JJ's Place

2010-10-16T15:12:15Z

Phyliciagrace:

'''JJ's Place''' is the late-night [[dining]] location at Columbia, open until 1am on Sunday to Thursday. JJ's is located in the basement of [[John Jay Hall]]. As of this year, you do need to use a meal swipe to access it. The location also houses a student cooperative organic market. It was at one time an on-campus bar, serving alcohol to upperclassmen.

JJ's menu features chicken fingers, burgers, smoothies, fries, and other artery-clogging options. There's also a candy-by-the-pound rack and a small "mini-mart" section with lots of junk food and basic groceries (chips, cookies, cereals, dried pasta, etc). All purchases can be paid for using [[Flex]] or [[Dining Dollars]] as well as cash.

JJ's has OK seating with lots of tacky timber. A pool table arrived in 2007, LCD televisions were installed in [[2006]] at each booth, and there's a television at the far end of the room which primarily features [[w:ESPN|ESPN]], though can be changed to different channels using the handy channel up/down buttons on the front. It also has wifi.

The facility was originally designed to resemble a German ''[[w:rathskeller|rathskeller]]'', which explains the roof beams. A heaving stone hearth off to one side bears an inscription memorializing Columbians who lost their lives in the [[First World War]].

== History ==
Previous tenants of JJ's Place included an iteration of the '[[Lion's Den]]' and a pub that closed down in the summer 0f 1985 after New York raised its minimum drinking age to 21, effectively killing off its business.<ref>[http://www.eye.columbiaspectator.com/2002/02/27/our-pages In Our Pages: Higher Drinking Age Cited in Closing of John Jay Pub], Columbia Spectator, 27 February 2002</ref>

== Opening hours ==

Some students believe JJ's should open on weekend nights as well as weekday nights.

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|'''Location'''
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|colspan="4"| 8pm-2am
|colspan="2"| closed
| 3pm-2am
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== References ==
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[[Category:On-campus dining locations]]

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