It has closed now but there was a favorite bar I loved. It was called the Duck Inn. It was owned and operated by Hoyt Stone. He gave me the oppurtunity to purchase it from him in 1982. For $285,000. Owner financed. Should have taken him up on that deal.
It was a nice little neighborhood bar in the east side of Evansville, Indiana. The lunchtime food trade was excellent. As they had a "plate lunch" every week day. In my off-times I would even help them in the kitchen. The Duck Inn had a three-way liquor license. They could sell beer and wine. Also package liquor and by the drink. Also a Sunday license. In Indiana this is a big deal. You had to gross over $300,000 in food sales to be open on Sundays. Of which there is no carry-out on Sundays. Which I consider fair. Indiana is a really cool, low profile state.
The lunch crowd would be awsome. With very good food at a resonable price. No more than $5 out the door. Burgers, fries, fish, schrimp, chicken, pork chops. You name it. It also became my santuary. As I graduated from college in 1982. A bad economy.
I would meet with my freinds there early in the morning. They had WTBS on the TV. We would watch Hazel, Green Acres and I Dream of Jeani waiting on the 10:05 movie to come on. What a good time.
