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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1996)
Page 4 Tuesday • September 10, 1996 A new College Station bar caters to cigar smok ers, chess players and beer drinkers. Tim Moog, The Battalion Patrons of Burton Creek Pub and Brewery smoke cigars. Shea Wiggins The Battalion T he night begins. Pick a cigar, select a homemade brew, find a few willing card ! players and start a poker game. | Enter the regal cigar room and > contemplate life. Ascend the stairs and join a dart tournament. If different is good, a new pub in town discovered greatness. The Burton Creek Pub and Brewery is located next to Putt- , Putt Golf on Texas Avenue. Students scattered through the two-story bar to throw mechani cal darts, watch the 109-inch screen television, play poker, or experience interactive television. The bar also offers 14 other television sets to watch sports, an official size shuffleboard, tradi tional pool tables and a gift shop. Donna Black, general manag er, said customers are attracted to the humidor room. “No other bar in town has a room to purchase and then smoke cigars,” Black said. “Professors and students both- seem to enjoy smoking cigars in the cigar room. Cigars are the new thing today.” The cigar room, set with maroon leather couches, a black bearskin rug and a suit of armor, is the site for poker games and chess. R.E. Hopkins, a senior agricul tural development major, said Burton Creek Pub is a mellow alternative to other bars in Bryan- College Station. “I think it appeals to a more social, yet relaxing atmosphere,” Hopkins said. “We can come here now to enjoy a fine cigar and a fine beer without worrying about fighting the crowd.” Black said the idea for a unique pub came to her one night while drinking in another bar. “I was sitting in this club look ing around me,” Black said. “ I kept thinking, if I had a bar, I would do that different. I finally had so many unique ideas that we said, ‘Why not?’” Brian Perry, president of the corporation, said the club is named after a creek in Bryan. “Our initial location was next to Burton Creek in Bryan,” Perry said. "When the city of Bryan decided they did not want a col lege bar in that location, Joe Ferrari contacted me. He sold his restaurant, Ferrari’s, and we think it worked out 100 percent better for us.” Perry said the management tried to plan activities and spe cials for every night of the week. “We provide live entertain ment, dart tournaments, Monday night football, and working women’s Wednesday,” Perry said. “Different activities help to please all the different kinds of people we cater to.” Scott Schumacher, a bartender at Burton Creek Brewery and a junior corporate fitness major, said he thinks students will enjoy the atmosphere. “It is a very large place with something for everyone,” Schumacher said. “We work hard to please people. Once we start the brewery, we will have 30 kinds of beer to offer. But if we don’t have a certain beer that you want, we will go find it, and start carrying it.” The homemade brews will include pilsner, ale, porter and raspberry wheat. The brewery can be seen through glass win dows in the back of the bar. Robyn Parish, a senior speech communications major and wait ress at Burton Creek, said she remembers all the names of stu dents who frequent the bar. “If you come in here often enough everyone will know your name, and even what you drink,” Parish said. “It is just like Cheers!” Decorations are set up to make each room a different sport. Baseball, football, basketball and other sport paraphernalia cover the walls in the pub. “If you like baseball, drink in the baseball section of the bar,” Black said. “We tried to make each nook and cranny unique. We even painted credit cards all over the women’s bathroom, because we know shopping is the ladies’ favorite sport.” Male visitors can’t miss the decorations in the men’s bath room. Each urinal is complete with the pub’s slogan, "Where the Good Times Flow.” Perry said the slogan applies to more than restroom decoration. “We like our slogan, ‘Where the Good Times Flow’,” Perry said. “We have put it on our T- shirts and other souvenirs. The good times flow in with the beer, the sports, the people and the unique atmosphere.” EDNSI A YOUNG IS IN JAKARTA, BRAZZAVILLE, SHANGHAI AND BEIJING. THIS WEEK, WE'LL ALSD BE IN COLLEGE STATION. Visit Our Booth At The 1 9 9 6 Capitalizing On Engineering Opportunities (CEO) Career Fair September 11th, 9am-4pm • September 12th, 9am-3:30pm MSC, Second Floor With 650 offices in more than 100 countries, Ernst &. Young has established itself as one of the world's leading professional services firms. 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