990 7. March 1990 What's shakin': More questions for Dr. Sexl Some Q&A about T&A. p. 8 othe ole Provoc gets surprised ... p.8 oEver expandingOut & About... p.9+ MSU's alternative ~teal towels at The C/ydesdale ... p. 9 oHowl atDog Boy... p. 1 O and truly o Music reviews start... p. 11 ·independent voice oParents interview... p. 12 "Velcome to the uR-1 ALL BRR edition, phaSe 11. As we stated last week, this is just one more of our unceasing efforts to satisfy you, our glorious reader. Really ~ only the Provoc doesn't rever you beautiful people! But back to the present. We finish our look at 20+ EL bars this week, from Beggar's Banquet to Zeke's. With the utmost subjectivity, one of ()ur cor­ respondents who frequents a gig has reviewed it based on several criteria. So check it out, and for a complete set of issues, stop by our Guns on Street offices (14a univeriSt ~ nEPOR TER-INTELLl­ GEN[ER P)aza). Enjoy ... CJ Cover: none Cover: none Entertainment: none Entertainment: no bands or Theme: classy dlnnerjoint dancing Best Night: none · Theme: MSU's sports bar Age Requirement: none Best Night: Thursday, Friday and Greek Quotient: doesn't apply Saturday are not bad, might just Location:.Abbott Road, down the seem better ·~use it's not so street from Rick's · crowded Chow: full menu Age Requirement: 19 Best Specials: none Greek Quotient: 8 Crowd: classy Location: 131 Albert, one block Dress: classy, jeans don't cut it east of Abbott Friendly Factor: low .. Chow: full menu, known for Big Diversions: pinching the waiters or - Ten sandwiches and nachos waitresses, but little else Best Specials: extremely rare; The Straight Poop: This is a ·best to go already buzzed classy joint with a great menu. The Greek Peanut Barrel;they have good Crowd: conservative crowd with decor is impeccable and comfort­ 1 • decent ratio of M to F on Thurs­ lwl. burg,trs and fries that feel good going aple, and the bar is low key. 1111111:11111 JL down with a cold draft. Pitcher prices are days. Good place this side of This is a wonderful place to bring a Cover: none reasonable and the booths are a good library to scope. Not a serious woman you want to impress and if Entertainment: tvs,juke box place to hide if you don't like sitting next to drinking crowd you want to depress your wallet. Theme: neighborhood burger bar a table of Staters enthusiastically belting Dress: Preppie in early stage of There's steak, liver pate, wine, Beat Night:weekends out the MSU fight song. night, more casual when other bar cheese, and a variety of other Age Requirement: 21 "Fight, fight, fightteam fight, etc." patrons roll in snaizy dishes. This is not, how­ Greek Quotient: 9 Not too bad a tune, until everyone has Friendly Factor: easy to meet ever, a place to guzzle beer, pull Location: on grand river, by greyhound sung it and• American Pie" for the fourth and across from the AZD house time. people if you know a few of the out your shirttails and tip tables and regulars. Lots of people from your chairs. As you should know by Chow: full menu But Crunchy's is a nice change from the Best Specials: bucket o' beer run-around E.L. bar scene and a good classes will show up here now, the fight song isn't sung here Crowd: fairly mellow, but with a tendency place to get the night out of the blocks. Diversions: lots of pool tables, (and especially not at top voice). to sing along with the juke.box Grab a burger and a beer. The Giggles video games, tvs and basketball But, hey, does every joint in town Dress: preppie to MSU sweatshirts and Grapevine says lunches are pretty good 1 The Straight Poop: Dooley's have to be a joint? jeans here, and in addition to lots of sorority doesn't carry much middle ground Friendly Factor: medium to high (if you girls, you can run into MSU administrators among MSU students. People have the cajones to approach folks) and DiB here every once in a blue moon. who wish Ralph Lauren was never Diversions: good juke box, tvs born might want to avoid this bar if The Straight Poop:Crunchy's is like a ~e~ :. !he _ Se~ond. Front P~ge , tor a cQ~ple'.