Word: mugging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whatever happened to the bottomless mug of coffee? Another True American Tradition is dying in the midst of our decade's backwards swirling vortex of Republican nostalgia and Classic Hits radio...
Some efficiency-minded troglodyte out there with no appreciation of the true nature of the Bottomless Mug is sure to point out that there is always the day-and-night free coffee in the dining halls. But the Bottomless Mug is more than free caffeine. It's an atmosphere...
...Mug'n' Muffin, or any cafe that draws devotees of the Bottomless Mug, is a Jack Kerouac kind of place. Personality, character, noise, life, odors, arguments...
...Mug'n' Muffin actually was a good place to study, too. The background buzz of conversation and warm restaurant smells gives concentration something to work against...other than the whirling fantasies of a studious mind. At the 'Muffin, during those five minute study pauses absolutely necessary for prevention of brain damage, you avoided suffering through the stifled mutters and echoing snuffles of bored undergraduates. Instead, the Bottomless Mug patron can sit back and happily soak in the gentle bustle of cafe life, and then, refreshed, ease back into work...
...unhappy fact that the Square offers no replacement for the 'Muffin's Bottomless Mug further aggravates the reminiscent old crony budding within me. This is more than just one bank buying out one restaurant, more than the ruination of my reading period study habits; a tradition is at stake here...