Well I hate their new location. It’s way out of the way and a pain to get to for out of towners.
Cytown Update
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Wasabi is down the street east from The Cafe and around the corner to the left/north. The former +39/Brick City location had a sign up for a long time but took it down when some work started there. Don’t remember the name.
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Any information on what’s going into the old Brick City? Sign says, “Fig and Sea” coming soon. Anyone know anything?
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Surprised me when Brick City closed after switching locations. Seemed busy enough when I went, was that a management change?
It always seemed half way crowded the few times we ate there before it closed. Being a sports bar, one would think that in N. Ames with so many families, there would be not be a lot of "let's head to the bar and drink crowd."
Also in north Ames is Ge Angelos. Reminds me of neighborhood family run Italian restaurants in south St. Louis. Pizza is quite good.
Really? Take 13th St exit from I35. North on Stange for a mile and you are there. 15 minutes top from exit.
Flame and skewer is pretty good at the mall as well in north Ames.
Curt only likes left turns...
My wife and I would go Ge Angelos in the early 00s in school. She's from Mason City and was familiar with the GeJos in Clear Lake. I think they are owned by the same family or something.
I know how to ******* get there.
I come to Ames for 2 reasons: 1) my clients and 2) ISU FB/BB games. So if it isn't convenient to get to from FB/BB games it's not worth my time and anything in Sommerset isn't convenient from FB/BB games.
And 15 minutes from I35 is also not convenient when there are numerous other restaurants within 5 minutes from 30 and 35.
I would be good with a Smoky Ds location in Cytown.
It would also help if it was actually good
I’m not from Ames and I avoid Duff, just like I avoid Ankeny Blvd in Ankeny..
This CyTown space seems to me like it would be a pretty risky venture for a restaurant to put in a big enough place to handle all the game day crowds, but then make a go of it on non game days.
It’s a conundrum for that particular space. For game days you really need to have multiple restaurants in there, but they will be dead most other days.
I think the best solution honestly is to have space somewhere for a bunch of food trucks. But I’m not sure how CyTown makes money off of that? Would you charge them a significant fee to rent a spot? I don’t know enough to know how that all works?
It’s a conundrum for that particular space. For game days you really need to have multiple restaurants in there, but they will be dead most other days.
I think the best solution honestly is to have space somewhere for a bunch of food trucks. But I’m not sure how CyTown makes money off of that? Would you charge them a significant fee to rent a spot? I don’t know enough to know how that all works?
Since a lot of us avoid Duff ave, perhaps a few restaurants could make a run in Cytown.
One of the reasons I avoid Duff is lack of good eateries (it's all chains). If something opened in CyTown worthwhile, I'd certainly give it a go but it would have to have a solid food menu. Something I couldn't get anywhere else in Ames.
Mostly I don't go out much anymore because I don't want to pay $19 for a cheeseburger, not so much because of where it's located.
