They were still open in '07? I thought they shut it down in the beginning of '06. I left before the fall semester in '05. I graduated that summer and thought for sure that Adams rib Co place was there. My chronologic memory sucks though - especially those years - so I will take your word for it. Apparently they were able to struggle on without me for more than a few months.
I had long curly brown hair at the time with mutton chops and winter park lacrosse shorts I wore every day to work for 3 years that people constantly mistook for clemson attire. I was pretty easy to spot back then.
Was the guy you're talking about like 7 foot tall? He was there around the time I left and had long black hair and worked the grill. His name was joseph. Was one of the sloppiest drunks you'll ever see. Made a mean burger though. Food there was outstanding. And it sounds like they finally fixed those disgusting taps with lines that hadn't been cleaned in 20 years and flies circling the kegs. I gave people drafts free when I worked the front.
So I had keys to the place. And drunk me always thought it was a good idea to invite people back to Joes after the bars closed to keep drinking and eat stuff. I can't count how many times people started showing up for work the next day with my drunk ass still asleep somewhere on the property ... often not alone. I would wake up and hear people showing up so I would just start prepping like I'd just shown up. They knew. But that wasn't until the end when the owners stopped caring and were shopping the place. I took the delivery truck home with me after work. Had a bong in the freezer in the back. Hired a bunch of cute girls with giant boobs to work the front and ordered baby tees as their uniform. (I know, I know. Give me a break I was like 23.) There was way more egregious stuff than that, but you get the idea. Best job I've ever had.
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I left in mid '07, before football season. So I can't be sure. But I'm pretty sure it was open in '06. Could be wrong. My favorite memory from Joe's was leaving the Bills game when Sage Rosenfels led that crazy comeback. I was hungover so when the game looked ****ed I headed out (I almost never give up on a game) and missed the end. Gave me a good
Joe's was a fun (ie cheap) place to go, but too damn bright. And the TVs were god****ingawful. You had to be straight on to them to see anything.
You wouldn't have remembered me -- I came in to watch the games and have a hamburger and head out, and I don't have any particular look (I'm not 6'10 or have a peg leg or anything definitive like that). Joe's wasn't the kind of place I went to for a beer and a laugh even though I knew the beer was cheap. I did manage to get banned for life from JP Gators back in the day, but that's another story.
The "Joe" of Joe's Deli when I went looked like a unshelled leatherback turtle. More than 6 foot tall, bald, square.
