Campus Pub

My friend Kelly says Campus Pub stopped selling liquor after her 18th birthday was celebrated there. I think that says a lot of things about the Pub, and if you've ever been there, it gives you pause to wonder just what kind of throwdown took place. Sadly, it was before I knew her, and probably for the best, as I was slightly more underage than Kelly herself at the time.

I used to be conveniently located around the corner from the Pub, whether I was on campus or at my apartment on Brown Drive. Is it a bad thing that so many happy memories are centered on a bar? I think not. My husband and I went there on our first date, and we made a beeline for it right after my dentist appointment on the day we were married. It was where I finished my first New York Times crossword puzzle, and the first place I was sloshed enough to get up and sing on a Wednesday karaoke night. We all went there to celebrate birthdays, holidays, ends of the semester, heartbreaks, no reasons at all ... it was just where we went.

The Pub reigns supreme in many things--cheap beer, excellent bartenders, a gigantic front porch, and bitchin' bar fights, to name but a few--but most of all, my heart.

Located across the street from MTSU and around the corner from Gentleman Jim's, this little place has a lot going on.  Foosball, pool, and beer drinking are the main activities, with karaoke, trivia and other activities rotated on a weekly schedule.

They recently announced being open 24 hrs a day, which means they start serving breakfast at 3am when they stop selling booze.  The breakfast isn't bad; basic food like eggs, country ham, bacon, etc and hash browns plus other staples.