There were a few good fist fights.

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Apr 6, 2021
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byukarl All-American

There were a few good fist fights.

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byukarl

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What is something nostalgic to you from the Wasatch Front that no longer exists?

Thrill

4/6/21 3:19pm

The Seven peaks golf course.

RdF3

4/6/21 3:20pm

This! So many great dates and other fun times there in HS!

RUNBYU1

4/6/21 3:22pm

You choose that above Cascade?

BYU'01

4/6/21 3:30pm

1/2 the price and way more lax on the rules. My buddy drive is cart off a Cliff

RUNBYU1

4/7/21 3:25pm

You had to be a mountain goat to play that course, but fun back in the day.

cosmohio

4/6/21 4:45pm

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cosmohio

4/6/21 4:47pm

Their bacon ranch burgers and cheese fries were awesome.

4/6/21 3:20pm

49th street galleria for sure

runitup590

4/6/21 3:20pm

It died when it became the Utah Fun Dome

LiveCoug

4/6/21 3:36pm

The Salt Palace

4/6/21 3:20pm

Dragging State on Friday or Saturday night.

WJCougar

4/6/21 3:21pm

Just the magic feeling that "I'd totally take that guy in a fight" or "that chick was totally into me"

Jimo Dashen

4/6/21 3:25pm

"Did you see that girl....she looked at me for a second"

WJCougar

4/6/21 3:37pm

There were a few good fist fights.

byukarl

4/6/21 3:54pm

The old 70's Salt Palace/ Golden Eagles, Dantley Jazz. Salt Lake Stingers

byukarl

4/6/21 3:56pm

haha.. yep.. The first week I purchased my first car

byukarl

4/6/21 3:36pm

My buddy bought a Firebird when we were in HS.

Eddie

4/7/21 1:50pm

"...nothing really ever happened..."

m0resn0w

4/6/21 3:42pm

Snelgrove's ice cream.

neboutefan

4/6/21 3:21pm

Training Table...MMMMmmm. I miss BAMBOO HUT more than anything else.

COUGZ

4/6/21 3:21pm

All good ones for sure

RUNBYU1

4/6/21 3:22pm

The Malt Shop

MapCoug

4/6/21 3:23pm

*shoppe

LiveCoug

4/6/21 3:38pm

My grandfather was the projectionist at the Centre Theater, NW corner of

Florwood

4/6/21 3:23pm

Training table was good until they just stopped caring.

OPINIONS

4/6/21 3:24pm

The owner's daughter took control and basically ran them out of business

jreid191

4/6/21 3:28pm

Isn't there still one in Sandy? Ate at one up in SLC valley couple of years ago.

cosmohio

4/6/21 4:55pm

Their Sugerhouse and Sandy locations closed in Nov 2016 so it must have been

jreid191

4/6/21 7:52pm

Sad to hear that, used to love Training Table back in the day.

cosmohio

4/7/21 2:57pm

Magic Waters in Draper near the point of the mountain. So many sunburns there!

camp_chef

4/6/21 3:25pm

Also, might as well say remember when the Point of the Mountain was still there.

camp_chef

4/6/21 3:26pm

Good call, RIP. Screw Geneva Rock and the others there.

RUNBYU1

4/6/21 3:26pm

The Wasatch Front is built on the material dug out of that mountain.

ReyOso

4/6/21 3:52pm

you ever watch the widow maker in person.. pretty awesome.. lol

byukarl

4/6/21 3:31pm

A kid in one of my classes used to participate in it. His dad had some kind

m0resn0w

4/6/21 3:44pm

Yep, super cool place.

RUNBYU1

4/6/21 3:27pm

When it first opened it was called Super Sliders.

WJCougar

4/6/21 3:44pm

Same with Raging Waters in SLC.

JuicyJam

4/6/21 3:46pm

Best tubing slide ever.

Aircooled

4/7/21 10:40pm

Derks Field. Saw my first pro baseball game and competed in the

neboutefan

4/6/21 3:25pm

Played the last game there before it got torn down. High school game. First game

777

4/6/21 4:04pm

The old Reams in Provo that looked like a domed stadium.

shoganai

4/6/21 3:28pm

They made amazing shakes.

porl thompson

4/6/21 3:29pm

and grab some Levi's

cougarblue

4/6/21 3:31pm

Don't forget to add 10%.

byujdmba

4/6/21 3:40pm

We used to joke that it looked like a giant diaphragm. (the birth control type)

m0resn0w

4/6/21 3:45pm

Used to shop there all the time. Married into a family whose cousins owned it.

cosmohio

4/6/21 5:04pm

The house I grew up in. There is a trax station there now.

JAGA97

4/6/21 3:29pm

Training Table in Holiday every Friday night with my buddies

byukarl

4/6/21 3:29pm

Training Table and that place near 4th N. in Orem where you get pizza and VHS

cougarblue

4/6/21 3:31pm

Sounds Easy Pizza

keilbyu

4/6/21 3:48pm

Sounds Easy? We did that growing up.

4/6/21 3:48pm

Movies 8. I worked there as a teenager and was sad to it abandoned when I went back there last year.

