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The big purge was in 1985-87

When all the states raised the drinking age to 21, every bar that made it's money primarily on beer sales went under. Mr Fooz RIP.

They were replaced by restaurants that made most of their money off of food sales.

In response to this post by HokieSignGuy

Posted: 10/16/2019 at 10:16PM

Anyone know the story of why Big Al's and Poor Billy's Closed? -- HokieSignGuy 10/16/2019 12:48PM

...Baby Billy ** -- chumley 10/16/2019 7:01PM

Saw this article from WDBJ the other day (link) -- MAHokie69 10/16/2019 4:59PM

Not enough capital, cost too high -- fordham 10/16/2019 2:17PM

Ownership wants to pivot to shared office space ** -- typed by ben 10/16/2019 2:02PM

I hear there's very little of that in Blacksburg. ** -- Stork 10/16/2019 2:25PM

That is actually a great idea. Probably no demand, though. ** -- HokieSignGuy 10/16/2019 2:42PM

Makes me want to sing ... -- PhotoHokieNC 10/16/2019 2:01PM

I was a bouncer there for a few months during college (circa late 2012). -- BigJake20 10/16/2019 1:52PM

Dang, that would be horrible. Good idea to jump ship. ** -- HokieSignGuy 10/16/2019 2:40PM

Honestly...I'm surprised they lasted this long. -- vthokieq 10/16/2019 1:33PM

I left the ‘burg in 1984 and Big Al’s looked DOA then ** -- PhotoHokieNC 10/16/2019 2:04PM

I don't think the most recent former Big Als was a thing back then -- JoesterVT 10/16/2019 2:09PM

It was a hair salon (and hot dog stand maybe)... -- vthokieq 10/16/2019 2:37PM

Big Al’s was there for years before I left. I knew -- PhotoHokieNC 10/16/2019 2:16PM

Same spot? Up stairs there on the corner? -- JoesterVT 10/16/2019 2:19PM

The one I knew, which sounds like a different one -- PhotoHokieNC 10/16/2019 2:29PM

Someone here said new owners bought the building earlier this year -- hoosnowahokie 10/16/2019 12:54PM

That's good. Downtown was getting dangerously low on taco places. ** -- HokieNoVA 10/16/2019 1:15PM

Oak Lane is where I always went for tacos. ** -- King Jaffe Joffer 10/16/2019 1:34PM

OMG lol ** -- HokieSignGuy 10/16/2019 1:42PM

Is the bar scene completely dying in downtown? I always thought -- HokieSignGuy 10/16/2019 1:00PM

The big purge was in 1985-87 -- Baltimore Hokie 10/16/2019 10:16PM

The millennials first killed Lane Stadium attendance ... -- OXVT 10/16/2019 1:20PM

VA should have repealed that stupid food sale requirement decades ago. ** -- HokieNoVA 10/16/2019 1:16PM

I'm sure it just manifests itself in rampant fraud/deceit to get around it. ** -- BG Hokie 10/16/2019 1:35PM

Alabama has the same requirement and after talking to a few -- ElbertoHokie 10/16/2019 3:55PM

The big purge was in 1985-87

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