What's a company that you think sh!t the bed discontinuing certain products?
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KidSilverhair
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The Courier story I saw about the Stockade being sold said it was going to be Godfrey’s. But looking at the Google Street View and matching it up with my 45-years-ago memory, I think you’re right … the Sassy Sunflower coffee shop looks like it’s in the old Stockade and Godfrey’s appears to be the old Pizza Hut location. And the old Fiesta Cantina is now a pizza place, go figure.
Speaking of that area of town and in line with this thread - remember the A&W drive-in that was across the highway? And the Warehouse Market that was further north on 63? My Mom did all her grocery shopping there for a long time. And the Target? Ottumwa had a Target before Targets were cool - they were like a notch below KMart back then.
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That’s great to know and glad they brought it back then. We don’t have Hardees out here in CT, and I have been here for 13 years so sadly no Hardees for over a decade. But I know they got rid of the original Frisco years ago so hope it’s still the same one now.
As a kid we went out to north Ottumwa to eat at Sirloin Stockade and go to Target. Hy-Vee was next door and I think Warehouse BBQ was video/liquor store back then.
These are all hitting me right in the nostalgia spot. I grew up in Ottumwa, but haven't lived there in 25 years. My folks had to move away too, so mostly just memories now. . . .
Funny that in my youth, I viewed Sirloin Stockade as a "fancy" restaurant. (There was at least 1 other one in another town ... Burlington maybe???). Ivan Tennyson lived about a half mile from me he was on "ritzy" Birchwood Drive. Had a bowling alley in his house (supposedly).
They were just Corn Nuts BRANDED chips. Not anything like Corn Nuts themselves except perhaps the flavor coatings.
And bonus... you get to keep your teeth intact.
AE Cottage Cheese. It was way better when it came in that cardboard container thingy. That stuff they sell now? You might as well slap a cow in the face.
You could be right; Tennyson owned all three properties right there. The property to the North was a Mexican restaurant, the middle property is now a sports bar or something, it could have been the pizza hut and the southern property that was the steak place according to google maps is coffee shop.
We have eaten at the Mike's Pizza 4 or 5 times, in the old Fiesta Cantina building, and they get a good crowd, decent food. Never been to the other two spots. The Hy Vee across the street to the east is closing this month some time. Really it was the nicer Hy Vee of the two in Ottumwa.
I always thought this was never given a chance. There was a taste difference from diet but it wasn't really enough but why can't they make a "light" version with only 25-50 calories?
Lay's came out with a re-do of these recently but they aren't ANYTHING like the 1980s version...
Funny enough, I work with Tyler Raineri now. He’s got a good story about this flavor being a finalist.These are the best chips I’ve ever had. probably good for my gut that It got discontinued. I could tear up a bag in 20 minutes.
We would put these in the fish tank in the science room
Sigh... my mom was making us eat healthy before it was cool. I haven't had any of this cool old ****.
