Ames restaurant you miss most?
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Disavlo's as others have said had great cheese steaks.
Bali Satay House
And Davinchi's
Sadly they are all gone now :sad:
Bali Satay House
And Davinchi's
Sadly they are all gone now :sad:
What do I miss:
Buck burgers from People's, Paddy's, and Cy's.
McDonald's on Welch. My roomates and I lived off of $1 Big and Tasty's.
Burger King, Quiznos, and the Made-Rite, weren't they all in the same location?
Diamond Daves for their buck burgers and $2 Captain and Cokes.
The old Battles and Jimmy John's locations.
Pancheros, wasn't that in the Mickeys location?
The Godfathers that's now a funeral home?
Buck burgers from People's, Paddy's, and Cy's.
McDonald's on Welch. My roomates and I lived off of $1 Big and Tasty's.
Burger King, Quiznos, and the Made-Rite, weren't they all in the same location?
Diamond Daves for their buck burgers and $2 Captain and Cokes.
The old Battles and Jimmy John's locations.
Pancheros, wasn't that in the Mickeys location?
The Godfathers that's now a funeral home?
Another vote for DaVinci's. Best pizza I have ever had.
Rocky Rococco's(sp) breadsticks were also good.
Rocky Rococco's(sp) breadsticks were also good.
Anybody else remember Grubsteak BBQ in campustown?
Loved the Big Mother at Dugan's Deli.
Tork's Pub - peanuts were the meal!
Loved the Big Mother at Dugan's Deli.
Tork's Pub - peanuts were the meal!
What was the Chines place on the back side of North Grand Mall? Kinda down by Sears. There was also the chinese place out on the west side across from Hyvee that got shut down for having roaches in the kitchen...we found out the day after we ate there.
CycloneErik
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I think House of Chen was back there by Valentino's. If I have my facts straight, they moved down to Lincoln Way (on the east side of town).
Sukothai!!!! It was this old thai place when I was in elementary school and it was soooooo good. Then the owner gambled away all her money and lost the restaurant.
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Flame n Skewer is a good place. Love the Zois Delight.
Mo still owns it and is a good Cyclone supporter. We went there last year and after we sat down I looked are the table next to us and all the football assistant coaches were there. Both Burnhams, Ash, Herman, Pope and of course Mo the owner.
Flame n Skewer is a good place. Love the Zois Delight.
Mo still owns it and is a good Cyclone supporter. We went there last year and after we sat down I looked are the table next to us and all the football assistant coaches were there. Both Burnhams, Ash, Herman, Pope and of course Mo the owner.
One of the signs in the window features the gut buster special - 5 hamburgers and a pound of fries for $1.30. I think that it was only a dollar when they still had 15 cent burgers.
Oh man... I'd tell all sorts of stories if I could remember them. Didn't they have Long Islands on special on the weekends? It was like 9 shots + mixer for 5 bucks in a mini pitcher with a straw. If you ordered a second one - they'd kick you out for being too drunk to make good decisions. It was basically, go in, get your Long Island and sip off it the rest of the night.
Gotta remember the drinking age was 19 back then. They had plenty of customers so they kicked the stupid drunks out pretty quick.
Their food was great - the pasta and stuff was tops.
I know the place you mean - I want to say it was called Tequila's or something like that. Their salsa and rice were better than Fuente. It was there probably in 97 - 99?
Yeah, I work with the husband. They really wanted it to work out, but he was working his full-time job and still supporting the restaurant - I think they were a victim of the exact things you mention. It's too bad - they would actually mix the cheese in with the meat on their phillies.
House of Chen. :yes: In my opinion, best Chinese in Ames (although CHC is pretty close) - they moved from NG out onto East Lincoln Way, though, in a strip mall. Their chef's special chicken is amazing. I'm blanking on the name of the joint across from the Hy-Vee - it used to be Wok Inn, but now it's...? I've only eaten there once.
I think that was Lucallans (sp). Very gay with lots of rope lighting but did have an all you could drink champange Sunday brunch! Cost them lots of money on that one a couple of times! Couple of other oldies was The Amallgamated (sp) off south Duff. Pricey but good and out west past the drive inn theater were a couple good places-- one of which was in an old barn. Minskys was a classic and Dons deli in Cys Roost had great subs!
As a former Davinci's Cheese steak grill "chef", we made them all with love for you.
I'd go with Sukothai, that was my first introduction to Thai food and it almost killed me. Now I say bring the pain! I love Thai food.
I could use some more grease in my diet, so I miss Minsky's. A great dive.
I'd go with Sukothai, that was my first introduction to Thai food and it almost killed me. Now I say bring the pain! I love Thai food.
I could use some more grease in my diet, so I miss Minsky's. A great dive.
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There's still a Minsky's in Nevada, but it isn't quite the same. I think it was started by the same owners as the one in Ames, though?
Wasn't the Hardees with the plane where Panera is now?
My parents would get take-out from the Wok Inn, it seemed pretty good at the time. Is the May House still in that location now?
