How about Blondies. Haven't seen that one on here yet though I'm sure none of us went to a nasty strip club in college.
In Memoriam: Ames Business/Restaurants
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I don't remember the debate, but I do remember the McDonald's. Both the Chick fil a and the McD's were "express."
I typed Fox Lounge in the search. All sorts of posts are there.
And IIRC it was the Fox II
Thumbs Up was located across the alley North of the Dairy Queen. DQ is now Fighting Burrito and Thumbs Up is now Subway and maybe the business North of Subway. Thumbs Up started as pizza place on the ground level and a bar in the basement. The Thumbs Up building was a pizza chain called The Green Pepper prior to Thumbs Up. My uncle was an owner. Thumbs was started when the landlords started wanting too much for rent on Welch.
Hotel where Ford dealer is now located was the El Rancho, we always called it the the El Rauncho
Was Blondies on South Duff where Wendy's in now? In the 80's it was Foxy Lady.
Before my time at ISU but I think I remember the bank on the corner Lincolnway and Hayward was a xxx theater. The first time I was at ISU my uncle took me past there because we were going over to watch as they were tearing down Clyde Williams Field. I also remember we ate at Pizza Hut that night which was West of the West HyVee (which was Kmart). Pizza Hut is now Indian Delight's. The original Keg Shop was on the corner where HyVee gas is now. The Keg Shop was basically a one stall garage.
The xxx theater was either next to the bank or 2 businesses east. That corner has been a bank since 76 at least
It was actually called Big Earls Too. I went there once when I was 16 and my buddy and I spent all of our gas money on private dances from a pair of dancers from Colorado and had to bum money from someone at the Hardee's across the street to make the hour drive home. Surprisingly though, that wasn't my first trip to a strip club. That was when I was 15 and graced the briefly hallowed grounds of the very short lived Big Earls III in Colfax. If anybody else remembers that place then they wish could forget it like me.
Woof, just slugged through 373 posts to see how many places I remembered from the '70s where mentioned.
I found these already mentioned:
Cave Inn
Boyds
Duggans Deli
Torks
That Place (still have a glass pitcher from there, roomie had light fingers)
Minskys (still using a Minskys pizza pan, two friends worked there)
Not mentioned that I saw:
Copper Dollar, red felt pool tables + cute red headed waitress with the musky perfume.
Larson's Grocery, was a grocery before Larsons converted it to Duggan's Deli.
The Peanut Tree
B's Lounge - pool, favorite Bally Freedom pinball, cold Bud and strippers on Main Street.
Varsity Theater in Campustown.
I found these already mentioned:
Cave Inn
Boyds
Duggans Deli
Torks
That Place (still have a glass pitcher from there, roomie had light fingers)
Minskys (still using a Minskys pizza pan, two friends worked there)
Not mentioned that I saw:
Copper Dollar, red felt pool tables + cute red headed waitress with the musky perfume.
Larson's Grocery, was a grocery before Larsons converted it to Duggan's Deli.
The Peanut Tree
B's Lounge - pool, favorite Bally Freedom pinball, cold Bud and strippers on Main Street.
Varsity Theater in Campustown.
Why do I feel like the University has doubled in students in the last 30, 40 years and the number of bars has halved?
Not to sound like a stereotypical old guy, but it's because kids today are dorks and virgins and they think that makes them cool.
This does make you sound old and clueless about how anyone under the age of 35 acts.
Yes, I have no idea how anyone under 35 acts.
I grew up with a Revenge of the Nerds/Animal House idea of college and now dudes are wearing skinny jeans.
Booger and Bluto would not approve.
