New restaurant in front of Ames Target?
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Everytime there's space in Ames, we hear BWW. I'm shocked no one tried starting the rumor that it was going in where the new oil change place is going in next to Wendy's. I'll be interested to see who fills the lot east of Pizza Hut too. That's not exactly prime real estate since its off Duff. Of course, if the rumors we hear all the time ever turned out to be true, there'd be 13 BWW in Ames, a Kohls where WalMart is, Olive Garden, and a million other things. :biglaugh:
My checking account is damn happy there isn't. I can justify not going to WCW because its an absolute rip off, but for some reason, I struggle to use the same justification with BWW.
If its a BWW I might be a bit surprised. I thought they were tied into whatever building Petco wanted to have down there by Pizza Hut. I think plans were pretty well established until the city code required Petco to have a certain number of parking spots and they were not going to do that because the average people who are in there store at one time was like a fraction of what the city wanted.
Yeah, someone in BWW's market research team needs to be fired for the Mason City before Ames f up. I'm guessing WCW is hoping like hell BWW never shows up in Ames because it'll kill them.
In my opinion....there is no reason Ames shouldn't have
Olive Garden
Outback
BWW
Kohls
A real sports store (MC Sports, Sports Authority)
Krusty Krab
A real mall (recruits typically visit these while they are here.)
The biggest problem with Ames is Ankeny is stealing everything. When there is something within 25 mins that may cause Places not to build in Ames.
That being said...Ames does have a bunch of cool eating places that people don't know about. the stuff listed above just helps put Ames reputation out a tad...
Olive Garden
Outback
BWW
Kohls
A real sports store (MC Sports, Sports Authority)
Krusty Krab
A real mall (recruits typically visit these while they are here.)
The biggest problem with Ames is Ankeny is stealing everything. When there is something within 25 mins that may cause Places not to build in Ames.
That being said...Ames does have a bunch of cool eating places that people don't know about. the stuff listed above just helps put Ames reputation out a tad...
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The zoning board of adjustment really pulled a classic Ames move. The parking space ordinance is ridiculous but I'm pretty sure the city council ended up lowering the requirement recently. What I thought was they were concerned about the sewer runoff being too close to a well in that area, which seems ridiculous when you've got a Target and Super Wal-Mart right there too.
Olive Garden's selling point is also it's short coming. Almost all meals are decent and consistent, but not noteworthy. Pretty much what you would expect from pre-made frozen entrees heated up when you order them.
For casual chain restaurants that claim to be Italian, I rank Macaroni Grill above it and Grisanti's better than both of them.
For casual chain restaurants that claim to be Italian, I rank Macaroni Grill above it and Grisanti's better than both of them.
The lack of a sports store in Ames does surprise me, but at the same time, it doesn't. I think the only reason Mason City has MC Sports is because Mason City is a shopping destination. Ames isn't. People go to Des Moines instead. Mason City has a strangle hold on north central Iowa unless people go up to Bloomington or Mankato for northwest Iowa. The Sports Page in the mall, like the mall itself, is an absolute joke. I think the above is pretty much the exact same reason Mason City has Kohls and Ames doesn't. A crabby patty joint would put Ames far above Mason City though. :yes:
Ames previous city councils were about as anti-growth as can be. Hopefully the new members of the council voted in last year pull their heads out.
Yup. Its not like a mutli billion dollar company with a 1,000 stores doesn't know that they only need 38 spots at a store.
This. Ames has been its own worst enemy and held itself back for far too long. The previous city councils were anti-growth...unless you were a property management big-wig, then go right ahead and over-saturate the town with apartment buildings. North Grand Mall is beyond embarassing.
Hopefully the new city council turns it around. With a great university and being close to the interstate, Ames has a lot of potential
