The oldest record I can find for this building is 1973's "Pit Stop Enterprises", a car parts shop "for the sports car & small sedan enthusiast".1 By 1975 it was Bill's Barber and Style Shop, which it would continue to be for many years (save for a brief time around 1976 as "Bill & Don's Barber and Style Shop"). In the early 2000s, Bill's Style Shop closed and the space was absorbed into Zapatos Cantina and after Zapatos closed in 2012, the space that Zapatos had absorbed became Wobbly Monkey, a bar, in 2013. The original Zapatos section (DoubleDave's) was not part of the deal, but Wobbly Monkey never lasted more than two semesters before the owner sold out. In fall 2014 Northgate Juice Joint opened, which used part of the outdoor space for an urban garden before sub-lkeasing to "Commanders Cove", an outdoor bar-within-a-store, opening in 2019.
Northgate Juice Joint's current facade is its third since it's been here, the second facade was much more elaborate than the modest one shown in the picture.
By 2021, Northgate Juice Joint moved to 214B Elm Avenue (later known as Juice Juice) but that closed in 2023. Meanwhile, Commanders Cove continues to operate, with the 215 University facade now reading "Shot Bar".
1. Previous versions of this page mention "Andre's Bicycle Shop" but new research puts that as being at 305 University Drive. UPDATE 07-30-2025: Rewrite complete, previous updates archived.
