Campustown Redevelopment
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FLYING BURRITO FOREVER!!!!!!
I sort of hate the new Campustown vibe (not that I’m ever there), but a lot of those old
buildings were run down beyond repair - like, a full generation of deferred maintenance. The good news is that the new, boring buildings probably won’t last half as long.
Agreed. The old campustown had charm. The new one looks as cookie cutter as anything else.
man, welch was just grimey 2010-2013.... there was still piss residue from 1986 in most bathrooms. i loved it. haven't been back since.
The only place we go when I'm back is Welch Ave... and perhaps Jeffs because it opened when I was in school and Gumby's is long gone.
im thinking the ames gumbies was around until 2010?? maybe later. Also had it in College Station. was good
I think it closed in 2008? I dont think we could get pokey stix in the dorms 2nd semester.
Oh, you young ‘uns. We ordered from Pizza Pit last century.
I was gonna say 2007ish only because I know I didn’t order it in 2008. But my minds a little hazy on those weekends.
Pizza Pit and The Library (WAS) are about all I recognize from my early ‘80’s college experience in Campustown. Grubsteak to Cafe Beaudelaire also isn’t a huge leap.
RIP Minsky’s, IHOP, and Baskin Robbins. The quarter “wine coolers” (probably crushed ice and Mad Dog) from the Cave Inn were not worth the quarter though.
I once got kicked out of WAS for "looking too drunk". I had literally left work at 30 mins earlier, did a quick change and arrived to meet some friends. I had not yet ordered a drink. My normal sober face just looked to too drunk to them
That reminded me, I went in there with a friend of mine that had cerebral palsy once. As soon as he walked in the door the bartender said "Nope. Get out! You're way past your limit." My friend said "I have cerebral palsy you *******." The horrified look on that bartenders face is burned into my memory. My buddy was fine with it since they let him drink for free all night.
Back in the day everyone bitched that Campustown was too dumpy. So they cleaned it way up and everyone ******* that it isn't dumpy enough.
I think that complaining about Campustown is simply a time honored Cyclone tradition.
I think that complaining about Campustown is simply a time honored Cyclone tradition.
If it's the same as The Chicken Coop in West Des Moines that would be a good add.
There is a “Fox” on the poster for it so not sure it’s the same branding. Probably not “The Chicken Coop”, but who knows.
