The Feve

A bar/eatery. Their burgers (aptly named "Feve burgers") are known for being tasty. Downstairs is generally open from 10 am to 10 pm; upstairs is open from 5 pm til around 1 am (2 am on weekends).

The ground floor is a standard bar/restaurant, with seating around a bar as well as tables with full service. The upstairs is more of a traditional bar, but with the same food as downstairs upon request. Upstairs sells carry-out cases of some beer, including PBR and Black Label for $7, and six-packs of beers like Sam Adams; both floors will sell you carry-out growlers of a tap beer for $15 (only $7 if you're bringing back the growler to get a refill).

They will give you a free shot on your 21st birthday, unless the bartender recognizes you, which means you were drinking there when you were under 21, which is not cool.

Speaking of which, it's not a good idea to try to drink when you're underage. The bar is almost never full enough to hide you, and even then the bartenders know what people look like when they're trying to not get caught drinking. Getting caught drinking underage (or trying to) will get you kicked out of the Feve (possibly permanently) and getting your fake ID taken and put on the wall.

From a previous incarnation of Oberwiki: "Most problems at Oberlin begin and end at the Feve."

1 Information
2 Events
3 Opinions
4 History
5 External links

[edit] Information

Location: 30 S. Main St.
Phone: 440-774-1978
Pronunciation ?

[edit] Events

The Feve's specials board.

Live jazz downstairs on Sunday nights!

The Feve is known to occasionally host live music upstairs.

[edit] Opinions

Brunch is delicious, and often very busy. Everyone who works there is great. —alxndr (talk) 14:13, 23 November 2006 (EST)

I feel like the Feve is the quintessential Oberlin restaurant; it caters strongly to both "normal" consumers and vegans, and the atmosphere is relaxed and the people friendly. The food itself is excellent (in my opinion, as this is in the opinion section), at least in that it tastes really good and is fairly cheap for what you get. Not an elegant restaurant, but doesn't try to be. Comfortable and I'd recommend it highly enough that it should be a stop on any campus visit of a fair length. --Nhorn, 20 March 2005

[edit] History

Many years ago, the building the Feve is in used to be home to the Tap House, a down-at-the-heels bar frequented by townies and the occasional adventurous Obie. Jason Adelman purchased the building in the late 1990s and moved his restaurant to its current location from down where Casa Fiesta now sits.

The current look of the Feve came about after an extensive renovation in the summer of 2002. Before then, the downstairs had a row of booths along the right hand-side when you came in the front door, and a counter where you ordered in front of the kitchen window. A dessert counter (with ever-present fish tank) sat perpendicular to the counter, probably around where the taps are now. The menu was much more extensive (although they were often out of various foodstuffs, especially avacado) and numerous blends of coffee were available daily. The stripped down menu and new emphasis on beer and liquor probably stemmed from a new business model, and a desire to keep things simpler and the staff happier -- the Feve staff used to be known almost uniformly for surliness.

Upstairs was renovated to its current look around summer 2002 as well. The bar used to be on the front half of the space, between the stairs and the front windows. Seating was much more casual, with couches and stuffed chairs everywhere. The back half, basically from where the half wall at the top of the stairs is now back, was an apartment, typically rented to Feve staff. Sometime between summer 1999 and spring 2000 the apartment was removed and the bar moved to its current location. A booth of sorts, framed by two sets of pillars, sat under the skylight. The booth was removed, new tables put in, and the old bar (which had been left up front as a tall table) removed in the summer of '02.