November
2012 marks our 40-year anniversary of first being the Pub, and now The Desert Edge
Brewery at the Pub right here in Trolley Square. As a thank you to all our
loyal customers we are hosting a celebration of sorts starting November 24 –
November 30.
Anniversary
events consist of contests, a reunion night for former employees and a week of retro
prices on select beverage and menu items.
Follow
this link (contest closed!) to take our trivia quiz and test
your knowledge of long forgotten Pub details. The prize consists of gift
certificates for dinner for two to
the Desert Edge Brewery, Red Butte Café, Martine and Stella Grill. The
winner will be chosen randomly and
posted to the blog.
Send
us your best Pub story that’s fit to print, with a prize for the best story.
1.
Leave a comment on this post and
share your favorite story.
2.
Comments will close at 11:59 Saturday,
November 30, 2012.
3.
The winning story will be posted on
the blog.
4.
Entries must be left via the
comment form on the blog at the bottom of this post. No stories emailed please.
We’d
love to see any old Pub related pictures you may have. Send those to brews@xmission.com and we’ll post those on the blog as well.
We
will be hosting a reunion night Saturday, December 1, 8:00 pm – midnight for
former Pub employees. We’ll provide the beverages and appetizers. Optional,
wear your vintage Pub apparel, including name tags.
Retro
Price Week November 24 – November 30.
Pints 3.00
Pitchers 8.00
Daily
entrée choice for $6.00.
Saturday
- any cold “Pub” half sandwich combo.
Sunday
– any Mexican entrée
Monday
– any Grilled Salad
Tuesday
– any Grilled Sandwich
Wednesday
– any Classic Salad
Thursday
– Niçoise Pasta Salad
Friday
– any hot “Pub” half sandwich combo
Please
come down and celebrate with us for this momentous occasion! We can’t wait to
see you and hear your stories!
UPDATE:
Thank You to everyone who came out this week to share our anniversary with us and thanks to everyone who participated in the trivia quiz! Here are the answers if you were scratching your head over a few of those questions.
1.The original 1972 menu consisted of one sandwich - what was it?
c)Hot roast beef with mustard
2. What feature did the original downstairs not have?
c)Cigarette machine
3. What draf beer was the most popular?
a)Coors
4. What did a pitcher of beer cost?
b)$1.85
5. Where did the main Pub doors leading out into the mall come from?
c)a church
6. What was the first video game?
c)Pong
7. What board game was popular in the early 70's and that we provided to our customers?
d)Backgammon
8. What device was music first played on?
b)Reel to Reel *only two people guessed that correctly!
9. A Band Played for six years on Sunday Nights. They were the:
c)The Jordan River Uptown Band
10. When we changed the upstairs to the Upstairs a the Pub, we moved the kitchen to a space that was previously...
c)Trolley Square restrooms
11. When we built the brewery we expaned into a space that was previously
c)The 47 Samurai
12. Our first brewery was
c)Peter Kruger
13. Which beer won the first Utah gold medal at the GABF?
b)Happy Valley Hefeweisen
14. The Pub has been remodeled or expanded how many times?
d)8
We had a 4 way tie for the prize and after a random drawing our winner is...Jon R! Congratulations!