Chemish

4/6/21 3:31pm

Loved Movies 8. You had to go in the afternoon on friday or sat night to get tix

Mayor of Cougartown

4/6/21 3:33pm

When I worked there it was one of the highest foot traffic theaters for cinemark in the country but one of the lowest

Chemish

4/6/21 4:01pm

totally makes sense. I never bought concessions but one time we went with like20

Mayor of Cougartown

4/6/21 4:08pm

Cruising the 8 was a Provo rite of passage

mokelembembe

4/6/21 3:36pm

I think they finally just tore it down a couple of weeks ago.

cosmohio

4/6/21 4:58pm

Probably for the best. It was pretty depressing the way it was left.

Chemish

4/7/21 2:21am

Allied Hardware- Many trips with my Dad as a kid to the one in Sandy and Murray

camp_chef

4/6/21 3:32pm

Jobbers Odd Lot in Murray too. I'd ride my bike there with my allowance many Saturdays.

Jimo Dashen

4/6/21 3:49pm

I just noticed the related thread was talking about that.

Chemish

4/6/21 3:32pm

Oops, this was supposed to go under my above post.

Chemish

4/6/21 3:33pm

Ivy Tower and the Palace Night Club.. haha

byukarl

4/6/21 3:33pm

There was a dance club on Center street before the Ivy Tower. I wonder how many

m0resn0w

4/6/21 3:47pm

heard of it.. I went to school on east bench in Salt Lake

byukarl

4/6/21 3:52pm

It was in the building next to where Gross Hermanos used to be (right on the

m0resn0w

4/6/21 4:01pm

It was next to Sensuous Sandwich, I worked in the big corner building during

byukarl

4/6/21 4:07pm

I've been trying to rack my brain. Was the place on Center St called The Edge? I loved the alternative room.

Chemish

4/7/21 7:22am

That was it!! Great alternative room. I saw The Ocean Blue there twice.

m0resn0w

4/7/21 6:32pm

Are you taking about Deep Blue Something? I saw them there, as well.

Chemish

4/7/21 6:52pm

Nope. The Ocean Blue

m0resn0w

4/7/21 8:33pm

Great band, didn’t realize they were from Pennsylvania

SwanSong

4/7/21 9:53pm

Who knows, maybe that's who I saw as well. I was thinking Deep Blue Something but it's been so long I could see me

Chemish

4/7/21 11:56pm

Awesome pre-mission memories there! Became Gillymacks but IIRC Swim Herschel

Johnny Vatos

4/6/21 6:16pm

Swim was awesome. Guy from my high school was their manager. I was bummed when

m0resn0w

4/6/21 6:40pm

Ladies night was great...we used to pay an extra $ to skip the line

Aircooled

4/6/21 3:57pm

The Salt Palace because of great Jazz memories, Derks Field, old movie theaters

Jdoc

4/6/21 3:34pm

Trafalga in Orem.

Ham

4/6/21 3:34pm

The line of poplars that lead to the front entrance of Lagoon.

4/6/21 3:36pm

The J-Bar lift at Park City.

neboutefan

4/6/21 3:47pm

Stop this thread is making me miss the 80s again.

byukarl

4/6/21 3:38pm

Enjoying the foothills before the development...and other awesome spots all

Aircooled

4/6/21 3:39pm

Stan's on 9th East. And Bamboo Hut, of course.

byujdmba

4/6/21 3:39pm

+1. Miss Stan's. Lived a block away my senior year at the Y and ate there alot.

cosmohio

4/6/21 4:45pm

The Ridge (aka Foothill Athletic Club)

4/6/21 3:42pm

I took swimming lessons there.

Ham

4/6/21 3:45pm

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Ham

4/6/21 3:46pm

We were original members - I think the first name was “Racquet Ball Club”

Aircooled

4/6/21 3:49pm

Used to play basketball up there with friends and roommates from the Y.

cosmohio

4/6/21 4:53pm

Nice! I spent my life playing pick up games there. Played a lot of tennis up there too.

4/6/21 6:29pm

Destroying the Ute's will to play football every single year.

Johnny Vatos

4/6/21 3:42pm

OK boomer

4/6/21 5:31pm

Uhhhhh that would be Gen X, so get the hud off my lawn

Johnny Vatos

4/6/21 6:09pm

Nutty Putty caves were fun.

4/6/21 3:44pm

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Zedhead

4/6/21 3:46pm

That playground was awesome.

4/6/21 3:48pm

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Zedhead

4/6/21 3:56pm

Wow this is amazing. So many great memories playing at that park growing up.

runitup590

4/6/21 4:00pm

That's pretty cool. What's there now instead?

mokelembembe

4/6/21 4:04pm

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Zedhead

4/6/21 4:20pm

It was directly south of the Ferris Wheel. Now has some type of building there.

4/6/21 5:25pm

I remember going to Allied all the time when I was a kid, but the only thing I

scottfunkel

4/6/21 4:29pm

Verd's in Orem. Penny candy, man.

