Not sure if I am spelling that right. IIRC, In the late 70's (early 80's?) - it was a very popular spectator/gambling sport. CT had a least 2 arenas(?) - Bridgeport and Hartford. Then it seems like it just disappeared.
I remember it was also popular in Miami.
Not sure what made me think of it but, I was wondering if everybody went bankrupt or there was some scandal - and then everyone went bankrupt?
Whatever happened to Jai-Alai?
"Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, Providence's longest-serving mayor, is the most prominent example for outsiders. He returned to the state in May 2007, after serving more than four years in a federal prison for a racketeering-conspiracy conviction (in other words, running a criminal enterprise out of City Hall).
Former governor Edward DiPrete also spent one year in jail after pleading guilty to 18 corruption charges that he took bribes from state contractors while in office. The Ocean State tradition of political scandal isn't limited to executive officers—just look at the legislature and court system. Former speaker of the House and chief justice of the state Supreme Court Joseph A. Bevilacqua resigned in 1986 during impeachment proceedings, in which investigators alleged that the then-judge had strong ties to the mob."
If you looked it up it goes on and on. Makes Albany look clean.
Beat me to it
On the other hand, there is white clam pizza, a major contribution to the world ...
Anyway, this jai-alai thread has me remembering Connecticut days from long ago. As I said, I always wondered what jai-alai was all about, and now I know.
Its a 1800's way of cooking them via steam that got out all the fat. Of course it got out the taste and left the burgers an ashen grey. To me, the meat was texture and the taste was cheese and ketchup.
New Haven has a place that claims the tradition was invented there but I forget the name of it.
Anyway, if you ever head to Boston or the Cape via 95, stop for lunch or dinner on Atwell Avenue as it goes through Federal Hill. Better than Archer Avenue when Archer Avenue was Archer Avenue
Yes, back at you. Long story but I'm in a Boston firm now (in their NY office but I'm up there a lot) so keep the NE restaurant recommendations coming ...
New Haven has a place that claims the tradition was invented there but I forget the name of it.
Louis' Lunch in New Haven, but it wasn't invented there. At least according to legend, it was invented in Middletown at Jack's Lunch.
This has me flashing back to Super John Williamson from Wilbur Cross.
Drugs impeded or took down so many great hoops players in those days.
Yes, he plays at an amateur fronton. Don't know exactly where, but it is here in central CT
CT Amature Jai Alai
It's in Berlin in an old industrial building
CT Amature Jai Alai - ( New Window )
Thanks
Kenny Mayne Plays Jai-Alai - ( New Window )
Burgers are delicious and unique, but take forever. and if you like ketchup forget it
served only on white bread toasted.
every cop in new haven comes in there on weekend nights and cuts the line.
and it's right across the street from Bar, which now somehow has really good pizza, sells by the slice, and no wait usually.
He used to say that if you won a huge amount, the tellers would call people to let them know. I don't know if it was true, but he could've won a lot more and never did to avoid the attention. He also picked different windows to place bets at. Before cameras tracked everything!!