U Chicago Stories

marlowe1
Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:31:37 +0000

Alas, HydeSnark, Loeb and Leopold did not frequent the Cobb Café. Nor did I in the 60’s. The two coffee joints on campus were in the Swift basement and the Classics tower. They were always overflowing, a mixed crowd of grad and undergrad. One or other of these places was where you went for a cup of coffee after class or on a break from studies. Cobb was thoroughly gutted and renovated in the late 60’s and repurposed exclusively for the College. That must have been when the Café was installed in the basement. That was no doubt more convenient for undergrads. I have no doubt that legends developed, friendships sealed, romances begun.