. You also have the Library Annex, Pappo's, Urban Chestnut, Triumph, Field House and a few other places within walking distance. NONE of those were there in my day, kid. Quit whining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonwich Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I feel like I went to SLU at the best time in the 21st Century for campus adjacent drinking. Fixed it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Joe Boccardi's was open for a while on the other side of campus, but that was more of a restaurant and we only drank there sometimes because we knew a couple employees. I forgot about Boccardi's friday night all you can drink for whatever stupid amount it was. Some dude in a wheelchair tried to fight me there one night. I wasn't exactly sure how that was going to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 In the 90s, we had: Humphrey's Caleco's (Later known as Laclede's) Billiken Bench Club (Later known by a bunch of names; since demolished for a Jimmy John's) 20 North (Hippie bar on Vandeventer; since demolished by SLU) Bullfeathers (Corner of Grand and Lindell - my favorite bar; since demolished by SLU for no real reason) The original Vito's in the basement of the Bullfeather's building Clark's - just across Laclede from Humphrey's - closed right before my freshman year. Later became The Grind (a coffee shop) and eventually demolished by SLU. The Fifth House building on Laclede has been vacant since well before my freshman year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Pistol I am not meaning to cry woe is me for this. I know little of lacledes or what the landscape of nightlife looked like before my time here. But what I infer from older friends and people here is that there were places that more people congregated at. There are more options near campus now to be sure, but in terms of places students actually go to, they are more so in soulard. Library Annex and Humps are about it for bars close to campus as far as places that students actually go to. In the case of Humps, aside from Wednesday there aren't many students there. That is the kind of option I am saying that doesn't really exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthBilliken Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 In the 90s, we had: Humphrey's Caleco's (Later known as Laclede's) Billiken Bench Club (Later known by a bunch of names; since demolished for a Jimmy John's) 20 North (Hippie bar on Vandeventer; since demolished by SLU) Bullfeathers (Corner of Grand and Lindell - my favorite bar; since demolished by SLU for no real reason) The original Vito's in the basement of the Bullfeather's building Clark's - just across Laclede from Humphrey's - closed right before my freshman year. Later became The Grind (a coffee shop) and eventually demolished by SLU. The Fifth House building on Laclede has been vacant since well before my freshman year. Caleco's downtown has some pretty good food and pizza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Pistol I am not meaning to cry woe is me for this. I know little of lacledes or what the landscape of nightlife looked like before my time here. But what I infer from older friends and people here is that there were places that more people congregated at. There are more options near campus now to be sure, but in terms of places students actually go to, they are more so in soulard. Library Annex and Humps are about it for bars close to campus as far as places that students actually go to. In the case of Humps, aside from Wednesday there aren't many students there. That is the kind of option I am saying that doesn't really exist. Understood. I just wanted to go on an "in my day" rant. Although, to be fair, I think I probably did attend at the worst time in SLU history for campus-adjacent bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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