KILN -- The Green Bay Packers no longer hold any currency at the Broke Spoke Bar.
The roadhouse on Kiln-Picayune Road, which has attracted thousands of visiting Packers fans through the years, will be shifting gears now that Brett Favre has gone to the New York Jets.
On Thursday afternoon, owner Stevie Haas and bartender Derek Peterson were behind the bar ruminating on the latest twist in the continuing saga of Favre, Kiln native son and retired, then unretired, and now traded Packers quarterback.
"I can't figure out why Green Bay let him go," Haas said. "But instead of watching Packers games on Sunday, we're going to be watching Jets games. We're going to pull for him all the way."
Haas has owned the Broke Spoke for 23 years. For a small bar in a spot-in-the-road location, the place has gained a national reputation through its Favre connection.
During the career of the three-time MVP player, Packers fans from across the United States have flocked to the Broke Spoke, just to suck up the ambience and say they've been there.
"They have come from all over," Haas said.
As longtime Packers observers, Haas and Peterson doubt the wisdom of the Packers management in trading Favre.
"I can't see the Packers getting to the Super Bowl without Brett," Haas said.
And Peterson had an equally dim view of the chances of glory for Favre's replacement behind the Packers line.
"He won't make it to Halloween," he said.
Haas thinks out-of-state fans will still come to the Broke Spoke, but now they'll be Jets fans. The tradition is to serve free food at the bar during some games.
"We're going to have to teach the people from New York how to cook red beans and rice," Peterson said.
After Favre announced his retirement, a fan and Broke Spoke customer painted an old outhouse that sits beside the bar in Packers colors, and wrote a message to Favre: "Thanks 4 the memories."
That may change now.
"Maybe we'll paint 'Jets' on one side and 'Packers' on the other," Haas said.
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