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The History Of The Building The Varsity & The Chimes Are In
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:35 am
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:35 am
I don't know the area just outside of the north gates of campus on highland without the building the varsity and the chimes are in.. Does anyone remember when it was built? What was there before?
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Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:37 am to OweO
The south part of Chimes was a Rexall Drugstore.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:42 am to Number 9 Fan
The south part of Chimes.. Are you talking about the area where there is a door on the corner that people always try to enter in, but can't?
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:44 am to OweO
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Are you talking about the area where there is a door on the corner that people always try to enter in, but can't?
That door was the entrance till the mid 90's
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:45 am to OweO
The Chimes was small, with the entrance right on the corner, when I started at LSU. It’s been remodeled many times. I lived behind it for a few years, and at some point there was no roof over the Varsity...or effectively it collapsed.
I was drinking/eating there one day and fire trucks showed up...we asked the waitress what was going on...she said the sign is on fire. Cheers!
My, now, wife was a waitress there through school. Place was a riot.
I was drinking/eating there one day and fire trucks showed up...we asked the waitress what was going on...she said the sign is on fire. Cheers!
My, now, wife was a waitress there through school. Place was a riot.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:45 am to wickowick
It was the entrance again for a while recently while they renovated for the rooftop.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:52 am to OweO
The Varsity was a movie theater.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:54 am to Gaston
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My, now, wife was a waitress there through school.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:55 am to OweO
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The south part of Chimes.. Are you talking about the area where there is a door on the corner that people always try to enter in, but can't?
Yes, on the corner
Posted on 3/10/20 at 11:57 am to Gaston
Didn't The Chimes take up some of the space that used to be TA's? Drinkin with Lincoln was strong there.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:05 pm to OweO
Here ya go, buddy - https://northgatesoflsu.com/history.php
https://www.lsureveille.com/news/business-owner-gathers-history-about-northgate-neighborhood/article
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Located next to The Varsity is The Chimes restaurant, a Louisiana-style bar and grill that opened in 1983. Before, the building had always been a pharmacy, most famously Sitman's Drugs during the '40s and Maxwell's Drugs during the '50s."[Alumni] always remember the drug store on the corner and the Varsity Theatre,"
This post was edited on 3/10/20 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:08 pm to Shexter
Anyone remember the restaurant that was near the Varsity called "Round The Corner"? Wasn't there also a place called "The Bicycle Shop"? It's been a minute.... 
Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:08 pm to MountainTiger
Wasn’t it a porno theatre at one time?
Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:09 pm to OweO
Didn't the Varsity used to show adult movies when it was a theater?
Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:13 pm to OweO
A lot of my history was spent in the building that the Varsity & The Chimes are in. 
Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:18 pm to gjackx
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A lot of my history was spent in the building that the Varsity & The Chimes are in.
My older brother still has his "Drinking Around the World" tshirt from the mid 80-s
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Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:20 pm to oleheat
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Wasn't there also a place called "The Bicycle Shop"? It's been a minute
Bicycle shop is still there
Round the corner is now Raul's Burgers, a great cheap hole in the wall burger joint
Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:23 pm to Tbonepatron
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Wasn’t it a porno theatre at one time?
It never was a porn house. In the 80’s, it showed old movies, independent movies, and Rocky Horror at midnight weekends.
I remember seeing “The Planet Time Forgot” and the original “Time Machine” there one Saturday afternoon.
It showed first run movies until the University Theater opened next to Murphy’s
Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:27 pm to oleheat
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Anyone remember the restaurant that was near the Varsity called "Round The Corner"?
Yep. I grew up going to one in Houston (it was a chain) so was happy to find one in BR. Sit down and order from a phone at your table.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 12:27 pm to Tbonepatron
Sports Illustrated (now Reggies) used to put porn on the TVs after midnight sometimes. Which was odd and hilarious.
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