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Institutions Named for Mets

Edgy DC Apr 13 2011 10:47 AM

It seems we've referenced these all over the place, but it would be instructive to have them all in one place. Gil Hodges Lanes 6161 Strickland Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11234 718-763-3333 _____________________________________________ Fat Jack's Bar & Grill 2722 Freemansburg Avenue Easton, PA 18045 (610) 250-7849

SteveJRogers Apr 13 2011 02:11 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Randy Jones All American Sports Grill 7510 Hazard Center Dr. Suite 215 San Diego, CA 92108 [url]http://www.rjgrill.com

Edgy DC Apr 13 2011 02:17 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Way to sign across your crotch, Randy. Randy Jones All American Sports Grill 7510 Hazard Center Dr. Suite 215 San Diego, CA 92108 PH: 619-296-9600 FAX: 619-296-4164

G-Fafif Apr 13 2011 02:41 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

This may belong in The Sons of Institutions Named for Mets befitting those establishments no longer operating, but there was Mickey Lolich's Donut Shop in Lake Orion, Mich. Ira Berkow, called up the old Met in 1989 on the subject of big-boned baseball players like Kevin McReynolds: From his business establishment, Mickey Lolich's Donut Shop, appropriately enough, in Lake Orion, Mich., the one-time Tiger, Met and Padre hurler said: ''Throughout my 16 years in the major leagues, whenever things weren't going right, people always looked for reasons. For some, it was 'Maybe they're staying out too late at night,' 'Maybe too many outside interests,' 'Maybe their head's not screwed on right.' For me, it was 'He's too fat.' ''But when I was pitching good, they'd say, 'He's strong as a bull.' ''

Willets Point Apr 13 2011 10:06 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe 225 Main Street Stamford, CT 06901

Edgy DC Apr 14 2011 07:15 AM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Ron Hunt Instructional Baseball Camp 2806 Jackson Road, Wentzville, MO 63385 USA _____________________________ Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy Mailing Address: PO BOX 20,000 PMB 412 Canóvanas, PR 00729 School Location: Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy PR Road 6642 KM 2.0 (Bypass Heriberto González Vélez) Florida, PR 00650 "We're hiring! CBBA is seeking a Athletics Director." That's, um, wonderful. Would you be interested in a English instructor also?

G-Fafif Apr 15 2011 12:50 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center On the campus of Montclair State University 8 Quarry Road Little Falls, NJ 07424 973/655-2378 Museum currently closed for renovations. Perhaps painting over history, per the uniform tops sold at Citi Field.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 15 2011 01:32 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

What, no shirtless photo of Yogi?

Edgy DC Apr 15 2011 01:34 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

We get a little swing-era ass in there also.

SteveJRogers Apr 15 2011 09:32 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Not named for the co-proprietor, but hey, it should count...though they are currently being sued for stealing tips and over-time pay. Sofritony [url]http://www.sofritony.com/ 400 East 57th Street (1st Ave) New York, NY 10022 Telephone 212-754-5999 Fax 212-754-5959

Edgy DC Apr 15 2011 10:15 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Stevejacked.

TheOldMole Apr 15 2011 10:45 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Rusty's

TheOldMole Apr 15 2011 10:47 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

SteveJRogers Apr 16 2011 02:39 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

[url]http://www.tugmcgraw.org/home.asp The Tug McGraw Foundation P.O. Box 45 Yountville, CA 94599 Street Address Pathway/Madison Building 100 California Drive Yountville, CA 94599 Phone: 707.933.6445 Fax: 707.676.4398 info@tugmcgraw.org =;)

G-Fafif Apr 16 2011 10:24 PM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Keith's Grill Citi Field 120-01 Roosevelt Ave. Flushing, NY 11368 Home of the natural burger created personally by Mets great KEITH HERNANDEZ.

