When TGI Fridays was cool

When I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, few bars were

open past midnight. Not many people got into trouble after a night of drinking — we were home by the

time we’d have otherwise been up to no good.

But there was one

bar that was open until 1 a.m. and that was the bar at TGI Fridays.

With oversized mugs and free peanuts, it was a perfectly functional

bar even though it was definitely not cool. This was not where singles

would go to meet; it would not be the site of a memorable evening.

This was simply the opportunity to enjoy a Sam Adams on draft in front

of an analog television.

But as the New York Post suggests,

TGI Fridays was once the cool, new place to be seen.The story covers

the history of the restaurant chain, profiling the original location in

New York City.