In Memoriam: Ames Business/Restaurants
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A crucial, and forgotten detail.
There were a lot of hungover Tuesdays during football season.
Original location/original name Flying Burrito (on Lincoln between Sheldon and Hyland) was the greatest drunk food in the history of Ames.
I've been to Fighting on Welch, and while I don't think it sucks, you can't top OG Flying.
I've been to Fighting on Welch, and while I don't think it sucks, you can't top OG Flying.
You must have been at ISU the same years as me. I remember all of those places but had completely forgotten about Serpico’s.
This was a great time. I think for a while, they had something messed up with gift cards as well - like if you had $10 left on your gift card, it would let you charge everything in your cart to the card and not ask for more money.
Had anyone seen this?
http://www.amestrib.com/news/201803...hef-in-north-america-to-open-pizzeria-in-ames
http://www.amestrib.com/news/201803...hef-in-north-america-to-open-pizzeria-in-ames
Agreed. When it first opened it was like 3 times a week for me. The first employees were great and they were loose on what they would give you and how much.
My end of night drunk food staple history went a little like this: Jimmy Johns, Gyro, Superdog, Flying Burrito, Angie's Breakfast, Jeffs. Occasional trips to the truck stop or perkins mixed in throughout.
Not gone, but man I miss the drunk bus. So much fun both ways, doing flips on the hand rails, singing on the mic, knowing exactly what time the last bus left Welch toward West Ames.
Pretty similar to mine. I had more Pokey Stix in the mix, but they were more of a week night drunk and wasn't leaving the dorm/apartment sort of deal.
Truck stop or Perkins were rare occasions, usually saved for post-intramural play. They were the only places it was acceptable to be drunk and sweaty at 3AM on a Tuesday.
I loved raiding the MU at the start of the semester and just grabbing mountains of coupon books. Saved a lot of money that way.
So true on the truck stop. Some intramurals like hockey, curling, and broomball ended so late a perkins/truck stop trip was a must.
Just like riding a bike.... We started at 6 am last Saturday morning and ended up at Perkins at 2 am. Even twenty nine years removed from college!!
In fact, now that I think about it, I think every time I went to the truck stop was following an ice related intramural.
Not a business, but I miss some of the graffiti art around town.
When I was in school there was a Krang from old school TMNT on a side of the building by the Welch Ave Post Office.
IIRC, the old cross country sign had a "My Spoon Is Too Big" drawing on it.
When I was in school there was a Krang from old school TMNT on a side of the building by the Welch Ave Post Office.
IIRC, the old cross country sign had a "My Spoon Is Too Big" drawing on it.
It was technically named "Pleasure Palace II" although I'm not sure where PP1 is or if it ever even existed.
I read that this morning. The guy has quite the pedigree, will be interesting to see how it does. We used to make the trek across town for Vesuvius, so we would definitely try it out. I've also heard good things about Tic Toc in Boone that he was a consultant for.
So even if his product proves far superior to that of others in the market (which we don't know, I'm merely hypothesizing) he should not open a pizza place simply because there are many competitors?
