Our long national nightmare is over ...

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

www.thehoya.com/node/14987

Dixie has re-opened.


I know this will get moved soon. But if you're in the DC area, support the place that supported you drinking under-age and show Dixie some love as they re-open.

[bubbrubbhoya]

I think the students will give it plenty of support without my going all the way across town to help out, thanks.

[HeartAttackHoya]

Jan 11, 2008 14:03:46 GMT -5 StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) said:

www.thehoya.com/node/14987

Dixie has re-opened.


I know this will get moved soon. But if you're in the DC area, support the place that supported you drinking under-age and show Dixie some love as they re-open.

underage drinking at georgetown? i had no idea..and to think i waited till my senior year to purchase alchohol from dixies

[strummer8526]

Maybe the new workers/owners there will be sober enough to run a functional business.

[AustinHoya03]

Jan 11, 2008 14:03:46 GMT -5 StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) said:

I know this will get moved soon. But if you're in the DC area, support the place that supported you drinking under-age and show Dixie some love as they re-open.

This actually is a time-honored tradition. Dixie was strategically positioned to be the first stop for Virginia (drinking age: 21) teenagers crossing the Key Bridge to get to DC (drinking age: 18) back in the day.

While on a beer run my freshman year, the guy behind the counter showed my friend why his fake ID was a bad fake, then gave it back to him and told him to come back once he got a better one.

[rosslynhoya]

Not just Virginia teens, but sundry guvvies commuting to/fro over the Key Bridge. A number of my colleagues have reminisced about the place like it was Tom Sarri's Orleans House (which closes on Tuesday for all you nostalgic types).

Hail Dixie!! Now if only Eagle would return, the world would be what it once was...

[lichoya68]

MR DIXIE WHOSE SON TOOK IT OVER AND THEN JUST SOLD IT AS HIS SON SONS WAS ON MY SONS SOCEER TEAM ANYWAY HE MADE HIS MONEY BACK IN THE DAY BY CHARGING MONEY TO CASH GU STUDS CHECKS PROBABLY MADE AS MUCH AS THAT AS ON UNDER AGE ALCHOL WHICH IN THAT DAY THE DRINKNG AGE WAS 18 FOR BEER AND WINE HOW BOUT THAT I COULD DRINK AS A FROSH BUT MOSTLY WENT TO CASH CHECKS TO HELP SUPPORT MR. DIXIE GO HOYAS BEAT UCOONNN

[Coast2CoastHoya]

Welcome back, Dixie! I just can't imagine Gtown without you....

rosslyn, you nailed it: Eagle was the greatest liquor store in Gtown history. Their firesale before moving from M St touched off one of the most booze-filled fortnights I saw in 4 years on the Hilltop.

[bubbrubbhoya]

Jan 11, 2008 20:22:37 GMT -5 rosslynhoya said:

Not just Virginia teens, but sundry guvvies commuting to/fro over the Key Bridge. A number of my colleagues have reminisced about the place like it was Tom Sarri's Orleans House (which closes on Tuesday for all you nostalgic types).

Hail Dixie!! Now if only Eagle would return, the world would be what it once was...

How is the Orlean's House, anyway? I've always been intrigued by the place, and a favorable reccomendation might be all I need to get my butt over there.

[rosslynhoya]

Jan 14, 2008 10:16:45 GMT -5 Coast2CoastHoya said:

rosslyn, you nailed it: Eagle was the greatest liquor store in Gtown history. Their firesale before moving from M St touched off one of the most booze-filled fortnights I saw in 4 years on the Hilltop.

Wow, to think we were in a fortnight-long stupor at the same time. Here's to hazy memories!!!

Jan 14, 2008 13:51:17 GMT -5 bubbrubbhoya said:

How is the Orlean's House, anyway? I've always been intrigued by the place, and a favorable reccomendation might be all I need to get my butt over there.

Foodwise, the steak's about as good as Outback and just a wee bit pricier. Desserts have always been fantastic. Other than "tradition" I think the big attraction for most people is the ambience: the place is definitely dark, with the stained glass and plenty of wrought iron. I'm not sure whether "gothic" is the right word to describe it, but it does have a very mild Addams-family vibe to it some nights. It's definitely not Morton's.

[hifigator]

I think every college town has their place like this. The Gainesville tradition just got leveled for a newer and larger shopping center. It was a drive through convenience store that probably had 90% of their sales in beer. It didn't take people long to figure out that you put the "legal" drinker (the one with the fake ID) in the rear passenger side. Then when the transaction was done at the driver's window, they weren't all that inquisitive, as long as you gave them any sort of legal ID.

[Bando]

Jan 15, 2008 12:33:24 GMT -5 hifigator said:

I think every college town has their place like this. The Gainesville tradition just got leveled for a newer and larger shopping center. It was a drive through convenience store that probably had 90% of their sales in beer. It didn't take people long to figure out that you put the "legal" drinker (the one with the fake ID) in the rear passenger side. Then when the transaction was done at the driver's window, they weren't all that inquisitive, as long as you gave them any sort of legal ID.

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