Larry's: Center of the Universe Closing

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http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/27/1A_LARRYS_BAR.ART_ART_12-27-08_B1_1VCBQDE.html?sid=101

"Larry's is the stuff of legend, a weathered bohemian watering hole where Bob Dylan supposedly once spent the night in an upstairs apartment, a bowling alley used to draw patrons to the basement, and finger-snapping poetry nights attracted Monday crowds for a quarter-century.

"It used to be the center of the universe," said Mike Hummel, a Columbus rock musician who has frequented the Ohio State University-area bar since the 1970s and was once known as "the mayor of Larry's."

No longer.

Time has caught up with Larry's: At the close of business tonight, the family-owned establishment -- one of the first High Street outposts to serve suds after Prohibition -- will shut its doors for good."

My second date with my wife was at Larry's. I'll miss the place - what a great jukebox!