Ham

4/6/21 3:47pm

Bridal Veil Falls restaurant at the top

4/6/21 3:48pm

RE: Bridal Veil Falls restaurant at the top

Pangare

4/6/21 3:52pm

I'm still sad I never did that

RUNBYU1

4/8/21 11:22am

Godfather's pizza in Orem

Pangare

4/6/21 3:48pm

RE: What is something nostalgic to you from the Wasatch Front that no longer

Pangare

4/6/21 3:50pm

Roundtable Pizza next to Olympus Hills Mall.

byukarl

4/6/21 3:53pm

Sounds like you went to Skyline

Johnny Vatos

4/6/21 6:17pm

The Pioneer Park canal/all the irrigation canals in South Provo.

mokelembembe

4/6/21 3:53pm

There was a little burger joint on the main st in Tremonton. Hungry Bear maybe? Before there was I15 and we'd drive down

BlooGeek

4/6/21 3:55pm

Mormons

777

4/6/21 3:56pm

Oh, and my wife at age 19

byujdmba

4/6/21 4:11pm

The feeling of BYU beating Utah in football

ThatBYUFan

4/6/21 4:14pm

Dissapeared around the time Utah Lake lost its trout.

Backcountry

4/6/21 4:47pm

Plastique in Provo

SwanSong

4/6/21 4:14pm

RE: Plastique in Provo

m0resn0w

4/6/21 4:16pm

Aztek camera was there? That’s awesome

SwanSong

4/7/21 8:23pm

I grew up in Murray so it's easy for me.

Belboz

4/6/21 4:32pm

Those were great. We’re they right next to Murray High?

Jdoc

4/6/21 4:38pm

IIRC, they came down when IMC was built, just north of the High School.

scottfunkel

4/6/21 4:44pm

That’s right. Thanks.

Jdoc

4/6/21 5:03pm

Yes. They were just across the street to the north

Belboz

4/6/21 6:08pm

Grandparents lived in Murray, and when we would go visit them, seeing the

Emmett Fitz-Hume

4/7/21 5:10am

I miss Take Five and Grinders way more than the smoke stacks

TEXAS

4/7/21 3:16pm

Sugarhouse

A_blue_car

4/6/21 4:32pm

Dollar movies on Tuesdays I think and the Tropicana club with the South American

Thrill

4/6/21 9:33pm

Burger World next to University Mall in the 70's and 80's.

cosmohio

4/6/21 4:50pm

Awesome thread.

cruiserhead

4/6/21 5:01pm

Parker’s in American Fork.

KU_Coug

4/6/21 5:17pm

Ohhhh yeah I grew up there and that was a regular place we went

ByuImaginesDragons

4/6/21 10:36pm

I learned to swim at the old Deseret Gym where the Conference Center now sits,

neboutefan

4/6/21 5:20pm

I forgot to mention the Deseret Gym. Spent a lot of weekends down there playing

Jdoc

4/6/21 5:34pm

I forgot to add it as well. Hooped with Byron Russell and Ike Austin there once

Thrill

4/6/21 9:29pm

I saw Hulk Hogan there lifting weights once. GA’s liked to hang out there.

Jdoc

4/6/21 9:49pm

Sandy starship

4/6/21 6:47pm

Ooh, Cascade golf course in Orem.

Ham

4/6/21 7:01pm

Bmoney concerts at 7peaks pool parties

Backcountry

4/6/21 7:53pm

The bubbles and soon, the troubles

runitup590

4/6/21 9:20pm

The Vortex and DV8 were probably not where most of the good LDS kids hung out,

Thrill

4/6/21 9:35pm

DV8 had some great concerts. Small venue. Usually obscure alternative bands.

m0resn0w

4/6/21 9:38pm

Pretty sure Beck was there once.

Thrill

4/6/21 10:25pm

I loved DV8! Right after my mission I saw House of Pain play there. Opening for them was Rage Against the Machine.

Chemish

4/7/21 2:19am

I think it was Vortex where I watched Dead or Alive

byukarl

4/7/21 1:42pm

Crossroads and Cottonwood Malls as well. NBA players would hang at Crossroads

Thrill

4/6/21 10:30pm

I worked at the Footlocker at Crossroads. Fall of 88 through April of 89

byukarl

4/7/21 1:38pm

I worked in the Candy Barrel in Crossroads in the early 90s.

Belboz

4/7/21 6:39pm

Dances up top of Bridal Veil Falls

BYU Grounds

4/6/21 10:31pm

Saratoga Springs water park (not sure if it was called that but was a waterpark

ByuImaginesDragons

4/6/21 10:37pm

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Zedhead

4/6/21 11:16pm

Yeah I was too scared of going down that as a kid and couldn’t swim

ByuImaginesDragons

4/8/21 12:21am

Candy store across from Dixon Jr. High in Provo, and Norton's grocery store

Emmett Fitz-Hume

4/7/21 5:13am

When was the a candy store? I lived about a half block from Dixon till about '84 but can't remember a candy store.

Chemish

4/7/21 7:00am

Bricks night club in SLC. Loved going up there

Burton162

4/7/21 10:58pm

Original Navajo and Mandan lifts at Sundance, especially Mandan

Aircooled

4/8/21 11:20am

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