the Phyrst
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675 W. Jefferson St.
Pre-Phyrst:
1960:
1979-80:
1980-81:
September 7, 1984:
162 Kegs drunk in one week
1987:
1988:
1989:
1990-91:
Pre-Phyrst:
1960:
1979-80:
1980-81:
September 7, 1984:
162 Kegs drunk in one week
1987:
1988:
1989:
1990-91:
Man, late 80s/early 90s fashion and hairstyles were horrible. (And I was right there with them)
You can always count on SS to come through.
They had Bundy Phries that day.
Is this the building that ultimately turned into the Sweet Shop, or was it across Gray street? Thinking it was where Southgate was when I was there. Mid/late 90's.
It was sold in the summer of 1991 as I recall. Maybe that fall. It was just before or during my senior year (class of 92). I was there for the final night and still have a beer pitcher I took home with me that night. They resisted selling it for years but finally caved. Now its is a dorm. It was a fun bar . . . spent A LOT of time there in college.
Ha! Yes they did. I went to the party they threw for his electrocution. Weird to say that. . .
Probably a good thing it shut down right before we win our first title. By the sounds of it, the Phyrst Phlorida State Phootball Championship Phrolic may have never ended and left a dent in Tallahassee.
I remember drinking beer there, listening to REM. Great times. The guy who lived next to me was (I think) the brother of the owner. Always wondered what happened to that guy.
favorite phyrst memory was in their last year, bo jackson was on all of these nike commercials, and the phryst had a t-shirt with a picture of Bo with a tiny body and his head about to explode. the caption said, Bo don't know Bladderbust.
I can recall walking into Phyrst the night Tyson lost to Buster Douglas on the TV. Great wings and Bladderbust!! I always check the beer pitchers during Bladderbust on the table to make sure they felt cold. Had fraternity brothers that would fill them up with their own pee so the free beer continued.
Lived across from the Phyrst in Gilchrist Hall my freshman year ('90-'91). Alas, was too young to go inside and drink. Pretty sure you had to be 21 to enter. Was seeing if I recognized any of the faces from the pics of all the people supporting the troops during the Persian Gulf war. I don't remember that taking place, but it would have been during my freshman year. Don't recognize anyone. Yes, clothes/hairstyles look awful. I don't remember girls looking so frumpy.
The Phyrst was the first bar in which I ever drank beer. It was my senior year of high school, and I went up to Tally to visit my older brother. He told me when I got to town he'd still be in class, but to go to his fraternity house; a couple of our high school friends would meet me there, with his ID, and take me over to the bar & he'd meet us there. We looked a lot alike, so figured I could pass for the pic on his license (and, of course, I knew all the identifying info, birthdate, address, etc).
So I go over to the bar with the other guys, and the bouncer starts giving me crap immediately. "Spell your name. What's your address, what's your birthdate, etc." After a few minutes, he says "I don't believe you are S.L." I say I am. He says, "I KNOW you're not." I say I am. He again says "I know you're not. He's my roommate, you're his little brother. He's over by the dartboards waiting for you with a beer."
Sorry effers.
So I go over to the bar with the other guys, and the bouncer starts giving me crap immediately. "Spell your name. What's your address, what's your birthdate, etc." After a few minutes, he says "I don't believe you are S.L." I say I am. He says, "I KNOW you're not." I say I am. He again says "I know you're not. He's my roommate, you're his little brother. He's over by the dartboards waiting for you with a beer."
Sorry effers.
1989-91- Celebrating executions and support for troops...
2016- Students in therapy over political campaign signs written in chalk...
Man, times have changed!
2016- Students in therapy over political campaign signs written in chalk...
Man, times have changed!
Not true. The first two times I drank in there I was 18. Of course I looked older than 18 when I was 18. I had a rather big collection of the wrist bands that they issued.
Get one of these! Long live the Phyrst!
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Had 21.5 dozen in five minutes there one time. Also drank beers one Halloween with a big tongue on my head and shoulders. I went as "Col. Lingus".
The drinking age changed from 18 to 21 while I was in college - I'm pretty sure it was in 1984 but there was some "grandfathering" involved for those who were already legal to drink under the old rules.
Actually, it was raised from 19 to 21 in July 1985. If your 19th birthday was prior to July 1, you were grandfathered in.
