Favorite Place to Eat in College

[Drizzle]

What about CHC, i think its called Chinese Homestyle Cooking... Is that still around?? I loved that place, family owned and very good food.

[isuarch80]

Originally Posted by Drizzle

What about CHC, i think its called Chinese Homestyle Cooking... Is that still around?? I loved that place, family owned and very good food.

good call - i forgot about that place...

[kilgore_trout]

Back in the day (code for the eighties):

Great Plains - Buffalo Pizza
Cy's Roost & Don's Deli - all good
Grubstake Barbeque - great lamb fajita

honorable mention to Dugan's Deli and their Big Mother.

[diaclone]

From my time in the 70's.....

Minsky's Pizza in Campustown (The Capone Special - Canadien Bacon and Sauerkraut)
The Green Pepper (Pizza) in Campustown
The Pizza House (remember the bottomless glass of pop?) on LWay
Dugan's Deli - man I miss that place
Asvig's (sp??) Bakery downtown

[ISUAlum2002]

Valentino's Sunday night buffet when the dorm cafeterias were closed.

[LindenCy]

I join in the Ruttles love. It was good. I liked Taco Bell on Lincoln Way, as much as I shouldn't admit it. I liked going to Cafe Northwest sometimes, at the "old" location. When I get to Ames now I like Dublin Bay.

EDIT: I forgot to mention one of my favorites!: Home Team Pizza. I can't believe they closed it. One topping large pizzas for 4.99. And the Big Chicago! You can't beat it (disclaimer: I will not vouch for quality of pizza :) ).

[cydswipe]

Some of my Theta-Chi brothers and I camped out on Tip-Top's roof one year for the Iowa game. We got great seats for chili and beer that morning!

[jdoggivjc]

Dublin Bay
La Fuente
Hickory Park
Great Plains
da Vinci's
Diamond Dave's (on karaoke night)
These are just a few of my favorite things...

[CyGuy33]

La Fuente and their huge Margaritas
Diamond Daves on Captin and Coke night,

Both good mentions.

[cybsball20]

Originally Posted by CyGuy33

La Fuente and their huge Margaritas
Diamond Daves on Captin and Coke night,

Both good mentions.

Thise were some big ol' captain and cokes!

[CyinCo]

These aren't high on my list but it seems like almost everything else has been mentioned:

- Happy Joe's Buffet to cure a hang over on sunday morning.
- Flame and Skewer at the mall to cure a hang over on sunday morning. I always asked for an extra pita with my Gyro sandwich and made two. Mmmm...

BTW - Speaking of Gyros, my wife and I once went on a Gyro run to the gyro cart dude on a night we WEREN'T drinking and it was really not good. It is amazing how bar time food tastes so good but it probably really isn't.

[isukendall]

I can't drive through Ames without eating Battle's BBQ.

Maybe a bit biased as I used to work there, but Whiskey River has the best bar food in town.

[ISU BET]

Originally Posted by CyinCo

These aren't high on my list but it seems like almost everything else has been mentioned:

- Happy Joe's Buffet to cure a hang over on sunday morning.
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+ rep to you sir.

[bmuff]

Originally Posted by cloneu

From what I heard Indigo Joe's didn't fizzle out, they just got to good of an offer on that location to not sell. I do like Okoboji though, it's not a classic college place like the others mention, but good food none the less.

I heard that they lost over $50k on the place, so I guess I heard the opposite of you. That place had decent food, but they put way too many tables in there. It was like you were eating with total strangers they were so close. And what was with that ugly fabric that they used on their chairs? That place was an eyesore inside.

Okoboji is decent and it's much better at the new location. They let that old place go to hell when they knew they were moving.

[drmwevr08]

La Fuente (First time there they were pulling a body out of the motel next door)
Ruttles (Love the sandwich bar)
Pizza Pit (mmmm, cheese bread)
Wallabys (I have no good reason)