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Feb 28, 2021
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byujdmba
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Seems like that place ended up having a few different owners.
Not sure what it is now, if that structure is still there.
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Best Places In Provo when I was a BYU student (mid 80s/early 90s)..Anyone Agree?
OBXCougar
2/27/21 3:16pm
The good old days:
run26
2/27/21 3:18pm
Good times indeed!!
BYUCPA
2/27/21 3:22pm
Was the Bamboo Hut owned by the Magalei family?
byubyu
2/27/21 3:26pm
The Rolling Scone. Heaps Brick-oven pizza. Maglebys. Eating a Combo II at CougarEat. This was early 1980s
Zenoch
2/27/21 3:26pm
El Azteca, the Italian Place, Garden of Eatin
AF Cougar
2/27/21 3:54pm
El Azteca was really good back in the day! Eventually it deteriorated to fast
Soy Celeste
2/27/21 4:28pm
Son of the family took it over and got it to its 50th. It had a few glorious years at the end. Really innovative sauces
vegasnative
2/28/21 1:41am
The Rolling Scone was a favorite hangout and Heaps was the place to go
AF Cougar
2/27/21 5:16pm
My dad still talks about the Combo II.
scottfunkel
2/28/21 9:45am
$0.50 movie night at Movies 8
Cosmodiar
2/27/21 3:27pm
Los Hermanos was never the best
jdub
2/27/21 3:33pm
What was? Id say it was most popular Mexican in downtown.
Hank Rearden
2/27/21 3:38pm
I wouldn't even put it in the good category.
dYrtbYkerYder
2/27/21 3:38pm
When it first opened, it was pretty good. I know it went downhill
OBXCougar
2/27/21 3:42pm
cheap date, monster sized nachos to share for $5
Jacob
2/27/21 3:47pm
Neither was Sensuous Sandwich, dive.
byukarl
2/27/21 4:43pm
This is one dive I loved.
RebelScum
2/27/21 6:59pm
Sensiois is still in orem and it hae the most meat of any sandwich place
CarolinaCoug
2/28/21 10:58am
Los Hermanos is terrible.
Romex
2/27/21 5:55pm
Malt Shoppe
gangbusters
2/27/21 3:41pm
Miss that place. It was a real shame to see it torn down.
TerpCoug
2/27/21 3:48pm
Yep. My go to place from the Glenwood. A total dump, but good burgers!
gangbusters
2/27/21 3:56pm
As well as good shakes!
Soy Celeste
2/27/21 4:30pm
Carousel was a hopping place back in the late 80’s.
idacoug
2/27/21 3:43pm
You hit on a lot of good 80s Provo memories
bluelands
2/27/21 3:47pm
Wow. I got my first pair of skis at wolfs i. 1985. Memories. What about take n
idacoug
2/27/21 3:52pm
I still have those skis and boots
bluelands
2/27/21 4:04pm
Also a pizza place across from Helaman where I used to watch Letterman late.
byujdmba
2/27/21 4:28pm
Pizza pipeline?
Tuss
2/27/21 5:04pm
Do you remember Zinick's inside the University Mall? Robert Redford used to shop
Soy Celeste
2/27/21 4:34pm
The Hires over by the Fred Myer (or whatever that was on University).
Thrill
2/27/21 3:50pm
Anyone remember Friar Tucks?
Hank Rearden
2/27/21 3:58pm
Best fried mushrooms and veggies
Saxa
2/27/21 4:20pm
^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^
rotorhead
2/27/21 6:18pm
I loved their scone sandwich with melted Swiss.
StalwartBraveTrue
2/27/21 11:52pm
Smartphones have changed things a lot in/around campus for good and bad
Run-DMT
2/27/21 3:59pm
I feel like you forgot sounds easy pizza
Gibbcoug
2/27/21 4:21pm
Yes - I liked going to Sounds Easy for pizza....was it made with real cheese???😂
OBXCougar
2/27/21 5:42pm
Some great memories...a few more
byujdmba
2/27/21 4:25pm
Another random memory: these were the days before cellphones.
byujdmba
2/27/21 4:30pm
I went to La Dolce Vita the other day for the first time in >20 yrs. Not as good
Run-DMT
2/27/21 4:40pm
Our pickup games at the Fieldhouse were with guys like
AF Cougar
2/27/21 5:20pm
Yes. Played with FB players all the time - rough games. Lots of fights.
