LOL, the Paris of Polk County. That is Classic, and so freaking true.
Kreg Tool Plant Moving from Huxley to Ankeny
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I know the Market Grills might not be doing that great, but the 1/2 price Taps and Apps from 4-6 is real tough to beat.
They also had all you can eat wings on Sunday during football season and just had a pretty decent all you can eat crab leg deal.
Towns not big enough for a Pizza Ranch are too small. Towns big enough to have a Pizza Ranch are not big enough to have real restaurants. You gotta get to a city too big for a Pizza Ranch. It's science, man, demographic science.
Wow, sensitive crowd. It was joke about Pizza Ranches being everywhere in small town IA, just like Casey’s and Fareway. I also think Pizza Ranch is terrible.
I’ve lived in 12 different towns including multiple under 1000 people. I also spend A LOT of time on the road in rural areas. Yes, there are less good options for lunch in a smaller town. Is that even debatable?
How many options do you need? How close are they to work? How many days do you go out to eat lunch? How long is your lunch? How much are you willing to pay to eat out for lunch every day? Unless you go out for lunch every day, a couple of options is all you need.
Old pizza parlor style Pizza Ranch is > todays Buffet style PR. PR used to be damn good pizza back in the 90's.
Sure, if you want to eat the same food from the same two or three places every time you want to go out. Or go get some food and drinks after work at the same bar.
I'm willing to bet most people would enjoy having options for whatever they're feeling like that day. It's the same reason a lot people travel into the Des Moines area from surrounding towns for dinner and drinks.
I guess I've only been to the newer style ones. Everybody loves their chicken but I've never been a fan of that either. Haley's deli in north Marshalltown has some killer broasted chicken.
That's how they all are now... Back in the day they were a legit sit down pizza parlor.
It’s a manufacturing plant that probably gets a half hour lunch, I doubt it’s a high priority.
Son is an engineer at an aviation manufacturer. Gets a half hour lunch. Usually takes his lunch, maybe eats at cafe there, can barely get lunch in half hour if he picks up Chinese a block away. It doesn’t seem like a huge deal to move a company. I don’t think they are going out for fine dining in a half hour. Probably just a move for a few higher ups who take a two hour lunch every day and spend the other six hours on social media.
CycloneErik
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I'm guessing it's only a huge deal for Huxley's tax base, since it seems most of the employees are from the Ankeny area.
Huxley is trying to move past the "bedroom community" aspect, and things like this are a pretty big setback for the aspirations of the town.
Back then they had a heavy presence in SD and MN. There weren't that many locations in NW IA from what I remember.
That’s not what I meant. Of course it’s a huge deal to Huxley and another opportunity for the wise sages of CF to bash small town Iowa.
Lack of more than a couple of lunch options doesn’t seem like enough of a huge deal to move a company, especially when Story County provided better financial options.
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