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Perhaps wrong forum, but it's not really about burgers and I wanted to put it in The Daily Texan for old times' sake

 

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18 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Sucks. But I vote whataburger 

It’ll probably be some hipster vegan bullshit instead. 

Did the Union raise the rent too damn high ?

Only the quickest Cashier in all the land. He 1997-2001 he was a Campus treasure.

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57 minutes ago, softlynow said:

Inevitable once Junior passed away. 

Este 

before wendy's it was called the garden grill.  then they outsourced food services to sodexho, closed down the tavern, sold off pieces to people like wendy's.  there used to be a big party at the beginning of every fall semeseter in the union.  i cant remember what it was called.  it was wall to wall party in the union.  about 20 bands would play, and i bet 100 kegs were consumed.  it was crazy.

54 minutes ago, thrillhammer said:

before wendy's it was called the garden grill.  then they outsourced food services to sodexho, closed down the tavern, sold off pieces to people like wendy's.  there used to be a big party at the beginning of every fall semeseter in the union.  i cant remember what it was called.  it was wall to wall party in the union.  about 20 bands would play, and i bet 100 kegs were consumed.  it was crazy.

 

We used to go to that. Good way to meet and pick up on freshman chicks.

 

One year I hooked up with a grad student I met at that party. Turned out she was a TA in one of my classes. Yes. I boned one of my TA's before I (or she) knew she was my TA.

I'm always happy to see chains go, but this one bums me out a bit.  I can't remember how many times I was hungover, forgot I needed a blue book for a test on a Friday.  So I'd run into the co-op to buy one, then grab something greasy from Wendy's for $3 and head to six-pack.  End of an era. 

Back in my day we didn't have Wendy's in the Union. Or any other chain restaurant. We had nothing but generic food offerings like "Mexican" and "Deli". That's the way it was and we liked it!!!  #surlyolds

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2 hours ago, Art Vandelay said:

Back in my day we didn't have Wendy's in the Union. Or any other chain restaurant. We had nothing but generic food offerings like "Mexican" and "Deli". That's the way it was and we liked it!!!  #surlyolds

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good post, except i dont remember the deli.  i can tell you that the burgers at the garden grill were loads better than wendy's.  

2 minutes ago, thrillhammer said:

good post, except i dont remember the deli.  i can tell you that the burgers at the garden grill were loads better than wendy's.  

Yeah, there probably wasn't a deli. I'm just too old to remember what all they had so I was making shit up. But you're right, the burgers were very good. I also remember the burritos being pretty good from whatever the Mexican place was called.

I always just spent my days drinking beer downstairs in the bowling alley. 

I didn't even know Junior died. They should have shut it down immediately after that. 
Same. He was a legend.

He was actually murdered.  Hit over the head at a bus stop by a homeless dude.  Really sad story.  How did you guys miss this on the shag?

4 hours ago, Art Vandelay said:

Back in my day we didn't have Wendy's in the Union. Or any other chain restaurant. We had nothing but generic food offerings like "Mexican" and "Deli". That's the way it was and we liked it!!!  #surlyolds

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Back in my day, where that Quiznos is located across from Wendy's, was the bar.  We'd have pitchers of Shiner Bock for lunch instead of your faggot hamburgers!

1 hour ago, Deej said:

I always just spent my days drinking beer downstairs in the bowling alley. 

it was a texadelphia for a while, iirc

 

 

liked getting a pitcher at the cactus after exams

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2 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

He was actually murdered.  Hit over the head at a bus stop by a homeless dude.  Really sad story.  How did you guys miss this on the shag?

We didn't miss it.

11 hours ago, Facemask said:

Only the quickest Cashier in all the land. He 1997-2001 he was a Campus treasure.

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I’ve hallucinated more than once but I got to UT in 2003 and I’m pretty sure he was still there. 

3 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

He was actually murdered.  Hit over the head at a bus stop by a homeless dude.  Really sad story.  How did you guys miss this on the shag?

And that homeless man was Kevin Morgan.

Once they opened a Chik fil A down there its days were numbered. 

End of an era. I consumed more than my share of 5-piece nuggets and junior cheeseburgers there in my day. My man Junior was a machine - RIP. 

6 hours ago, Horn_Spanker said:

Back in my day, where that Quiznos is located across from Wendy's, was the bar.  We'd have pitchers of Shiner Bock for lunch instead of your faggot hamburgers!

The tavern does not get the appreciation it deserves. Not only could you buy a pitcher of beer on campus, in the student union, at 10:30 in the morning, but lots of people did. It was three deep at the bar during happy hour sometimes, at fucking 3 in the afternoon.

I’ve hallucinated more than once but I got to UT in 2003 and I’m pretty sure he was still there. 

I graduated in 2011 and remember him.



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Does anyone recall the specific year that this Wendy's opened?  I think it was sometime during my haunting of the forty acres, so sometime between '89 - '93. As I recall there was some controversy over having a corporate fast food chain come into the Union.

 

6 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

Does anyone recall the specific year that this Wendy's opened?  I think it was sometime during my haunting of the forty acres, so sometime between '89 - '93. As I recall there was some controversy over having a corporate fast food chain come into the Union.

 

I was there 90-94 and seemed to remember opening toward my junior or senior year.  Maybe an unpopular opinion but I like Wendy’s bean soup (they call it “chili”).

 

 


I graduated in 2011 and remember him.



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My 1997-2001 referred to my 4 yrs of being there. And the downstairs Tavern was the shit!

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3 minutes ago, Facemask said:

My 1997-2001 referred to my 4 yrs of being there. And the downstairs Tavern was the shit!

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Are you me?

Are you me?
Maybe... Are you a 5'6" Indian (dot) born and raised in Texas.

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2 minutes ago, Facemask said:

Maybe... Are you a 5'6" Indian (dot) born and raised in Texas.

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Negative. How is sugarland these days?

9 hours ago, Lhorn said:

I was there 90-94 and seemed to remember opening toward my junior or senior year.  Maybe an unpopular opinion but I like Wendy’s bean soup (they call it “chili”).

 

 

pro tip

 

get a #2 with just pickles and  large chili (or you call it, bean soup) and pour that over your burger and fries

Negative. How is sugarland these days?
Haha.. good one, because it's F'n true!. But I'm in Austin.

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Used to meet my wife almost daily for lunch at Wendy's (93-99... don't you judge me). Proposed to her on The Union steps, and ate Wendy's afterwards.

Sadly, this closing won't get me laid.

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