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Several years ago
(1992), two directionless college students met jet skiing on a small
lake in central California. After one month and one spring break
trip to Lake Havasu, they became friends.
One worked in a nightclub, the other in a department store. Both
were very bored with school and summer was getting near so they came
up with a bright idea. Move to resort areas and scrape up jobs as
bartenders. They both lucked out and picked up jobs. One in Bass
Lake and the other in Newport Beach. Their summer flew by and the
ski season was just around the corner so they decided to pack up
everything they owned (not much) and run off to Colorado. School?
Well it just got lost somewhere along the way.
They moved to Vail to snowboard, but reality soon set in and they
had to work. Bars, restaurants, hotels, bartenders, bar backs,
servers, bussers, hosts, doormen, managers, fine dining, casual
dining, family style, banquets, sports bars, dive bars, nightclubs,
breakfast, lunch, après ski, happy hour, dinner, corporate, private.
Whatever the job or the place, they each did anything and everything
they had to do to survive. They boarded whenever they could, but
work took up most of their time. About halfway through the season an
interesting thing happened, they each realized that not only were
they working a lot, they were learning a lot. More than they ever
did in school. With this new found knowledge and much daydreaming
came an idea. Vail, Colorado 1993-1994, STUBRIK’S was born.
A wise, somewhat eccentric old man once said, “Do things your own
way. If people like it, fine. If people don’t like it, that’s fine
too. If you fail doing things your own way, then so be it. But if
you fail doing things someone else’s way, then you’ve failed
yourself.”
STUBRIK’S is supposed to be one thing and one thing only. A place
where Stub and Rik would want to go. A place that offers great food
and drinks. A place with good music, good people and a great
atmosphere. A place that is very comfortable with lots of character.
A place that they haven’t been able to find anywhere because it just
doesn’t exist!
STUBRIK’S is: Old school, East Coast, Blues, guitar, harmonica,
steaks, stroganoff, Guinness, Irish root beers, Ireland, the little
guy, small business, blue jeans, T-shirts, ball caps, long vacations,
sunny days, powder days, good friends, great beer, designated
drivers, March madness, jet skiing, snow boarding, wakeboarding,
Glamis, MX, jawbone, ocotillo & bad golf.
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