Kelowna Pub Torn Down....

[dirtybiker]

Ah well, at the very least should be thankful that it has been dormant
for a long spell, then demo'd
As opposed to thriving with vitality and burning down.

[60-YEARS-in-Ktown]

Tried posting this 2 hrs back, dnf.
Luigis pub was,
The first neighborhood pub in BC
The law had changed

Prior to this there were beer bars in hotels only, and a few nightclubs. I dont know of them opening before evening. So if you wanted a beer in the daytime, hotel it was...
So we had 3 places to have a beer, Capri , Royal Anne, and the Willow Inn
And maybe the Eldorado, way out in Mission..Eldorado Rd. Of course Anavets and Legion, but they were membership places. Nothing comes to mind in Rutland .
Tiny Grand Forks had between 4 and 7 places to go..

Table level windowless was the norm in most BC Beer Parlors. That made the Totem Inn in Peachland pretty cool,they had windows with street and lake views. Back then I remember the Totem and the Regent in Revelstoke having table height windows, and not many others.

Then, the Oh so Slow and Backward Liquor Branch, decided to change. Partly due to folks in Winfield and Black Mountain areas having to drive home after imbibing.. This was common throughout the province. If people could have a pub nearby , they had shorter drive, or may even walk, or bike to a nearby drinking establishment.
Around his time or a bit later they started pushing for people to have designated drivers, a wise choice.

So yes, as far as I know,Luigis was the first in BC.

[LANDM]

Hey 60Years.....a little trivia question for you since we remember much of the same things.....where was the only place you could sit down and order a beer on a Sunday in the central Okanagan back then?

The Pinsetter Lounge.

[dle]

Hey 60Years.....a little trivia question for you since we remember much of the same things.....where was the only place you could sit down and order a beer on a Sunday in the central Okanagan back then?

The Pinsetter Lounge.

The Pinsetter....was that the little lounge in a bowling alley on the Westside?

[dle]

Tried posting this 2 hrs back, dnf.
Luigis pub was,
The first neighborhood pub in BC
The law had changed

Prior to this there were beer bars in hotels only, and a few nightclubs. I dont know of them opening before evening. So if you wanted a beer in the daytime, hotel it was...
So we had 3 places to have a beer, Capri , Royal Anne, and the Willow Inn
And maybe the Eldorado, way out in Mission..Eldorado Rd. Of course Anavets and Legion, but they were membership places. Nothing comes to mind in Rutland .
Tiny Grand Forks had between 4 and 7 places to go..

Table level windowless was the norm in most BC Beer Parlors. That made the Totem Inn in Peachland pretty cool,they had windows with street and lake views. Back then I remember the Totem and the Regent in Revelstoke having table height windows, and not many others.

Then, the Oh so Slow and Backward Liquor Branch, decided to change. Partly due to folks in Winfield and Black Mountain areas having to drive home after imbibing.. This was common throughout the province. If people could have a pub nearby , they had shorter drive, or may even walk, or bike to a nearby drinking establishment.
Around his time or a bit later they started pushing for people to have designated drivers, a wise choice.

So yes, as far as I know,Luigis was the first in BC.

Boy you are really bringing back old memories - now that you mention it I remember the "beer parlours", I think they were called, weren't allowed to have windows at street level to prevent people seeing in from outside on the street. Heaven forbid a kid or Mom looked in and saw Dad tossing back a cold one. They also had 2 entrances, one for "Ladies & Gents", and one for "Men". I think there was a "men only" side of the bar and a "ladies & gents, or escorts". I think they literally called the new stand-alone pubs, "neighbourhood pubs", still do sometimes but mostly shortened to just "pub".

[60-YEARS-in-Ktown]

I think you could get a drink at the golf course in Winfield in the 80,s

[Urban Cowboy]

I think you could get a drink at the golf course in Winfield in the 80,s

The 80's? Try like up until two years ago or so.

[60-YEARS-in-Ktown]

What I meant was already that far back and on Sundays? Maybe.
The Sunday drinking came in in time for Expo so we would not embarrass ourselves to the rest of the world. Actually I think April of 86..

