Last Call: A Tribute to the All-American Rathskeller compiles 80 years of memories

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Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name — just not necessarily the one that mom picked out.

Joe Bonner said that he and the rest of the staff working the counters at the Rathskeller during the late 1980’s and early ’90’s took liberties with some of the regulars.

“We knew their names but also had nicknames for them based on what they ordered,” Bonner said.

That’s exactly the sort of inside baseball you’re not going to pick up from watching “Last Call: A Tribute to The All American Rathskeller, 1933-2018” — but the pictures still pack a wallop of a nostalgic punch as the bar’s most final of final calls approaches on Jan. 27.


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PSUers know this bar. Looks like it's going to happen (closure). Thought I'd share (tribute on page). Closing time there was surreal; you were literally "broomed" out. The bathrooms were also an adventure. Not one of my hangouts but definitely spent time there.

[longship]

1. I've known places like that, in Detroit.

Always an adventure, and lots of friendly faces.

[Adsos Letter]

2. My best friends dad owned a place like that.

I learned to shoot a wicked game of pool there.

[badhair77]

3. Not my bar at PSU but still great memories there.

Plus the Old College Diner may close also. My fear is that the small town character of College Ave will disappear because of being eaten up by high-rise developers. That would be a shame. Supposedly the new owners of the Rathskeller building want to keep it from being torn down. I hope so.