jonocarroll
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I don't think CUB or Jim Beam ever had any ownership. There's sponsorship (plenty of Coopers stuff on the walls too). There was a brief period last year when it was run by a decent guy - sponsorship for clubs, good beer prices, new pool tables, but no food to be found. Then NWC took over (all of catering on campus) and it got worse.UniBar is dead
Taken over by CUB, Jim Beam and food worse than the Mayo.
The Mayo food has slightly improved lately, but the prices have become out of reach for a realistic student budget.
Depending on how long ago you were there... there are still booths over by the windows. Same ones have been there the last 8 years I've been here. They do have hard seats though.
All of Uni catering is run by NWC. They aren't necessarily doing a bad job, coffee's still $2 which ain't too bad compared to the outrageous prices over the road (approaching double that). I haven't been happy with the UniBar since they removed the rowboat from the ceiling.
Not that the schnitties were all that great before. They were cheap, that's what they were. If they happened to be out of the week old coleslaw you would get a tiny chocolate instead. Mmmm. Nutrition!
Where was I? Oh, yeah - my terrible undergrad drinking. We used to get various food/drink vouchers in the student diaries. These vouchers ran out last day of term 1. Ne'er a year went by without that last day having the UniBar full of people, and a massive stack of torn-up diaries littering just outside the door.
I have a vague recollection of an evening in which a mate and I used up all of the beer vouchers, each, on the first night of term 1. This night included the following conversation;
Me: "Only one voucher left - 2 for 1 Southwark White. 2 Whites please"
Barmaid: "Really? Have you tried this beer?"
Me: " ... No. 2 Whites please"
Barmaid: "I bet you don't finish 'em both, here ya go"
Me: "Pfft." <sip> "... I'll just leave this second one here then."
That night ended at another bar, with one of us falling down a flight of stairs at 2am with an open beer bottle in their jacket breast pocket, which promptly spilled all over them. Both getting a taxi to one of our places. One of us throwing up on the front lawn. One of us making it to the 8a.m. lecture, the other sleeping on the bathroom floor. I'll leave a bit of mystery as to which person did which.
