Comments on: Fourth Ave. & Liberty

By: Joe Hood

Joe Hood — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:34:50 +0000

@By Juliew: Yes, there is still a plaque on the wall.

By: Linda Diane Feldt

Linda Diane Feldt — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:57:51 +0000

I will confess that I wanted to pay homage to the past. And in my family, it is the old Pretzel Bell. Although it does age me I suppose – and I’m just a shade past 50.

By: anna ercoli schnitzer

anna ercoli schnitzer — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:56:15 +0000

Ah, yes…the old P-Bell. A cozy brick-lined room, a crackling fire, the Tiffany lamps, the photos of former football players adorning the walls, the good black German rye bread, the prime rib—I think that’s the reason we moved to AA in the mid-60′s. Oh, and right, there was a job offer, too.

By: Marvin Face

Marvin Face — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:17:46 +0000

I have one of the stained glass lamps from the Pretzel Bell and I know where the carved tables are, too. Remember when you turned 21, you stood on the table top and rang the bell then carved your name in the table? Good times.

By: Juliew

Juliew — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:12:19 +0000

I think the building is still technically called the Pretzel Bell Building, although the businesses inside are different. I’ll try to remember to look for the plaque on the building to see if it is there.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:44:06 +0000

I moved here after it had closed and have to do a mental file riffle to get “Champion House”.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:48:32 +0000

“The old Pretzel Bell building”–I haven’t thought about that building that way in a long time. It’s been closed for 25 years–do people still think of the P-Bell when they’re on that corner?