In Memoriam: Ames Business/Restaurants

[Cybball37]

O'Malley McGees: Second vote. Great date night place.
Great Plains: Good pizza, not great, but unique

This doozie about Great Plains nearly gave me a heart attack. Like yelling fire in a theater.

I miss Battles, Home Team Pizza and the old Wallabies. New one is nice, but doesn't have the bloomin onion thing. I lived on Dotson my last year, which was a skip from Wallabies and the Keg Shop.
Also miss Rocky Rococo Pizza on Welch. Great place to grab a slice.
Also, the hot dog / gyro guy that had a cart on Welch. I think that whole thing blossomed since, but back in the early 90's, it was him. Always wanted to make sure you had a buck or two for after bar snacks.

 

[JP4CY]

Fox Lounge closed? Damn that sucks.

Yeah, way more than 5 years, maybe not 10 but close to it.

 

[GTO]

Nope, it was Cocost.

Was just about to post this. Me and the wife went there plenty of times while in college.

 

[Sparkplug]

Boyd's Ice cream shop
Ruttles
the truckstop out on hwy 30, late nite chili & cinnamon rolls, or breakfast.
Dugan's deli northwest of campus

What was Dugan’s specialty- something like Who’s your Mother-

 

[SCyclone]

Jack in the Box

Ha - my daughters out in Washington call those "Puke in a Box".

 

[cyhiphopp]

Nope, it was Cocost.

Oh ****. You're right. THe food was more memorable than the GD name.

 

[nfrine]

Hickory Park........at two previous locations in town.

 

[urb1]

Was that the same as the Brown Bottle in Cedar Falls? Great pizza! http://thebrownbottle.com/res/

There was a Brown Bottle in Ames, Cedar Falls, and Iowa City. I ate at the one in Cedar Falls last time RAGBRAI went through there. Got engaged at the one in Ames.

 

[theshadow]

There was a Chinese restaurant on Welch Avenue across from the Subway. I can't remember the name of it. They had some of the best fried shrimp dishes. I was never a fan of Chinese food before I went there and most Chinese since has been a disappointment in comparison.

Anyone remember the name of it?

Cocost.

 

[DRCHIRO]

Cazador still has an Ankeny location. I eat there still anytime I'm up there and after a lot of football games.

 

[StClone]

Boyd's Ice cream shop

JHC I swooned seeing your Boyd's Dairy Store post. Girlfriends, old Campustown and the threater. Warm Friday and Saturday nights sights and sounds walking there. Sigh.

On edit: For years I had one of Boyd's returnable glass 1/2 Gal. milk jugs. Good catchall vase.

 

[Deleted member 8507]

Showing my age but Granddad's and Cave Inn were huge in 70's/early 80's

 

[FOREVERTRUE]

I miss Hunky Dories and Ruttles.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Brown Bottle/Elwood's: way out west on Lincoln way - had prime rib and individual fruit cobblers to die for
Valentino's: The only place I've ever found Sicilian spaghetti sauce (which I adore)
O'Malley McGee's: the best "Irish/Mex" ever...and plenty of food for the money

Just realized - it was "Elwell's" after "Brown Bottle", not "Elwood's"

 

[cdface]

O'Malley McGee's on Duff. It flooded one too many times. They had an enchilada dish with a fried egg on top. Mmmmmm

I lived for those goddamn nachos as a kid. Did it close early 00s or late 90s?

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I miss Hunky Dories and Ruttles.

That was the other one I was trying to remember...I love hand-made shakes.

 

[CychiatricWard]

Agree with Cocost. They had 5 dollar entrees and hooked you up, then they started charging more and giving less, and eventually closed. That was clutch in college!

- Original Battles
- Cazador
- Hickory Park before the current one. Smaller, but better.

 

[StClone]

This doozie about Great Plains nearly gave me a heart attack. Like yelling fire in a theater.
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Like the last time I was in Ames my wife thought Taco Time had closed. It's comforting now more for the nostalgia than the food.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

What was Dugan’s specialty- something like Who’s your Mother-

That was "The Big Mother"
Roast Beef
Turkey
Swiss
Thousand Island dressing

Another oldie was Sambo's on Lincolnway about where the old Long John Silvers was.

Edit: Forgot The Hallway at North Grand mall. Twofers and Zombies

 

[ClonesFTW]

The amount of 2am biscuits and gravy I used to eat at Angie's would not be recommended by any primary care provider.