Everyone I talked to, or at least a lot of them, would always talk about Nichol’s Alley, and I’d say “what?,” and there’d be this little pause on the phone, and then they’d say “Nichol’s Alley. You don’t know about Nichol’s Alley?” And I’d say no, and I think it always kind of hurt my cred a bit — dude thinks he can write a book about Auburn in the ’70s? And he doesn’t know about Nichol’s Alley?
If only I’d found the March 3, 1977 issue of The Plainsman sooner.
Inflation is inflation. But think about that — alcohol suicide for under $1.
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That’s because it was in Columbus, GA!!!! I spent many a Wednesday night there
of course, they were REALLY small beers – about 3-4 oz. each
@lifelongtiger – not when I was there – they were the 20oz cups of draft. They also used to hand out free sub sandwiches as you left because they knew many of us were driving 40 miles back to Auburn. Lord just think of the calories consumed!!!!!!!!!!!
Is that Fritz the Cat?
I think if I look really hard and deep in the denziens of my closet, or is it an old suitcase I might be able to find my old Nichol’s Alley T-shirt.
They were small beers, but a nickel it was just fine. They would not, however, allow you to buy up several. You would have to return to the bar each time. At a nickel, that could sometimes take a while.
Bartended there for a couple of years in the mid-late 70. Great place.
You paid $3 to get in on Wednesdays, then the beers were a nickel. It was draft beer in a really small glass, maybe 6 oz at most. If you think about it, it was a great deal for a bar, but it wasn’t like they were giving beer away. For $4, you could get in and drink 20 cups of beer, which probably equated to ten 12oz cans of beer. At the time you could get a six pack for $2 or slightly less. Still, it was a great marketing gimic and the lines were long to get into the place. They had a great sound system and there were lots of girls too.
There was a Nichol’s Alley in Jacksonville, FL. I was in grade school at the time. They had interesting animated TV commercials, and I wondered what kind of place it was and what went on there–now I know.
I was the head Host-Bouncer, We loved the pretty Ladies from Auburn!! I tried to make time for them. It was the best times ever!!! Bubba
I was there in 1976 almost every weekend.