The Washington Tavern is scheduled to re-open November 15, 2024

[cwdickens]

I remembered that some had a particularly unique connection to The Washington Tavern "WT's", will your time to return home is now...

From a Times-Union story (recent)

Revived Washington Tavern in Albany, due Nov. 15, to honor original

Edited November 15 by cwdickens
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[Dane96]

Worked there and lived above it for two years!

[nysteve661]

Ah yes, WT's.  It was 1984, a year after I graduated, visiting my UA girlfriend, now my wife of 37 years.  For a dumb reason, I drank two of their Long Island Iced Teas in half an hour.  Haven't had one since, it was ugly 🥺.

[McFan]

On 11/15/2024 at 3:12 PM, nysteve661 said:

Ah yes, WT's.  It was 1984, a year after I graduated, visiting my UA girlfriend, now my wife of 37 years.  For a dumb reason, I drank two of their Long Island Iced Teas in half an hour.  Haven't had one since, it was ugly 🥺.

Fond memories w/ the now wife of 28 years at WT's myself.  Not sure if it was the lighting or the alcohol but apparently I looked better in that place after she had a few.

Edited November 21 by McFan

[DanesRGood]

On 11/15/2024 at 12:57 PM, Dane96 said:

Worked there and lived above it for two years!

I don't know who you are other than from on here but if you worked at WTs and lived above in 95/96 then I definitely saw you.  I spenta dumb amount of time in there those two years. lol

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

On 12/4/2024 at 10:11 PM, DanesRGood said:

I don't know who you are other than from on here but if you worked at WTs and lived above in 95/96 then I definitely saw you.  I spenta dumb amount of time in there those two years. lol

Same here 94-95 at least 2x a week.  I remember that time I walked in without being carded (I knew the bouncer) and an underclassperson I worked with saw that and was really impressed and we ended up making out by the Twilight Zone machine (still the best pinball machine ever).  *sigh*.  Now I live in a place where the only way to impress a woman if i show her the registration on my private plane (Ron Howard voice: He does not have a private plane). 

[godanesgo99]

My heyday at WTs was probably 97-99. Mr. Harris named a drink after me (a screw up I wouldn't let him throwout because that was alcohol abuse and I drank it and liked it). Went back somewhere around 2012ish and he was there and remembered it. Good times. WTs really was UA in the 90s.

[Dane96]

On 12/4/2024 at 10:11 PM, DanesRGood said:

I don't know who you are other than from on here but if you worked at WTs and lived above in 95/96 then I definitely saw you.  I spenta dumb amount of time in there those two years. lol

Moved next door in 1997.   Byron rehabbed the home to the direct left of the entrance.  The really nice white one.  Holy $iena did we have a blast there.   Some pf the other crew in that house worked at the Gingerman.   How we survived ….

[cwdickens]

Has anyone visited the new version of the "WT's"?

[DanesRGood]

19 hours ago, Dane96 said:

How we survived ….

I'm still close with a lot of my friends from my time at UA.  We say those words quoted to ourselves all the time.  haha!

[bob87]

On 12/7/2024 at 8:48 AM, cwdickens said:

Has anyone visited the new version of the "WT's"?

Not sure it is worth it with the money grab speed traps the city installed even after school hours to 6PM on western Ave 

[Dane96]

1 hour ago, bob87 said:

Not sure it is worth it with the money grab speed traps the city installed even after school hours to 6PM on western Ave 

Maybe don't speed?  Just a thought. 

[bob87]

46 minutes ago, Dane96 said:

Maybe don't speed?  Just a thought. 

LOL. 

Rt 20 is over 3000 miles long. I don't need to drive the stretch with a 20 MPH speed limit. There is nothing WT's would have that across  the street and Citiline in a 40 MPH zone wouldn't have. 😀 

 

[DanesRGood]

17 hours ago, bob87 said:

LOL. 

Rt 20 is over 3000 miles long. I don't need to drive the stretch with a 20 MPH speed limit. There is nothing WT's would have that across  the street and Citiline in a 40 MPH zone wouldn't have. 😀 

 

Nostalgia, Bob, nostalgia for some of us.  Next trip I make up there, I will be going to WTs for some wings and beer.

[dslyank]

4 hours ago, DanesRGood said:

Nostalgia, Bob, nostalgia for some of us.  Next trip I make up there, I will be going to WTs for some wings and beer.

Enjoy your wings on your next visit. When I first went to the Washington Tavern wings weren't invented yet😜.