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Angie

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Thanks so much to @cyclones500 for this great topic! I'm just stealing his description verbatim, as it is perfect!

Inspired by recent discussions of Taco Time closing and a reference in Campustown Question thread regarding Do-Biz. What are some defunct restaurants, nightclubs or retail stores you remember fondly from your days at Iowa State, but no longer exist? For those of us who aren’t able to trek back to ISU frequently, what are some establishments you connect most to your college days, whether they still exist or not?
 
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Jeff's Pizza, Westcyde Wings and the Wendy's by the west HyFive were the usual go-to's during school.
 
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Is Battle's BBQ still around? I must've gone there at least once a week when I lived in Ames. It's what started me on a love for BBQ. The last time I stopped there a few years ago, it had come under new ownership after George Battle died. It seemed like the food wasn't quite as good.
 
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The Hallway (bar out at North Grand Mall), the Cave inn, GrandDaddy's, The BillBoard, That Place (bar downtown that had the airplane in it and free peanuts). Boyd's Ice Cream. Rumble's (?) the 50 style burger joint on Duff. Is Dugan's Deli still around north west of campus? Oh and when Cy's Roost was actually good.it was fairly nice and served really good burgers and deep fried mushrooms.
 
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Granddaddy's for sure - it was the main meat market in Ames when I was in school. Also, Tork's Pub (at least I think it's gone, anyway)......we used to go get six-packs and peanuts when we had backgammon marathons.

The girls miss the old drive-in theatre out on the west end, we spent many evenings there with a big, greasy sack of popcorn and Kool-Aid. (Yeah, we were pretty poor.)
 
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NWICY said:
The Hallway (bar out at North Grand Mall), the Cave inn, GrandDaddy's, The BillBoard, That Place (bar downtown that had the airplane in it and free peanuts). Boyd's Ice Cream. Rumble's (?) the 50 style burger joint on Duff. Is Dugan's Deli still around north west of campus? Oh and when Cy's Roost was actually good.it was fairly nice and served really good burgers and deep fried mushrooms.
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I probably went to Cy's Roost more than 500 times during college and I really don't remember them having food at all.

I think the 50s place was Ruttles.
 
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Diamond Dave's, Hardee's, the Hallway, KFC, Country Kitchen/Okoboji Grill, Battlecry's Valentino's, Cafe Shi, (forgot the name of the burger place in the same place after that after that) All places near the Mall.
 
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