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miataman

Question about B'burg of yesterday.

Stopped in Bburg on a trip recently and ate at Lefty's in Gables Shopping Ctr. Anyone remember what restaurant was in that location in the late 70's? I remember they had a drink called a Blue Motorcycle.
Posted: 04/23/2024 at 09:52 AM ET

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miataman • 04/23/24 09:52 AM ET
El Guads (Guadalupe) in the late 90s.
MVIII • 04/24/24 09:02 PM ET
That location has been at least a dozen different restaurants
HokieR • 04/23/24 07:19 PM ET
Correct.**
hok1eboy • 04/23/24 08:54 PM ET
Cuckoo's Nest had the fish bowl, which kicked my ass more than once.**
Tank • 04/23/24 04:22 PM ET
After Cuckoo's closed, Crickett's started serving it**
Ho_Ki • 04/23/24 08:01 PM ET
A friend who worked there has the recipe...a fine drink it was/is**
Tuckahokie • 04/23/24 06:10 PM ET
Tick of the Clock?**
Nelsonia Hokie • 04/23/24 04:17 PM ET
Looks like a Long John Silvers**
chagerma • 04/23/24 04:00 PM ET
It was. That was Lefty's previous location. They moved.**
hok1eboy • 04/23/24 08:57 PM ET
Anyone remember Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips?
miataman • 04/23/24 07:23 PM ET
Yeah, it was where Dominoes Pizza is now ( new building/ same location ).**
santafe • 04/24/24 08:19 AM ET
Dang, the name escapes me but, it was during the Disco era.
santafe • 04/23/24 01:02 PM ET
Cellar something... back in the late 70's, early 80's.**
hok1eboy • 04/23/24 08:58 PM ET
Lee’s Fried Chicken maybe?
Marooned • 04/23/24 04:24 PM ET
That was beside the old Long John Silvers.**
santafe • 04/24/24 08:20 AM ET
Macado's had a Blue Motorcycle when next to Kroger**
Concord Dan • 04/23/24 12:03 PM ET
“Underground” or something like that?
Indianahokie78 • 04/23/24 10:34 AM ET
Greeks underground Cellar, oldest bar in Blacksburg, opened 1929.
summervillehokie • 04/23/24 10:50 AM ET
I went there this past football season...
vthhhi • 04/23/24 05:38 PM ET
Love the Cellar!
Slider!22 • 04/24/24 10:03 AM ET
The Copper Den**
bburgnative • 04/23/24 10:30 AM ET
I was a kid when we would stop by there and get a bucket of KFC on the way
DMaroonHokie • 04/23/24 12:08 PM ET
Same with me...loved that chicken!**
bburgnative • 04/23/24 12:18 PM ET
I think it was Lindys Sound Cellar. **
3Hokie • 04/23/24 10:30 AM ET
That does sound familiar **
Indianahokie78 • 04/23/24 10:36 AM ET
I believe we might have a winner.**
miataman • 04/23/24 10:38 AM ET
Mr Fooz, for sure**
hamdog • 04/23/24 11:08 AM ET
You are right about the Blue Motorcycle drink
HOKIESHARK • 04/23/24 10:06 AM ET
Took a bartender's class back then ( mid 70's ) and learned how to make the
VTRLN • 04/23/24 01:34 PM ET
Vodka, gin, rum, 3ple sec, blue curacao, sour mix and soda**
Ho_Ki • 04/23/24 03:26 PM ET
Daddy's Money?**
hamdog • 04/23/24 10:04 AM ET
I think Daddy's Money was either near Book, Strings and Things or up from
miataman • 04/23/24 10:13 AM ET
Directly above BS&T. It was Morgan's when I bartended there**
Ho_Ki • 04/23/24 03:48 PM ET
Near BS&T, downtown.**
santafe • 04/23/24 01:03 PM ET
well, I spent too much of my VELA loan there. **
hamdog • 04/23/24 10:53 AM ET
I was always too broke to eat out, and plus I didn’t have a car
1980VT • 04/23/24 10:02 AM ET
I ate a lot of sandwiches out of the golf shop vending machine and 5 star **
justolerable • 04/28/24 09:53 PM ET