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Chuck’s Café

American Cuisine, Photo Credit: Reece Jackson

A campus favorite Chuck’s Café is a bar located on 727 S Crouse Ave behind Marshall Street. Chuck’s Café is one of the 4 major dive bars on the Syracuse University campus. If you’re looking for a funky bar with a lot of character, Chucks is definitely a staple for the nightlife on the SU hill. Feel free to bring a sharpie and tag your name on the wall to leave your mark when you visit!

Menu

Chuck’s menu offers traditional American food as well as a large variety of appetizers. Among the crowd favorites are spinach artichoke dip, humus with pita bread and chili cheese fries.

Their Monday Special includes $2 burgers and on Sunday wings are 25 cents.

Happy Hour is Monday – Friday 11 am to 8 pm.

Atmosphere

As overwhelming as it may seem, Chuck’s is known for its loud ambiance. However the large locale, with graffiti covered walls and tables accompanied with the music isn’t hard to get accustomed to. The rowdiness and student vibe makes it apparent as why Chuck’s is a favorite amongst the Syracuse student body. Though weeknights can often be slow the weekend crowd makes up for the it. Considering how inviting their happy hour is, students can be found at Chuck’s at almost any time of the day. Often times during the week, students go to Chucks to relax, eat and have a beer before continuing on with their daily schedule.

Apart from food and drinks, Chuck’s often plays 80’s and 90’s classic rock hits as well as popular modern popular song. The bar is equipped with several big screen TVs playing the most current sports events, Chuck’s also has two pool tables, dart board machines, and basketball shooting machines, therefore there is no excuse for costumers to ever get bored.

Chuck’s gets very busy Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights, and game days so if you are looking to find a place to sit arriving early is recommended.

Chuck’s has a very strict 21 and over policy and always checks IDs. After 6 pm identification is required a the door. During the day underage patrons can order food but the bartenders will check IDs whenever an alcoholic beverage is ordered.

Cover Charge

Chuck’s starts charging $2 cover at 9:00 pm, and after 12:00 am it increases to $5. On Wednesdays nights there is no cover charge.

Specials

Happy Hour:

Monday- Friday: (11am to 8pm)

$3.50 Pitchers of Miller Light, Honey Brown, Yuegling, Keystone Light and Miller 64

Monday: (11am to 8pm)

$2 burgers

Thursday: After 8pm, $1.50 Bud Light Bottles

Friday: All day

$3.50 Pitchers of Miller Light, Honey Brown, Yuegling, Keystone Light and Miller 64

Contact Information

Address:
727 S. Crouse Ave Syracuse, NY 13210

Phone Number:
(315) 477-144

Business Hours:
Monday – Sunday 11:00am to last call (2:00 am)

 

Wise Guys Comedy Club

Downtown Syracuse area, where Wise Guys Comedy     Club is located: 201 S Salina Street Syracuse, NY 

General Information
The club has been around since 1985 and is considered to be one of the premier comedy club in the area of Syracuse. It has featured nationally known stars such as Andrew Dice Clay, Ray Romano, Kevin James and The Unknown Comic. Comedians have also been known to drop in and attend a show, often giving them positive reviews.


Showroom
The showroom where the entertainment takes place is on the club’s lower level, where as dining is located on the upper level. The showroom seats 110 guests on a first-come first-served basis in order to create a more intimate and personable atmosphere amongst the audience. Seating is done about 15 minutes before show time and Wise Guys Comedy Club claims that “there is no bad seat in the house.” There is tableside cocktail service available at ever sow and no drink minimums are required.

Dining
What many find convenient about Wise Guys Comedy Club is the fact that when going seeing a show, one can go to dinner before or after all within the same place. Lunch is offered starting at 11am, running until 2pm. The lunch menu features salads, sandwiches, and wraps as well as all available drinks on the menu. The pub are is open from the end of lunch until the club closes, featuring a similar menu to the lunch menu, with a few differences including pizza and a different selection of sandwiches. The dinner menu, which is only available Wednesday through Saturday, features entrees such as steaks, chicken, and seafood on top of what was is offered at the pub.

Costs:
Though there are no cover charges, tickets for shows cost $15 each.
Location:
201 S Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13204

Contact:
Dining Reservations: (315) 214-4596
Comedy Reservations: (315) 477-9898

References:  www.wiseguyssyracuse.com

The Inn Complete

The Inn Complete is a graduate student run bar and restaurant located in South Campus and caters mostly to upperclassmen, graduate students, staff and faculty.

Upper Level Inn Complete, photo credit Gabrielle Beaudry, Creative Commons licensed.

Contact Information

Address:

Skytop Road

South Campus

Syracuse, NY 13210

Business Hours:

Hours can be found at and are subject to change (Note: In the evening you must be 21 and older).

Background

The Inn Complete started in 1987 in sky barn before it was moved to its current location. The Inn was previously known as Ski Lodge, because this building was the former location for the Syracuse University owned .The former ski lodge is made out of red wood resembling a barn. The majority of patrons used to be graduate students, staff, and faculty, however because South Campus no longer houses graduate students this has begun to change. The establishment offers a variety of pub foods that are able to be paid for by cash, or on your SUper Card money. Wireless access is also available at the Inn.

Menu

The Inn offers a variety of pub foods including quesadillas, grill burgers, salads, wraps, fajitas, and vegetarian options. All food is priced reasonably. The Inn also offers both alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages. The Inn offers some of the cheapest prices for alcohol on the Hill. For a complete look at the menu got to The Inn Complete website or click here: .

