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In Memoriam: Ames Business/Restaurants

Angie said:
You just came STRONG with the info! I remember Mikado and Tequila firsthand from going in middle/high school, but never went to the others. I do remember driving by when it was Hombre's.

I remember actually liking the food at Tequila quite a bit, I think maybe better quality than La Fuente? But they didn't have a margarita challenge, so they were always going to lose that war.
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The Amalgamated always sticks out to me because they had a full-page, full-color ad in the football game programs for awhile. I guess the picture of seafood appealed to some people (not me).

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Could really use a Pazessco place again. Whatever happened to him after Oddfellows?
 
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I know it's already been covered, but had a big discussion about Valentino's subs this past weekend. I'm craving one of those so badly. Anybody know a place that matches the taste of those bad boys?
 
Lucky Bamboo in Ankeny has a pretty solid Mongolian Beef, I used to live behind CHC on Hyland towards the end it often tasted like the fryer grease needed to be changed, but would still go there out of convenience/when it was good it was really good. Coco's or something on Welch also used to have a really good MB.

Dublin Bay has one of if not the best tap lists in Ames.
 
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discydisc said:
Lucky Bamboo in Ankeny has a pretty solid Mongolian Beef, I used to live behind CHC on Hyland towards the end it often tasted like the fryer grease needed to be changed, but would still go there out of convenience/when it was good it was really good. Coco's or something on Welch also used to have a really good MB.

Dublin Bay has one of if not the best tap lists in Ames.
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Cocost. $5 meals. I usually got orange chicken. A lot of their food "sat on" cabbage.
 
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StClone said:
The other water-related too: Okoboji. I thought it closed!
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That one did! I am not sure if any of the locations are still open - I know that the one in Johnston was a hanger-on for a while?
 
Angie said:
That one did! I am not sure if any of the locations are still open - I know that the one in Johnston was a hanger-on for a while?
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Ankeny held on for a while. The OP eventually went in. (Another lost Ames business)
 
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CYdTracked said:
One place in Ames I hope never closes is Pizza Pit! I still have to make a trip before basketball games a few times a season to Welch Ave Station just so I can order some wings and pizza from there and the sandwiches are yummy as well. We used to get Pizza Pit probably once a week in the dorms, their $5 late night special for a large 1 topping was probably the best pizza in town IMO. That and Gumby's pokey stix, their pizza was blah and pricey but the 2 for 1 pokey stix nights were great.
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My wife came with me on trips when she found Manitowoc, WI had a Pizza Pit! Pretty scenic location about there. We pretty much lived in the underground Campus Town Pit in the day. I think Pizza Pit is only in Iowa and WI?
 
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TXCyclones said:
I know it's already been covered, but had a big discussion about Valentino's subs this past weekend. I'm craving one of those so badly. Anybody know a place that matches the taste of those bad boys?
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All of their locations they still have in Nebraska. Be careful though, sometimes your memories are better than reality.

I ordered a sub from Pizza Pit in Madison a fee weeks ago and it was garbage compared to the stuff I used to get in Ames.
 
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