In Memoriam: Ames Business/Restaurants

[Al_4_State]

Mullets will crush it in the West Towne spot.

I agree that West Towne was never more than average, they just had that neighborhood cornered. But I was always grateful for their existence when I lived on Mortenson and couldn't the Vikings on the Des Moines Fox channel.

 

[ElephantPie]

Got to go here maybe once a month
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Oh wow! Where was this located? Was it somewhere in west Ames? I have a vague memory of going to eat with my folks at a sitdown restaurant somewhere in west Ames in the early 90s but I've never been able to piece together now what the place was that we went to.

 

[theshadow]

Oh wow! Where was this located? Was it somewhere in west Ames? I have a vague memory of going to eat with my folks at a sitdown restaurant somewhere in west Ames in the early 90s but I've never been able to piece together now what the place was that we went to.

4923 Lincoln Way.

Between North Dakota and Thackeray, on the same frontage road as (currently) Jax Outdoor Gear and KD Billiard/Game Room.

 

[Ankency]

Mullets will crush it in the West Towne spot.

I agree that West Towne was never more than average, they just had that neighborhood cornered. But I was always grateful for their existence when I lived on Mortenson and couldn't the Vikings on the Des Moines Fox channel.

If it’s anything like the Mullets in Ankeny, don’t get your hopes up. Different owner than Des Moines Mullets and menu is much more limited

 

[JP4CY]

If it’s anything like the Mullets in Ankeny, don’t get your hopes up. Different owner than Des Moines Mullets and menu is much more limited

Yes they are franchised out now.
I believe the Fareway CEO's wife is involved in that aspect.

 

[Al_4_State]

If it’s anything like the Mullets in Ankeny, don’t get your hopes up. Different owner than Des Moines Mullets and menu is much more limited

Oh, I didn’t even realize there was an Ankeny one

 

[JP4CY]

Oh, I didn’t even realize there was an Ankeny one

Across st from Yankee Clipper.

 

[Freebird]

Go to Jimmy's in Boone!! Jim was the manager in Nevada and George "promised" him the business, until the family got involved and ran it into the ground. Jimmy's has the same sauce, texas toast, lemonade.

Thank you. I didn’t know that.

 

[Ankency]

Yes they are franchised out now.
I believe the Fareway CEO's wife is involved in that aspect.

Isn’t the owner from Kippy’s Place in Elkhart involved also? (At least the Ankeny location)

 

[hlb76]

Isn’t the owner from Kippy’s Place in Elkhart involved also? (At least the Ankeny location)

Yes,Tim owns both.

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

Sure was I was a delivery driver for them in 1994 and 1995.

Same in 1996. Once got ‘robbed’ by some dudes on a delivery to a frat. They stole the huger huge, not the money bag.