OBXCougar
2/27/21 5:56pm
Ottavios ristorante downtown. The Omni was fun for country dancing on Thursdays
jkccoug
2/27/21 4:31pm
Los Hermanos was the Mexican place to go in Provo
byukarl
2/27/21 4:52pm
Later on, but El Azteca was the first and was the spot for decades. It used to be a sit down place and was in the second
vegasnative
2/28/21 1:43am
I work in downtown Provo and still go to Sensuous Sandwich quite often for lunch
Dang Rich CB'er
2/27/21 5:15pm
No Burger Supreme?
SJS
2/27/21 5:26pm
2.99 cheeseburger meal... I lived in Raintree. This was our staple
kotacoug
2/27/21 7:30pm
Naugles, friar tucks, gas-n-go hot dogs, Rax roast beef.
Alister Mackenzie
2/27/21 5:27pm
The Torch- strawberry passion fruit shakes & great Cuban food! Amazing pabellon.
bluebooks
2/27/21 5:53pm
i remember what a big thing "caddy's" was when it first opened...
ds7
2/27/21 6:03pm
And Magelbys was the most popular “nice” restaurant in town. Doc was always there to greet you when you came in.
Hank Rearden
2/27/21 6:29pm
First real ‘outing’ with girls after my mission
kotacoug
2/27/21 7:33pm
You're also forgetting Pizza Pipeline and Diego's.
sah22
2/27/21 8:56pm
Rocky Mountain Dive-in, er, Drive-in, and the drive in movies by the cemetery.
StalwartBraveTrue
2/27/21 11:58pm
There was a The Pie Pizzeria in Provo? Is that the same thing that is popular
scottfunkel
2/28/21 9:46am
Yes. It was right across Canyon Road from the track.
jdub
2/28/21 9:48am
Yes. It wasn’t there for very long. Same owners, same pizza. However it didn’t
Soy Celeste
2/28/21 9:51am
Seems like that place ended up having a few different owners.
byujdmba
2/28/21 9:55am
It actually started as a Godfathers pizza if memory serves. Maybe Pizza Hut?
StalwartBraveTrue
2/28/21 3:24pm
Pretty sure it was Godfather’s.
Soy Celeste
2/28/21 4:01pm
The Pie Pizzeria they have all over UT and ID today is TOTALLY different than
OBXCougar
2/28/21 11:27am
The Underground restaurant downtown with cars inside etc. to eat in! Country
CarolinaCoug
2/28/21 10:54am
Did yall forget kFC that use to have all you can 3at buffet? For $4.99
CarolinaCoug
2/28/21 10:59am
OR the buy one get one free Pizza Hut Buffet. We’d use the Buy1Get1 Card they’d
OBXCougar
2/28/21 11:20am
CENTRAL PARK!little green and yellow bldg. drive thru only. Simple menu
CarolinaCoug
2/28/21 11:34am
Weren’t the single burgers like .79 cents. Doubles were $1.25?!?!?!? My body
OBXCougar
2/28/21 11:37am
Something like that , yup.i usually got doubles and triples or iirc a quad.
CarolinaCoug
2/28/21 11:55am
There was a place called Sherwood Forest across from the old Provo High that
AF Cougar
2/28/21 12:31pm
Stan's on 9th East (now kaput): Best fries ever!
Yllage Vidiot
2/28/21 8:12pm
The little stand by The Palace (dance place)?
AZcougLawyer
2/28/21 8:41pm
Yep. I lived just behind the Palace (in a home on 800 East) for three years. I was a regular at Stan's.
Yllage Vidiot
2/28/21 10:40pm
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