[WalterWhite]

Hey 60Years.....a little trivia question for you since we remember much of the same things.....where was the only place you could sit down and order a beer on a Sunday in the central Okanagan back then?

The Pinsetter Lounge.

The Pinsetter....was that the little lounge in a bowling alley on the Westside?

Rutland bowling alloey (the actual name escapes me atm) that was at the corner of Rutland Rd. and Gray Rd. Pinsetter was the lounge inside. It's now the home of the Salvation Army.

[WalterWhite]

Tried posting this 2 hrs back, dnf.
Luigis pub was,
The first neighborhood pub in BC
The law had changed

Prior to this there were beer bars in hotels only, and a few nightclubs. I dont know of them opening before evening. So if you wanted a beer in the daytime, hotel it was...
So we had 3 places to have a beer, Capri , Royal Anne, and the Willow Inn
And maybe the Eldorado, way out in Mission..Eldorado Rd. Of course Anavets and Legion, but they were membership places. Nothing comes to mind in Rutland .
Tiny Grand Forks had between 4 and 7 places to go..

Table level windowless was the norm in most BC Beer Parlors. That made the Totem Inn in Peachland pretty cool,they had windows with street and lake views. Back then I remember the Totem and the Regent in Revelstoke having table height windows, and not many others.

Then, the Oh so Slow and Backward Liquor Branch, decided to change. Partly due to folks in Winfield and Black Mountain areas having to drive home after imbibing.. This was common throughout the province. If people could have a pub nearby , they had shorter drive, or may even walk, or bike to a nearby drinking establishment.
Around his time or a bit later they started pushing for people to have designated drivers, a wise choice.

So yes, as far as I know,Luigis was the first in BC.

Boy you are really bringing back old memories - now that you mention it I remember the "beer parlours", I think they were called, weren't allowed to have windows at street level to prevent people seeing in from outside on the street. Heaven forbid a kid or Mom looked in and saw Dad tossing back a cold one. They also had 2 entrances, one for "Ladies & Gents", and one for "Men". I think there was a "men only" side of the bar and a "ladies & gents, or escorts". I think they literally called the new stand-alone pubs, "neighbourhood pubs", still do sometimes but mostly shortened to just "pub".

Pub - is short for "Public House".

[LANDM]

I think you could get a drink at the golf course in Winfield in the 80,s

Nope, the pinsetter was at the bowling alley in the basement at the little mall in Winfield. At the time, the only place on a Sunday to grab a drink.

[Grandan]

I liked the first location of Ernie's and have had a beer or two at the next location, then had a few at RJ McMaster's Neighbourhood Pub but don't recall if I was there when it changed names again to Tom Collins Pub.

I remember going to the first Ernie's too - long skinny place! Can't remember exactly where it was though.....

Ernies place was right behind Carmelles Creperie. At one time Safeway was in the mall next along the highway behind Ernies.
There was also an insurance place in that mall.
When the Mall expanded they were required to build Dilworth, prior to that the main road was Benvoulin.
Ernies Place was moved to Springfield before the building of Dilworth and had direct access off Benvoulin Road.
When Dilworth was built all they got was the one access which did not serve them well. Also the stairs from the mall did not improve the access.

[Anonymous123]

Rutland bowling alloey (the actual name escapes me atm) that was at the corner of Rutland Rd. and Gray Rd. Pinsetter was the lounge inside. It's now the home of the Salvation Army.

Corner Pin Inn

[MAPearce]

That was the Corner Pin ...

Won a buck fitty on Keno on a Sunday 10 mins after they opened 8 or so years back...

[Anonymous123]

People started opening a portion of their rooming houses for consumption of alcohol to the Public in their neighbourhood, hence the name Neighbourhood Public House. Then became Neighbourhood Pub and then shortened to Pub. I see that there is a trend to now call some of them Public or Social Houses.The oldest pub in BC is Six Mile Pub (1848) in the Victoria area http://www.sixmilepub.com/history/yesteryear.