Robert Whyley wrote:

Hey, I love all you guys! I also loved Union Inn! It was a special time indeed .

Cheryl Cath wrote:

And lets not forget Rupsis Tavern!  Mary was the owner and she would not think twice about throwing you out on your ear if you didn't behave.  Ha, ha.Cheryl

Ahhh, Rupsis.  How many times I got kicked out when I leaned against the wall instead of sitting properly.  I remember going in there from time to time and there was always this guy from Linton, a year ahead of us, that always seemed to be in there.   More than a decade later I went in again for ol’ time sake, and I couldn’t believe that same kid from Linton was still sitting there at the bar-  more than ten years later!  
I remember the drinking age for us was 18, but before that age of 18 we knew which bars carded, and what bars did not-  getting carded wasn’t as a big of a deal then, as it is now.  But to edge my bets back then, I figured I wouldn’t get carded if I stomped into a bar with focused energy and firm determination; grab and sit at a stool with conviction, and when the bartender glanced over to me, I coughed up in what I thought was a deep macho growl, “Lowenbrau Dark, please” like I had done so many times before.  Oh! I would hope to project my over the age of 18, and this bartender is sure to think I’m so much older,  because I knew my beers; had discriminating taste; and I knew what i wanted-  today I look back and think the bartender probably thought what idiot would order an expensive import bottled beer-  dark (yuk!) no less, when we have all that great Utica Club and Genesee beer on tap?  In any event, I got my bottled beer, didn’t get carded, it wasn’t long before I couldn’t look at a dark beer again.
But I’ll never forget when I called this girl’s house (she went to Niskayuna High) and her mother answered the phone. Her daughter wasn’t home, and would I like to leave a message?  I said, just tell her Lowell Brown called.
This girl called me a little later, laughing, because she said her mother told her “Lowenbrau” called.
I haven’t touched a Lowenbrau beer since.
More from Lowell:

No matter what car you drove, whether it was grandpa’s 8 year Ford Falcon or your good friend’s GTO, you looked cool behind the wheel of anything cruzin’ Lake George.Who needed California’s Sunset Strip back in those days? 
 From Garry Adair:

The Station, The Garrison, Mother's, The Airport, The Canteen...all but the Garrison would have bands...sometimes a cover charge....all had bouncers! And there was the big "arena"...was it called the Towers? (up by Fort William Henry) where they had "concerts" 

From Jim Lake:

My personal favorite was Joe's Rainbow Bar and Grill. It was over near Oneida Jr. High. I went there with my buddy Jim Ausfeld (he went to Bishop Gibbons). He and I managed to get fired from our busboy jobs on the same day from the Mohawk Golf Club for hitting on the waitresses.