A pankcake house is supposedly going in the old Happy Chef/El Azteca building on Dayton. Don't know what affiliation it will be with.
In Memoriam: Ames Business/Restaurants
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I was just going to say the same! They're still around (under a new owner) on E Lincoln Way. Chef's Special Chicken is still the best thing on the menu!
There is a Minsky's just south of Country Club Plaza in KC. I'm pretty sure it's the same company.
Holy cow... there's at least 18 of them! Kansas and Missouri...
I miss the Mandarin. House of Chen makes their Mongolian Beef similar to that of the Mandarin, which is my fav. Still wish someone had the recipe for the Mandarin's sizzling rice soup.
Minsky's is legit! Used to go to the one in the River Market area of KC all the time when my buddy lived by it.Holy cow... there's at least 18 of them! Kansas and Missouri...
I think it is- At 2000 KC tourney we ended up in a bar not sure which one but my friend Sue was like hey..... "You remember Minsky's pizza on Duff, this is Mike"
My favorite meal. Enchiladas Especial and of course WITH that amazing fried egg.
I loved Minsky's back in the day. I thought at that time it was the best in Ames.
O'Malleys had 2 for 1 fajitas on the first Monday of the month. We would drive up from Des Moines with some friends and leave so stuffed and happy. Best fajitas I've ever had.
I worked at O'Malleys as a cook and it the most fun i've ever had at a job. Sometimes at the end of the night the managers would say "everyone stop what you're doing!". Then they're bring 2 pitchers of beer into the kitchen and hand everyone a straw, split us into 2 groups and have a pitcher race. There were lots of other examples like that.
FAC/FAW at Dugan's back in the 80s...
I havent read all of this thread but there use to be a pizza place ( i think it was pizza anyways) inside North Grand Mall right next to the movie theater back in 2007ish, they had the absolute best smoothies I have ever had, no smoothie has ever come close to what they made, they were pretty popular, saw their smoothie cups everywhere when I was at the mall and I would always take them into movies. Hard to describe but their main strawberry smoothie almost tasted like a daiquiri but it was incredible, what I would pay to have just one of their smoothies.
A very nice Asian family owned the business I think, my memory has faded. I cant even remember what it was called, went out of business around 2008-2010.
A very nice Asian family owned the business I think, my memory has faded. I cant even remember what it was called, went out of business around 2008-2010.
Don't forget the queso dip and chips that paired well with the Margaritas on the rocks!
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