Well Hello Dolly! - UPDATED

Big Al said :

I believe “Dolly” was the nickname of the original owner of the business Graeme Dwyer. They were probably the goldern years of the establishment – it was a regular hang out for the plods who would gather around the back to drink Graeme’s scotch when they should have been patrolling Civic, and in the quite times you could just wander in the back door and make yourself a burger…

$40K wouldn’t be more then the cost of the second hand equipment in the van – the espresso machine was probably worth half of that.

2nd hand espresso machine worth 20 grand? What do you base that on?

Tetranitrate said :

Jivrashia said :

I’m after a healthy bite to throw up minutes later?

Can I part some wisdom here?

If you had a huge night and you know you are going to throw up afterwards, have a Tim-Tams!
It will curtail the foul taste of the vomit. In fact, your vomit will taste like Tim-Tams!!

Oh god, that’s so disgusting – yet nevertheless well worth knowing.

On a thinly-related note … I once read an article about a fighter pilot who did occasional passenger entertainment/stunt/demo flights. The journo asked for a breakfast recommendation since it was considered normal on these rides to toss your cookies. Pilot responded, “bananas … they taste the some coming up as going down.”

Jivrashia said :

I’m after a healthy bite to throw up minutes later?

Can I part some wisdom here?

If you had a huge night and you know you are going to throw up afterwards, have a Tim-Tams!
It will curtail the foul taste of the vomit. In fact, your vomit will taste like Tim-Tams!!

Oh god, that’s so disgusting – yet nevertheless well worth knowing.

speaking of vans, what hapnened to martys? He was king of the hot dog imo.

as far as i know we only have rj’s (inferior to martys and dollys) and g spot(never been).

frontrow said :

It was set up in the carpark at Southlands, Mawson a few years ago. I haven’t been there recently to see if it still there.

Nope, waa there for a short time, went to grab a late not hot dog and was gone already.

I’m after a healthy bite to throw up minutes later?

Can I part some wisdom here?

If you had a huge night and you know you are going to throw up afterwards, have a Tim-Tams!
It will curtail the foul taste of the vomit. In fact, your vomit will taste like Tim-Tams!!

It was set up in the carpark at Southlands, Mawson a few years ago. I haven’t been there recently to see if it still there.

Ahhh the glory days of the early 1990s. Canberra Workers club, Early Mooseheads with the see through dance floor, The Private Bin, Pandoras and some great gigs at ANU Bar.

Dollys would have made plenty of coin in its day and I would have considered 40k cheap.

Did anything ever come of Harry Nguyen’s purchase? I wonder what happened to the Dolly’s van?

I am sure the new owner will try to make some improvements to Dolly’s.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what sort of food they would like to see at Dolly’s?