G-Fafif Apr 18 2011 05:44 AM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Strawberry's Sports Grill 42-15 235th Street Douglaston, NY 11363 718/517-8787

G-Fafif Apr 18 2011 05:59 AM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

The short-lived... Lee Mazzilli's Sports Cafe 208 W. 70th St. New York, NY 10023 Opened in 1994. Closed in 1994. Victim of the baseball strike and NHL lockout. New York Magazine described "Maz's Mezzanine" as featuring 22 photos, including one framed in neon; seven "Maz" dishes, including Mama Mazzilli's tomato-and-basil linguine; and the presence of the restaurant's namesake (he didn't actually own a piece; accepted a fee for use of his name) two to three times a week. He came in for Monday Night Football. What it was meant to be, per the Times: Lee Mazzilli, the former New York Mets outfielder, is a partner in Lee Mazzilli's Sports Cafe, which will open at 208 West 70th Street in mid-May. It is a cavernous place that will have 350 seats, 50 television screens, a sports memorabilia shop and an area with games for children. Mr. Mazzilli said it will be a "family-oriented place where people can bring their kids." He described the food as American with Italian flair. The chef, Lucius Cherokee Wyatt, worked at Fat Tuesday's and the Statler-Hilton Hotel. Mr. Mazzilli's partners are Peter Kramer, a sports marketer who works with athletes, and Wendie Markman, who owns a large dairy. What actually was, a few months later: Peter Kramer opened Lee Mazzilli's Sports Cafe on the Upper West Side in June, the week the Rangers won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 54 years. The Yankees seemed destined for the American League playoffs and maybe even the World Series. Mr. Kramer's long oak bar was crowded. The tables in the back were filled with neck-craning fans, staring up at the 100-channel video screens. What a difference a baseball strike can make. Not to mention a hockey lockout. "No baseball, no hockey, maybe no basketball," said Mr. Kramer, Lee Mazzilli's managing general partner. "It's like we put a jinx on sports." [...] After spending $500,000 for renovations in the spring, turning a storefront at 208 West 70th Street into a sports restaurant, with baseball bats on the ceiling and autographed photos of players on the walls, Mr. Kramer estimated that business was 50 percent below his first-year projections. He had expected to take in up to $2 million in his first 12 months. He had also expected 28 days of sold-out business from the playoffs and World Series. Instead, at 11 P.M. last Friday, he had 18 customers in a restaurant that seats 350. [...] Until football started in early September, he said, there were nights when last call was between 9 and 10. And nights that cricket or croquet might have seemed more exciting than what was on television. "I had nights I had bowling on," said Mr. Kramer. "We must have watched the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier match a hundred times already. We must have watched the '86 World Series, with Lee at home plate with the tying run, a thousand times." That alone, one would figure, would be a winning theme unto itself. Can't believe it didn't work.

G-Fafif Apr 18 2011 06:08 AM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

And from better times for the proprietor in Southern California, continuing the 1986 Mets can (or thought they could) put their names on anything... (Somehow I expect there's an "official" Lenny Dykstra Bikini Inspector Team shirt available, too.) Lenny Dykstra's Car Wash & Auto Repair 1144 E Los Angeles Ave Simi Valley, CA 93065 805/581-9300 Mixed reviews at the Corona, CA, location.

themetfairy Apr 18 2011 07:24 AM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

We actually frequented Mazzilli's place, because it was about a block and a half from our apartment building. It was a decent place, IIRC (it would have had to have been, because we certainly had other options in the 'hood but we went to Mazzilli's reasonably often during its short life), and I indeed recall it being family-friendly.

metirish Apr 18 2011 07:28 AM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Darling's Diner http://www.darlingsdiner.com/index.php

SteveJRogers Apr 18 2011 07:53 AM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Keeping with Greg's theme of Metly institutions that no longer are in operation, and my theme of Metly institutions that left the proprietor's names off of them: Kranepool & Swoboda's The Dugout Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge 1000 Broadway Amityville, Long Island MetsGuyInMichigan had a nice writeup not too long ago including the fact that there is a KFC where The Dugout stood now, can't come up with the link at the moment. and The Outfielder's Lounge, run by Tommie Agee and Cleon Jones on Astoria Blvd near Shea. Don't seem to see too much about it, or photos online for it at this time.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 18 2011 08:08 AM Re: Institutions Named for Mets

Not sure if this crappy little photo (above) will display, but it's of Mike Piazza Honda in Langhorne, PA. In the Philadelphia suburbs, I see a lot of cars with Mike Piazza's name on the license plate frames.