tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post8294267769389032572..comments2024-03-28T13:45:49.002-04:00Comments on BSO: West Springfield's Collin's Tavern 2007Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900475514170268904noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-25039092135969404142012-11-04T18:34:34.878-05:002012-11-04T18:34:34.878-05:00Collins Tavern was one of my favorite places to go...Collins Tavern was one of my favorite places to go for a few beers and a bite to eat. That was until Bobby hired his daughter Melissa to run the place. If you want to be bitched out at loudly in front of the whole place, then go there when Melissa's working. Say the wrong thing to her and she'll let loose with both barrels on you even if you didn't do anything wrong. She's a complete F___ing Bitch. The food is very good, but it's not worth being on the receiving end of her unprofessional treatment that she seems to fire off at will on customers who've been going there for years. She has no idea how to treat a loyal customer. She sucks big time....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847757896111821270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-59377544909928178932011-07-29T11:16:50.113-04:002011-07-29T11:16:50.113-04:00I was a regular customer at Collins Tavern in West...I was a regular customer at Collins Tavern in West Springfield. All the way back to the mid 1980's when I was working in Springfield, MA and living in Westfield. I used to drive by The Collins every afternoon and stopped for a beer at least three times a week. Always a good place for a beer and a sandwich. I've brought my wife and daughters in a few times. I’ve continued my patronage at The Collins right up until July 2011. <br /><br />The place seems to have gone down hill over the last couple years or so. Owner Bobby seems to spend too much time at the bottom of a beer glass and then verbally abusing his customers. His tirades seem to be coming more frequently of late. Recently he ripped into a new customer. A guy who'd never been in there before and who was enjoying lunch with a myself and another regular. Bobby had bought a round for the bar, a practice I believe is a mistake, and then ripped this new customer apart for something about the way he was parked out in that tiny back lot. Neither this new customer or myself will be back to the Collins again. There are enough decent, non abusive bars to go to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-89429484663963706812009-12-11T11:12:00.228-05:002009-12-11T11:12:00.228-05:00I used to go to Collins before Bobby bought the pl...I used to go to Collins before Bobby bought the place. It is a place you can go into and have a peace full glass of beer with out having to worry about trouble. They also have one of the best lunches in town. I now live in Florida and I make it a stop when I head back to Mass. The one thing I enjoy is seeing the old photos on the wall of the guys who played sports at west sideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-70641422798642210672009-10-13T20:22:38.137-04:002009-10-13T20:22:38.137-04:00Owner of the bar is retired Springfield "jake...Owner of the bar is retired Springfield "jake" or fireman, thus the leather fire helmets. Also 101st, A/B Trooper. As for the Protestants in the Ulster Republic running the show. Well all I can say is visit the bar on 3-17 and utter "God Save the Queen" if you survive try out your theorys on the Ulster republics future!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-86096938499392589392008-12-09T20:38:00.000-05:002008-12-09T20:38:00.000-05:00any time someone goes there they should get there ...any time someone goes there they should get there while the kitchen is open. the food is pretty damn good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-65701805722193014972007-05-26T10:56:00.000-04:002007-05-26T10:56:00.000-04:00Growing up 5’th generation unadulterated Irish in ...Growing up 5’th generation unadulterated Irish in the People’s Republic of Amherst, as a young teenager I had a fascination with the IRA--that romantic notion of rebels fighting against almost insurmountable odds to take back the motherland.<BR/><BR/>Then they tried to blow up Maggie Thatcher at the Brighton Hotel. At the time, it was perhaps the most sophisticated bombing in history as they had placed it under her hotel room and set the timer a week or so before she arrived (must have had good Intel). <BR/><BR/>And they almost got her (five died in the explosion). Something terribly wrong bombing civilians; and even more despicable when it’s a woman. <BR/><BR/>Their PR person was as good as their bombmaker. They sent one of the more chilling terrorist notes to their intended victim: “You got lucky this time, we only need to get lucky once.” YIKES!Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.com