Neither. Hungery Boys is the best food stand in Ames now, imo. I've never had a better drunken burrito in my life
Super Dogs vs Gyro Stand
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It was after college that I finally had a Welch Ave. gyro sober....and it was not good. I ate hundreds of Pammel gyros made spicy because I worked next to there, and they were fantastic. And I was sober when I ate them.
Is Pammel grocery still there? That building was falling apart in the late 90s. No way it's still standing.
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Has Pammel been around that long? Or maybe not in the same location? It's in Colorado Junction. They've been in that location for maybe 10 years. No idea where they were before that, or if they even were around before that. The building is nothing special, but I don't think it's falling apart. Might be, you're thinking of a different place.
Ah, that explains it. I haven't been back through campus in a long time. Probably for the best - I might still owe for parking tickets.
I remember it being near 13th and Stange, or at least within walking distance of there. I had several friends who shopped there. This is 2003ish.
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Gotcha, I only know because the business that was in their current spot before them was a deli owned by a former co-worker of mine. Really, really good place, modeled after the traditional East Coast Deli, but he couldn't make it work. He used a lot of high end products in his food, and as a consequence, he had to charge too much. Also, the service was too slow for a lot of tastes.
Disalvos? That place was amazing; best subs I've ever had in Iowa
I assume it was in Pammel Court. My brother lived there in the early 80s, married housing. They were WWII huts I believe. A nice little read on ISU history. http://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2017/01/19/pammel
My question is when does the Super Dog make it's way out? I'm not planning on getting crazy in Ames anytime soon, but if they are out early enough I'm up for a late night drive from Ankeny.
My question is when does the Super Dog make it's way out? I'm not planning on getting crazy in Ames anytime soon, but if they are out early enough I'm up for a late night drive from Ankeny.
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Yeah, Disalvos. The owner grew up in Philadelphia, and really wanted to bring that East Coast Deli style to Ames. His cheese-steaks were amazing. The guy would buy giant ribeye roasts and shave them down in house for the meat. They were ridiculously high quality, but you can't charge a premium and be located in Colorado Junction. It just doesn't work, or at least it didn't in 2005. Perhaps nowadays, when fast casual restaurants are so much more popular, he might have had better success. We looked into getting him to cater our wedding, but it didn't work out. Super nice guy, though.
Damn tasty, but a tough location. I went there a lot, and quite often was the only customer in the place.
He now runs a vermin control business as his side job, oddly enough. Still a nice guy, but incongruent with the previous side business!
Unfortunately, the Fajita Man retired this year after 11 years in Campustown. This past weekend during graduation was his last hoorah. Luckily I was able to get one last fajita from him when I was there a few weeks prior.
