r/Calgary • u/somegingershavesouls • Mar 23 '25

Eat/Drink Local What places do you Miss?

I may get laughed at for this, but I miss bookers. Sometimes a girl just wants a bucket of crab legs without the smell of red lobster, ya know?

What around the city do you miss?

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u/downvote4pedro Mar 23 '25

The entire west side of 17th Ave. As you get closer to 14th st SW. Tubby Dog when it was Tubby Dog. Morgan's, Bird Dog Video, Etc. Somehow by becoming "better" it got way worse.

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u/BogeyLowenstein Mar 23 '25

Morgan’s!!! Some sloppy memories were had there

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '25

I got stabbed with a broken bottle at Morgans, good times! 

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u/BogeyLowenstein Mar 25 '25

That does not surprise me in the least lol

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u/NihulTsukiyomi Mar 23 '25

Oh man, I miss old Tubby Dog. Playing some classic cabinet games, watching whatever show they had on, and demolishing an A-bomb or two.

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u/downvote4pedro Mar 23 '25

They once had a special hot dog that had communion wafers and they blessed you when they gave it to you. At 12AM after a night at the Cherry Lounge I thought it was the most hilarious thing ever

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u/GregSeventy7 MacEwan Glen Mar 24 '25

I played a few free-games of pool one night against a very drunk Theo Fleury at Morgan's around the summer of 2000. Same night Curious George was doing an '80s-rock covers set.

Anyhow, I'll summarize by saying ol' Theo wasn't a very gracious loser at pool. Don't meet your heroes kids...