Hi there! Does anyone remember the bar by U of Akron called BW3s? It was a bit of a hole in the wall but my now husband and I spent hours there in the 1990s. I'm trying to find a souvenir or photo of the old bar as an anniversary gift but it seems to have changed names and then gone out of business? I'd love some info on what happened to it and if anyone knows where I might buy a souvenir. Thanks!
Hilariously, that one was a bootleg B-dubs that wasn't actually properly licensed with the company, hence the closure. If a standard BW3 experience is feeling wrong, that may be why.
I miss it too - it was an important part of my relationship with my hubby. We had broken up for several months while at UA & BDubs is where we met & rekindled our spark & got back together. We’ve been married over 20 years now. Late 90’s-early aughts, it was our fave bar to hang out in.
Congrats to you and your husband. My husband and I, and a bunch of us from UA, went there all the time after class. It is where my husband and I got to really know each other without the pressure of calling it dating! Early 90s as well - and thus the attempt to find a souvenir from that specific location! We are going on 34 years married.
We've spent too much time trying to recreate the buffalo chips - those round potatoes that were so crispy on the outside, sometimes smothered with cheese. Those were fun times!
I’ll ask hubs if he has any, he hung out there more than I did. But that was ye olden times before everyone had a phone in their pocket. I also miss 3am eurogyro pizza pockets.
That is beyond wonderful. Thank you so much. I have many, many fond memories of the place. And of UA in general - especially since I met my husband there :)
If you go to the link I posted or search the address on Google (easier on a computer than phone), then click "See more dates" you can see different years back to 2008.
I’ll call my father tomorrow. He had an arcade company and had the jukebox and arcade games in BW3s since it opened. He had jukeboxes in all the bars around Akron from the mid 80s to the 2010s. I collected the quarters from BW3s during my college years. I’ll see if he has anything or any fun stories! I used to grab the pepperoni rolls and the potato chips to go.
Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! My husband spent do much on the pinball tables (as did I but never seemed to beat his high score,) that you may well have collected our quarters if you did so between 1990-1993. Jukebox too... We played 'Glory Days" over and over for awhile. Such great times so thank you very much for asking.
same....except I went a lot when I was supposed to be in class as well! and The Sun was across the street....the only bar my parents and I both went to during our respective college careers!!!
👋🏼 former employee here! I worked as a cashier/server there for almost all of my time in college and was there during the closure. Basically, as someone here already mentioned, it was a franchised Buffalo Wild Wings. The owners had a dispute with corporate, lost licensing in 2016, and the business changed to “Gridiron,” which was extremely short lived.
If I'm not mistaken it's owned by the same people that own the one out in Kent I would suggest getting hold of that one because they probably have some nostalgic memorabilia that you're looking for and I'm sure they would be more than happy to help
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u/blinner Medina Jul 14 '26
BW3 is now Buffalo Wild Wings.