Was the Bamboo Hut owned by the Magalei family?

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Feb 27, 2021
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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.

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