In Memoriam: Ames Business/Restaurants

NWICY

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Rhetorical question? Yes. Aunt Maude's is alive and welll. And the Tipper? It will outlast all of us, just as it has for decades. It could survive a nuclear Holocaust.

My niece never went to the TipTop while she was in school. We went to a FB game a couple of yrs ago together, I took her there and I don't think it had changed since I was in school LOL. Wall to wall Cyclones all drinking beer and eating chili. Everyone should go there once.
 

Pat

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I’m sure I’ll get killed but I’ve always thought Aunt Maudes was overrated. Not a bad restaurant. Just not the one people make it up to be.

It has zero competition, though. It’s a fine restaurant, but the Cafe has a very different vibe, and if you don’t want to go to DSM, I’m not aware of another option for a “nice” dinner.
 

Macloney

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It has zero competition, though. It’s a fine restaurant, but the Cafe has a very different vibe, and if you don’t want to go to DSM, I’m not aware of another option for a “nice” dinner.

Maude's and The Cafe are both great for a small town in Iowa.
 

Pat

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Maude's and The Cafe are both great for a small town in Iowa.

My only quibble is that Ames isn’t that small anymore, but I’m definitely glad to have both. I wish there were more “nice” options, but the pandemic definitely set us back.
 

ISU22CY

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I’m sure I’ll get killed but I’ve always thought Aunt Maudes was overrated. Not a bad restaurant. Just not the one people make it up to be.
Add me to the hit list then. Have ate there a couple times first time I was hungover as all get out trying to impress a girl for lunch so figured give it a shot again. Went there with the wife and we both said yeah it's not a bad spot but nothing to rave over.