~- ~~P.~r_t _ c~r~ 0'1J:L. e~t~bl~ _sh _fl'.le,l'.:lts :· •• ....... ";Jt':.·.!...~ rv.~.-::.. -,.:,_ ........J.A.i~~"i-f.:'1'.· .... ' ..,, •• , ··-"-~._,J\i.. __ •• '-"':-' .. ...~ (" ~,, ... ,'J>.:.~t'..... ..t. v.tR• ·-..,.;./' ~-1.0 ~- 0 ·····~---· .. -~~ _)., ~~. ~ ""•·-·, ,, 2· university Reporter-Intelligencer 7 March 1990 preppies and so-called conformity . you've never partied observe the best hygene - but they bothers them. But in reality, the Best Night: any, really play the damn bestest foosball you majority of students at Dooley's are Age Requirement: 18 ever saw! · your average Joas. Dooley's is Greek Quotient: 2 {mainly curiosity This joint draws people from Lansing, always is an institution you can count seekers) East Lansing, Jupiter, Mars, etc, but on, and definitely the best place to Location: 2700 E. Michigan Ave., just beer makes everyone equal in God's visit after a big MSU win. past Frandor, on the left.towards the eyes. Oh, and the people like to meet If you're a pool shark this place is for Capitol as you pass 127 interchange people of the opposite sex. Yes, this you, but get ready to bring a lot of Chow: peanuts and stuff in vending is a place to get some, but what you quarters since the regulars aren't machine get don't always look so good the next ): ).y:.:mm~.:µn. 1v~r~iJY/. .. afraid to take your shirt right off your Best Specials: cheap pitcher specials morning. But hey, they probably feel : ' · R~P.9.J.:t~rHO.f~llig _~fu<?~f:? back. early in the evening the same way! Money is important factor: : don't get Crowd: friendly, wild, rich, poor If you haven't gone to Mac's, you owe caught off guard by the free admission Dress: mandatory yourself. -Bring lots of friends, be­ to Dooley's; the place costs an arm Friendly Factor: if you're tough, you cause the more the merrier here. Oh, and a leg for the serious drinkers. If can get some and as a bonus, Theio's is right next muchies are to your liking, get ready Diversions: Foosball, slide shows, door, so if you're sick of Top Dog this for the "Nachos on Steroids"; a huge video games, tvs, pool is your salvation. plate of nacho chipswith enough stuff Ths Straight Poop: If your feet don't Oh, one last piece of advice - don't 1 to make the biggest glutton smile. stick to the floor and you can move do anything that might piss the ··: ::: ::::::~~i! ~~,a!~r ::· - ·· So if you haven't been to Dooley's - around, Mac's is a great place. The bouncers off. They are huge as life, which puts you in a group with only a beer flows and the lyrics to "American mean to badasses, think five-on-one ::::::: :: ::::::::::::'.::::::::: ·.·.· .·.·.· .. ·.·.·. .· . few other people on campus - go Pie" and "Hotel California" fill the air, is a fair fight {one of you, that is), and •·> '•:•ril~f.tti1ri~ri 'tiC11tor: ::: with your buddies and drop your but if you want to play something on don't hesitate to stomp the shit out of 'il<: ·1 :~ftiji! - .9.?i9.#C:>.< .. .: : attitude at door. Have a good time. East Lansing's best juke box you anyone getting out ofline. :.:-:-:·.<·:-:- :-: -:-:.:-: -: -: . better be ready to wait until 3 am, So drink up and stay cool and your .... since the early birds get the tunes. ass will probably not be waxed. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT go there See you there. .. <··=· !iii~al~l1~~1: : :1: ..:· :::·:.::::: ... expecting to see Prince Charles. This .. ................ ...... is a place only real people go. 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