Beginning this Friday, Taylor’s Bar and Grill will enforce a $20 cover charge for non-students on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 p.m. until close, according to Ramzy Hattar, the bar’s owner. Non-students who are visiting the bar with a current student will be charged $5 to enter.
Hattar implemented other changes to the bar, such as installing floodlights, following the Oregon Liquor Control Commission’s recommendation that the bar’s liquor license not be renewed due to a history of serious incidents including flights, DUIIs and potential druggings. Eric Clarke, the bar’s general manager, said the cover charge is not a response to any order or recommendation from the OLCC.
To avoid the cover charge, students must show their student ID at the door. The ID can be from any college or university  — not just the University of Oregon. Clarke said visitors of Taylor’s should expect a student and a non-student line at the door; however, patrons have the option of paying an additional $10 at the door or through the website LineLeap to skip waiting outside.
Clarke said the bar implemented a $5 cover charge last weekend as the bar experienced larger than normal attendance due to the UO-Washington football game.
Clarke said the weekend cover charge will continue for the foreseeable future. He added the change was implemented in a effort to give the bar a more “college vibe,” a request he said he heard from patrons over the first couple of weeks of school.
Read more of the Emerald’s ongoing coverage of Taylor’s Bar:
An uncertain future for a campus staple: What’s next for Taylor’s Bar and Grill?
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