Yea there wasn't anything worth looking at then.Now that was something.
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Yea there wasn't anything worth looking at then.Now that was something.
Sounds about right. I think the club was Element at the time. Used to have chip bad idea fish bowls.It was definitely a dump, that being said FAC there a lot in college, right below the one dance club in Ames right?
I hate to see any businesses close but I never heard anything about it.Might belong in the Campustown Redevelopment thread, but apparently Cactus 2 (the successor to Fuzzy's, on Lincoln Way) closed in October.
Not a big surprise, frankly.
or tasty tacosI hate to see any businesses close but I never heard anything about it.
Plop a Raising Canes in there and print money.
I spent a year living in Ames and working between undergrad and grad school, and I'd always get paid on Fridays.If you didn't have at least one nasty ass free FAC hotdog you weren't doing it right.
It's still there. Not sure how it stays open, frankly as I never see anyone in there. I don't frequent campustown during bar hours these days though.Is Mr. Burrito still around? Or was it part of that block of buildings they tore down and have done nothing with.
The original Ames Pancheros!! Nothing like the El Gordo!!
It probably would do fine, but they'd be missing out on a lot of business that they'd get if they were located somewhere other than campus town.I hate to see any businesses close but I never heard anything about it.
Plop a Raising Canes in there and print money.
Isn't that smack in the middle of the block with absolutely no parking nearby?It probably would do fine, but they'd be missing out on a lot of business that they'd get if they were located somewhere other than campus town.
My nephew who attended U of M but had friends at ISU, loved Mr. Burrito and seemed to go there every time he was in Ames with his buddies. Daughter makes it sound like it is a fairly popular joint.It's still there. Not sure how it stays open, frankly as I never see anyone in there. I don't frequent campustown during bar hours these days though.
It is but Freddy's seems to be doing OK.Isn't that smack in the middle of the block with absolutely no parking nearby?
Good point. I don't get down there much, but Freddy's has been there for awhile it seems.It is but Freddy's seems to be doing OK.
Yeah if you think over the years there's been A LOT of places in that area.Good point. I don't get down there much, but Freddy's has been there for awhile it seems.
That was a doomed location when I was in college because it seemed like it 100% relied on foot traffic, compared even to whatever was next door or around the corner.
Cafe B is an example of how being really good at what you do overcomes a lot of the things that sink a lesser business, and that ultimately a lot of places fail less because of those reasons and more because they weren't really that good.Yeah if you think over the years there's been A LOT of places in that area.
It's unfortunate because a place like Cafe B has shown it can work if you are committed.
Yeah, their owner has been visible and actually worked over the years there.Cafe B is an example of how being really good at what you do overcomes a lot of the things that sink a lesser business, and that ultimately a lot of places fail less because of those reasons and more because they weren't really that good.