Blue Wall Cafe

The Blue Wall is a former dive bar and current food court at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Opening inside the Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center in the 1970s, the bar made upwards of $600,000 in the late 1970s (over $2,300,000 in 2013 dollars), and went through 1,800 kegs a year. This made it one of the largest beer-consuming establishments in the Northeastern United States. Following the raising of the drinking age to 21 in the United States, the bar experienced a decline in sales, before finally going dry in the 1980s.^[1] In the early 2000s, alcohol was again served,^[2] although it proved to be unprofitable.

In 2014, the dining facility underwent an almost year-long nineteen million dollar renovation, which saw it connect to a nearby restaurant and increase seating capacity by thirty percent. The new combined area totals 42,000 square feet and has space for 900 customers.^[3] The campus center also includes several other food and drink options, including the UPub (bar for 21+), the grab and go Marketplace, and People's Organic Coffee.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• UMass student work on the Blue Wall
• Images of bands performing in the Blue Wall

Coordinates: 42°23′29.72″N 72°31′36.11″W / 42.3915889°N 72.5266972°W / 42.3915889; -72.5266972

This pub-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t