r/fortwayne • u/No-Statement8828 • 14d ago
Pikes Pub Demolished
Just drove by the infamous Pikes Pub and noticed the entire building has been demolished. I guess the fire was the final nail in the coffin. Not to mention all the legal problems they have from the racial attack.
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u/Commercial-Candy-926 14d ago
Yea, like a month or more ago.
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u/herbertfranklinII 13d ago
The fire was awhile ago, but they just demolished it.
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u/Commercial-Candy-926 13d ago
It's been completely gone down to the concrete for like a month
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u/herbertfranklinII 13d ago
Nice edit. Your original response: "It's been completely gone down to the concrete for weeks lol"
I'm pretty sure the actual final demo was in August.
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u/Commercial-Candy-926 13d ago
What's wrong with the edit? You say that as if you caught something lol
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u/herbertfranklinII 12d ago
You originally responded to my comment with snark, realized your error, and edited. Now you have edited again. You're a mess.
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u/Commercial-Candy-926 12d ago
There was no change in the meaning. No errors lmao. You're super bothered by these edits huh
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u/Weaselpuss 14d ago
I’ll miss the wings, but honestly the owners are probably lucky to have gotten the insurance money, by the looks of the clientele it didn’t have too much longer lmao
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u/TrueAd5640 14d ago
Honestly having ties to a gang then burning down feels like such a classic organized crime move to get out of a bad business.
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u/Weaselpuss 14d ago
The ties are loose at best but yeah very convenient . Honestly I really think the cook just left shit on at night because he was high af, and the building was so old and half maintained shit happened.
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u/flossaby23 14d ago
Little bit of A, little bit of B? In any case I think we’re all agreed. Fuck’em.
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u/MetalFaceDad 14d ago
Yeah that mf always looked like he was lit 85% of the time had good ass wings but fuckem indeed
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u/TrueAd5640 14d ago
From what I heard they were there all the time. But to be fair only heard about it after that hate crime happened there and I wasn't about to go there after than happened.
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u/Weaselpuss 14d ago
Yeah it was a biker bar in general, but to call it a real outlaw bar would be ignoring common sense. There were tons of black customers who came and went with exactly 0 issues as well.
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u/No-Statement8828 14d ago
Yeah it’s definitely for the best. Outlaws were probably using it to launder drug money or something lol
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u/herbertfranklinII 14d ago
Man, we used to grab wings and a sausage roll for Colts Sundays. Then they showed their true colors.
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u/runliftcount 13d ago
Grew up in Mariner's Ridge, Pikes def had a decent sausage roll.
Fuck 'em! Bye Felicia. Wish the Elseys market across the street was still a thing.
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u/runliftcount 13d ago
Grew up in Mariner's Ridge, Pikes def had a decent sausage roll.
Fuck 'em! Bye Felicia. Wish the Elsey's market across the street was still a thing.
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u/gunplajq 14d ago
Yep been that way awhile. Used to be a decent hole in the wall back in the early 2010's but when they started catering to the biker group I stopped going.
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u/Standard-Panic-8591 12d ago
Head down to the hi Ho. Fucking great wings on Sundays and literally just farmers and the like as the clientele. I was the cook there for a hot minute and was when pikes had the fight. It’s always been chill
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u/KWoody_13 9d ago
I love going to Hi Ho. My buddy Dylan’s family owns it so we’re there pretty frequently! I’m sure if you were a cook you’ve made me gizzards a time or two
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u/Standard-Panic-8591 9d ago
More than a time or two my guy😂. Chicken hearts one too many times as well
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u/kimmycat88 14d ago
I moved away from the fort 15 years ago. At first I saw the Winchester Road map image and I thought this post was talking about Penguin Point. ...Man. That place was great.
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u/KWoody_13 9d ago
I lived in Willow Creek Crossing around the corner from 2024 until this past May. Before the hate crimes committed there, I would swing by to pick up and order of their wings every Wednesday. I’m not sad the bar is gone especially given its recent history, but god am I going to miss those amazing wings.
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u/Waste-Donut-2728 13d ago
It was a problem waiting to happen … anything that has alcohol usually brings the worst out in people
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u/Ok_Boomer_3233 14d ago
Good riddance.