RICK YOUNG Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 No kickbacks to me. Mentioning my name might get you the heave-ho : ).Here are some of my favorites.* Hickory Park An Ames Tradition! | Hickory Park Restaurant Co. Has smoked (not barbecue) pork, beef, chicken,turkey, desserts, quick service, locally owned . Meat is smoked on site with native hickory wood.* Aunt Maudes Aunt Maudes - Ames, Iowa - Restaurant Fine dining as good as it gets. The duck flambe with orange marmalade sauce is out of this world . The best bloody marys.* The Open Flame The Open Flame – Grill your own Steak House & Lounge – Main Street, Gilbert, Iowa In the little town of Gilbert on the North edge of Ames. Family owned Husband, wife and 2 daughters. Very casual. Great steaks. grill your own or they will cook it for you. Very reasonable. This is the one place you can mention my name, nice people.* Ames area has most chains Red Lobster , Applebees etc. Not a big fan of those.* Lots of great Pizza places. My favorite recently closed.The best carryout is Casey's General Store Casey's General Stores, Inc( convenience store) it is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 My favorite restaurant in Ames...Olde Main Brewing Co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK YOUNG Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 The best Pizza in Central Iowa is 20 minutes south of Ames.check hereWig and Pen East - Iowa City, IA60 miles north in Ft Dodge is equally the best. Just the right amount of greasecheck hereCommunity Pizza - Fort Dodge | Urbanspoonnever mind the Domino's ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 My favorite restaurant in Ames...Olde Main Brewing Co. Site of the unofficial membership meeting---if you don't come we'll be talking about you....bwaahahahaha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 * Aunt Maudes Aunt Maudes - Ames, Iowa - Restaurant Fine dining as good as it gets. The duck flambe with orange marmalade sauce is out of this world . The best bloody marys.And the site of free wine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I did 3 years in grad school in Ames in the 1980s, so as you can imagine I didn't exactly have a lot of restaurant money lying around. I did make it to Auntie Maudes once when my future wife took me there. (She had a job!) Had the best piece of sea bass I ever had, even from places years later that should've been better.One place that's VERY out of the way, but is worth looking for is a little dive (or at least it was little in 1983) called Zeke's Place in a tiny town called Breda, Ia. It's about 10 miles north of Carroll, IA, which is about 50 miles west of Ames on U.S. 30. Zeke's is a steak place that (when I went there) served only beef from the farms in the area, I think only from one farm. I remember being served a perfect piece of prime rib that hung off both sides of an oval plate that I didn't need a knife for! That meal with a potato and salad cost me about $7. That kind of beef isn't available in most of the country for any price.A lot can change in 30 years, but Zeke's is still there. When I was there it was about as "local color" as you could get. If you're coming to Ames from the west, or want to go for a drive while you're there, it's worth checking out.Zeke's Place Breda, IA, 51436 - YELLOWPAGES.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK YOUNG Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 I believe It's still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 How about a list of breakfast places.......... free breakfast at the hotel is ok but we will probably be eating only two meals a day, so a bigger, better breakfast may be in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK YOUNG Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 Well it's the ol stand by's . Perkins or Villiage Inn. Don't know of any local places. Also don't know about free breakfast at the Hotel. If there is, it's continental at best.I'm a chocolate chip cookie guy in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thriller Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Paul - I was thinking more along the lines of "you are what you eat". ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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