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Page 4 • The Battalion
Tuesday • September 26,
Taking a shot in the dad
New shot bar owners strive for variet
By Amy Uptmor
The Battal ion
C oupe de Ville’s neon lights
and Cadillac sign stand
out among the traditional
face of Northgate.
But that’s the idea.
James Vanya, co-owner of
Coupe de Ville’s, said he wanted
to open a bar on Northgate that
had a different atmosphere than
other bars on the strip.
The bar is as different on the
inside as it is on the outside.
Vanya describes it as a “hip, rock
’n’ roll shot bar,” featuring music
from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
Scott Schumacher, a junior
general studies major and man
ager of Coupe’s, said the most
distinct feature of the bar is its
drink board. The bar offers 101
shots, all of which are listed,
along with their contents, on the
wall opposite the bar.
“That way people know exact
ly what they’re getting,” he said,
“and most of the bartenders
know more than 101 shots.”
The bar offers mixed drinks,
long necks, flaming Dr. Peppers
and, of course-, pitchers of beer.
Schumacher said that another
thing that sets Coupe’s apart from
other bars is its clean atmosphere.
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kick them out,” he said. “If
you've been around here (College
Station) for a while, you can ap
preciate that.”
Jim Cooper, general manager
of Coupe’s, said the bar does
things a little different from other
bars. He said he is proud of the
outstanding customer service the
workers at Coupe’s offer.
“We have a friendly staff that
treats people the way they would
want to be treated,” Cooper said.
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Dry Bean offers traditional atmospherf
Jan Higginbotham
The Battalion
I
t’s an image right out of the movies — a shot
bar, only 12 feet wide and 100 feet long, filled
with smoke, people and liquor.
A movie image is exactly what Don Ganter
had in mind when he created the Dry Bean shot
bar on Northgate four years ago. The bar was
created in the image of the Dry Bean saloon in
the movie Lonesome Dove.
Ganter converted what had been Sticky Chins,
an ice cream parlor, into the popular Northgate
shot bar.
“1 had a real, estate man in Dallas tell me
once, ‘If you can walk out of a building and see a
hotel, motel or college dormitory, build a bar,”’
Ganter said. So that is what he did.
Kevin Cox, a senior business analysis major
and Dry Bean bartender, said the bar’s atmos
phere is what keeps people coming back.
“We’ve got real good drinks, real good bar
tenders and great atmosphere,” Cox said. “The
Dry Bean is becoming a new Aggie tradition.”
Ashoka Ali, a biomedical science graduate,
said visiting the Dry Bean is a tradition for him
and his roommates.
“We usually start out our nights there,” Ali
give Coupe’s a try.
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The Dry Bean is one of only a
Bryan-College Station that checks the aget-: ||j octors j
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crowd because they don’t have to mess ar: ! 61 ^ v y^ en
with the younger crowd,” he said. ,ht! h'*'
Jason Maxwell, a senior management ml
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more unique. 1I3 while v
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to a place like the Dry Bean,” Maxwell saidfe
makes it that much more exciting when y 0li ujtyVotC
tually get to go in. That’s why I celebratedr j
21 st birthday there.” UrDZin IS!
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tablishment, Cox said a lot of former stude:|ST. PAUL*
like to come in to see the place. B ur ^ l1n slr '
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ends,” he said. “We see a lot of them in hercr 6 j J . r ” 5 en | s
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her parents have enjoyed visiting the Dry BtlQ t yy ote
with her. tia! rote coi
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of C.S. Lewis' "The lion, The Witch & 'lire
Wardrobe." You won’t want to miss it!
Sunday, October 8, 1995
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