Taverns past: The Pub
Help me remember. I was driving down Spring Street going south from the Capitol Complex over the weekend when I suddenly recalled The Pub. If memory serves me, it was on the west side of Spring between Edwards and Cook. Or, possibly, between Cook and Lawrence. All traces of The Pub are gone now. Instead, there are several vacant/parking lots on that side of the street.
The place basically consisted of a large square bar five or six steps inside the front door. Off to the left was a large room with some pinball machines, dart boards, maybe a juke box, and a few tables. The Pub was best known for its free peanuts and people would throw the discarded shells on the floor. They were free, right?
I obviously wasn't a regular. And I can't even remember who I would have gone there with. I was probably last there in about 1979. Who were the regulars? State workers? Did anyone else go to the Pub? What happened to The Pub? And, where are the free peanuts these days?
The place basically consisted of a large square bar five or six steps inside the front door. Off to the left was a large room with some pinball machines, dart boards, maybe a juke box, and a few tables. The Pub was best known for its free peanuts and people would throw the discarded shells on the floor. They were free, right?
I obviously wasn't a regular. And I can't even remember who I would have gone there with. I was probably last there in about 1979. Who were the regulars? State workers? Did anyone else go to the Pub? What happened to The Pub? And, where are the free peanuts these days?
Labels: illinois, peanuts, pub, springfield, tavern
posted by Marie at 12:17 AM
5 Comments:
I believe it was on the northwest corner of Spring & Cook, and was called The Midway Pub if I remember correctly. They tore it down in the early eighties for the nondescript parking lot that is there now. I think they did have free peanuts as well as popcorn in those plastic red baskets. Not sure if Boone's was open then, but they probably took the business that the Midway Pub handled.
Bill Green
The Midway Pub was on the northwest corner of Spring and Cook. They offered free peanuts. It was always really dark in there. That was still a time when state workers would sneak off and drink thier lunch away. People would often travel back and forth between the Warehouse (Bauer, Remmy's Ect) for cocktails. One could also get a drink at the Ideal Lounge and there was one more joint on the west side of Spring between Cook and Lawrance. There was a Taft drive in dairy right next to Midway Pub.
An old beer drinker from the '70s.
What was the name of the tavern on Spring between Lawrence and cook. It burned down n the 80's and was on the west side of the street next to what at one point was the office supply store?
Hey y'all from Seattle.
That was Herrons tavern,it had a map painted on the front window with the slogan,"All routes lead to Herrons"
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