Atmosphere

The bar’s opts to create a relaxed and fun environment for students and faculty to unwind. The bar has a variety of games and entertainment including flat screen TVs, pool, foosball, Wii, ping pong tables, darts, among many others. The bar gets especially crowded on  Trivia Night which different groups compete against each other, to see who knows the most facts about different categories.

Cover Charge

The Inn Complete usually does charge for entrance but since the bar is owned and operated by the university, they are really strict about the 21 and older policy and have never gotten in trouble for serving minors.

Bibliography

Salisbury, Katherine. “Cheers: Inn Complete Serves Students, Faculty as Part of Decades-old Tradition.” Daily Orange. 9 Mar. 2009. Print.

“Syracuse University Food Services – The Inn Complete.” Syracuse University Food Services. Web.

 

 

Goldstein Student Center

This is Goldstein Student Center, photo credit Gabrielle Beaudry, Creative Commons licensed.

Goldstein Student Center is the central location on south campus. It is a 3700 square foot building. Goldstein provides students and faculty with many vital services, which includes South Campus Express grocery store, Fitness Center, Laundry Services, Dining Center, conference rooms, an ATM, and a quiet study lounge. Office of Residence Life as well as the Department of Public Safety have offices in this center.  Although the Goldstein Student Center is primarily used by students, it is also open to the public. Visitors are welcome at the student center to eat, shop, or just check out student life on campus. Hours for Goldstein Student Center can be found at

South Campus Express

South Campus Express is a grocery store that takes SUper Food money, cash, debit, and credit. The food available in this grocery store include frozen dinners, frozen desserts, snack foods, fresh produce and seasonal local produce, dairy products, and convince food. Non-food products include shampoo, conditioner, and other health products, over the counter medicine, school supplies, cleaning supplies, laundry products, and cleaning products. The hours of South Campus Express can be found at .

Fitness Center

Only open to Syracuse University students and faculty, the Goldstein Fitness Center has cardio and weight lifting machines. The fitness center has treadmills, stair masters, elliptical, stationary bikes, and a rowing machine. While the equipment in the Fitness Center is not as new as other campus locations, there are a several weight lifting machines and the added convenience of being adjacent to the Laundry Services.

Laundry Services

The Laundry Service in Goldstein accepts both SUper Card Food Plus and quarters. Prices are $1.50 for washing machines and $1.25 for dryers. Laundry Service hours are the same as the hours for Goldstein Student Center, however the last load of laundry must be in two hours before close of facility. You must bring your own laundry basket and detergent is available for sale in South Campus Express. The Laundry room includes 35 washers, 44 dryers, and two change machines. The availability of open washers and dryers can be seen online at

Dining Center

This dining facility is located on South Campus in the downstairs part of the Goldstein Student Center. This clean and comfortable dining center offers Freshens Smoothie Company, Jump Asian Express Cuisine, Burger King, Sal’s Bird Land, a hot food line, a deli, and a salad soup bar. This facility accepts cash, SUper Food, and Skyhall residents can use their meal plans.

Freshens

Freshens is a smoothie and ice cream vender that uses yogurt in the vast majority of their products. Some of the available smoothies include Berry Breeze, Caribbean Craze, Citrus Mango and Orange Sunrise. All smoothies come with the option of adding protein supplements. Freshens also sells vanilla and chocolate ice cream made with yogurt instead of milk.  Freshens does make all peanut butter shakes in separate blenders; however Goldstein is unable to subtract or substitute any ingredients because of allergies.

Jump Asian Express:

Jump Asian Express has a stir fry line where you have your choice of sauce, vegetables, chicken, pork, or beef. There is also the option of white rice, brown rice, or noodles. ‘Jump’ also has two daily specials and ready to order egg rolls.

Sal’s Bird Land

Sal’s offers breaded chicken wings, potato wedges, steak, and chicken . To order from Sal’s you put your order in on a computer located between the salad bar and Sbarro. When the order is finished the kitchen staff bring it to the cashier, who will bring it to you in the main dining room. Sal’s Bird Land is open during the dinner serving time.

Sbarro

Sbarro is an Italian fast food chain with pizza, pasta, vegetables, strombolis, bread sticks, and meatball sandwiches. Pizza type includes cheese, pepperoni, sausage, mushroom, spinach and mushroom, supreme, Hawaiian, spinach and broccoli and many more.  The strombolis include peperoni and cheese and spinach and cheese. Goldstein serves the pastas on a rotation, which includes lasagna, baked ziti, and spaghetti.

Dunkin’ Donuts

Dunkin’ Donuts offers an abbreviated menu from the original fast food chain. Drink items include hot coffee, cappuccino, espresso, hot chocolate, hot tea, iced coffee, ice tea, ice latte, coolattas and decaf. Bakery items include a selection of donuts, munchkins, brownies, croissant, hash browns, muffins, and danishes. There are also breakfast sandwiches including bacon/ ham/ turkey with egg and cheese, Angus stake, and big n’ toasted.

Burger King

Burger King also has a limited menu. Available in Goldstein are chicken, fish, and beef burgers, wraps, chicken nuggets, chicken strips, French fries, onion rings, and combo meals. Burger King is opens at the lunch serving time every day. For combo meals, the fries and burger are ordered at the counter and fountain drinks from the counter in the front of the cafeteria.

Goldstein Student Center’s official website:

Important Goldstein Student Center Phone Numbers:

443-1514 Goldstein Dining

443-1990 Goldstein Information Center

443-2224 Public Safety

443-3893 Residence Life

443-2567 South Campus Housing

References

“Goldstein Student Center”. Student Centers and Program Service. December, 9 2009