SteelCityIrish t1_itstda5 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 1:13 AM

Reply to comment by UnsurprisingDebris in Help Me Remember - Indoor Skatepark from 90s by khumprp

J.G., Jerry Cooper, Greg… Mark the Shark, Chris Barnett… so many faces clear, names in a fog.

Good times! 😎

LostEnroute t1_itv5jnv wrote on October 26, 2022 at 3:21 PM

I still see a few of these guys around town every once in awhile.

SteelCityIrish t1_itvr547 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 5:41 PM

Nice… saw JG at the Tav back in ‘18? Last I heard Jerry was in NC & Greg started OneUp on Carson. As for Shark, last I knew he was still slinging pies at the Village (RIP).

Those Deli Co. nights are all a blur now!

🤘🏼😆🤘🏼

LostEnroute t1_itvt5b0 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 5:54 PM

Yeah JG is still around for sure. Shark is doing well. I think he opened a restaurant or two outside of Pittsburgh, but in the region somewhere. Name escapes me. RIP Deli Co. Best/worst pool table in the East End.

SteelCityIrish t1_itw30ac wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:57 PM

Good to hear they are both doing well…

The Bosstones : Toxic Toast lyrics come to mind when I think back to those times.

“Looking back now, not sure how… we made it through, not all of us, but most.”

Good times for sure, but I couldn’t roll like that now.

The Deli… man, I remember the night some chick threw the cue ball @ Jerry, he ducked and JG caught it in the side of the head at the top of those steep ass stairs and almost sent it.

That kid Matt was dangerous on the table, Fulton too. Pretty sure Pompa was there before the Tav as well.

Like I said, I can still see the faces, the names… long gone.

Be Easy Friend. 😎