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What utah places do you miss? Mine: Super grinders on 4500 south and Take Five on 5300 south, both in Murray.
byuTX
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May 26, 8:51am
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bruincoug
May 26, 8:52am
What/where was that?
byuTX
May 26, 8:56am
Off the road between Provo and Springville. Was my dad's favorite burger place.
BYUtka
May 26, 8:57am
There used to be a burger drive in place north of LES on canyon road. May have been Hawkins? We went there after BYU
byuTX
May 26, 9:02am
Ripples
sethj250
May 26, 9:03am
That’s the one from the phone call but I could swear that’s a different place. I could be wrong of course
byuTX
May 26, 9:04am
Could be a different one. Do you remember where on Canyon Road it was?
sethj250
May 26, 9:09am
Maybe by the little grocery store? It’s been like 30 years so I could be way off
byuTX
May 26, 9:13am
Yeah, it was Ripples;)
CougGolf
May 26, 9:21am
It was next to Day’s Market. Definitely was called Ripple’s and definitely was
russkiejedi
May 26, 9:27am
I think I’m confusing two places.
byuTX
May 26, 9:31am
It was overrated.
Superkid
May 26, 8:59am
It was fantastic. The best onion rings I've ever had. To this day I haven't been
MHallDidNothingWr0ng
May 26, 9:43am
It was fantastic because they had good onion rings? It was a greasy quantity
Superkid
May 26, 10:11am
The burgers were awesome, the lime rickeys were amazing. The whole experience
MHallDidNothingWr0ng
May 26, 10:36am
I don’t think the burgers were ever anything other than just OK
byuTX
May 26, 10:45am
Snelgroves.
Florwood
May 26, 8:55am
Yes!
byuTX
May 26, 8:56am
Was Training Table good? I remember top-notch cheese fries.
Medute
May 26, 9:01am
No
Superkid
May 26, 9:01am
It was just ok. Kinda gimmicky. Good cheese fries though
byuTX
May 26, 9:02am
Hickory burger and cheese fries + dollar movie
bruincoug
May 26, 9:08am
I don’t. New places are better than the old restaurants.
Superkid
May 26, 9:03am
Squat and Gobble
Goliath
May 26, 9:05am
The trolley
delinquentcoug
May 26, 9:06am
I didn’t know Art City Trolley closed. This Reddit thread is interesting
Superkid
May 26, 9:09am
Was it in Springville?
byuTX
May 26, 9:14am
Yeah. Main Street. It wasn’t very good, just unique since it was a Trolley
Superkid
May 26, 9:16am
They all suck, HugosChicklets probably
CBaass
May 26, 9:09am
For nostalgia and family memories, Mulboons, Bella Fontana, Ponderosa, and
J-Rod
May 26, 9:11am
They still have ponderosa back East and maybe in Canada? Frontier pies was great. I think all my friends worked there
byuTX
May 26, 9:15am
Gandolfo’s- always Gandolfo’s in the basement in downtown Provo
SBB
May 26, 9:12am
Didn’t it come back? Maybe a new owner?
byuTX
May 26, 9:16am
It’s been a while so I don’t know- there was a franchise- the owner sold it and
SBB
May 26, 9:21am
There’s a Gandolfos in Orem and PG still. Amazing owner and cougar fan
kerm
May 26, 9:28am
Really? Is it like the original? I would absolutely check that out
SBB
May 26, 9:32am
Yes. Just the same. Been in PG for years
kerm
May 26, 9:54am
Now I’m excited- kinckerboker here I come
SBB
May 26, 9:57am
Also American Fork. It's been in the same spot for 30 years.
Hypnotoad
May 26, 10:02am
And it's still popular.
Hypnotoad
May 26, 10:02am
Needs to bring back the Rocky Balboa
fattycoug
May 26, 10:34am
Wild Zucchini was unique and an Italian style Cafe Rio.
Superkid
May 26, 9:13am
That place was pretty good for the short stint it had
maxpowers
May 26, 9:14am
Breakfast at the MTC temple. Awesome biscuits and gravy.
Chefcurry
May 26, 9:17am
Those were awesome
byuTX
May 26, 9:18am
El Azteca. The restaurant was a family tradition, but their taco shop was also
russkiejedi
May 26, 9:18am
That was a decent place for sure. Where was the Italian place?
byuTX
May 26, 9:19am
There was one on Bulldog, but the OG was on state street in Orem, just north of
russkiejedi
May 26, 9:21am
I had a room mate who worked at the Italian Place.
mottman
May 26, 9:43am
That’s how you know it was a good place. Slovenly, unkempt sandwich maker? Yes please
byuTX
May 26, 10:46am
El Azteca was great. First mexican place in Provo when it opened in the early
vegasnative
May 26, 10:03pm
Stevenettes/Malt Shoppe or whether it was called did have great
kotacoug
May 26, 9:20am
Isn’t it a Sweeto Burrito?
russkiejedi
May 26, 9:23am
Same building. There at two or three places there.
kotacoug
May 26, 9:27am
I’ll second Stevenettes. Bamboo Hut was another go to place
ledfoot
May 26, 9:30am
49th street galleria and the The Mayan
SuperTank
May 26, 9:22am
The Mayan? Some of the worst food I've ever had on a restaurant.
fattycoug
May 26, 9:24am
I don’t remember the food. I liked the cliff divers and the overall feel of
SuperTank
May 26, 9:28am
The food just had to be mediocre to make it okay. Instead it was AWFUL
fattycoug
May 26, 10:33am
Yes. Environment was fun but the food was embarrassingly bad. Can’t believe
CougGolf
May 26, 9:32am
Sconecutter
Ojiisan
May 26, 9:23am
Oh yeah. Sad that went away. Really unique place
byuTX
May 26, 9:25am
Tarahumara
silent_t
May 26, 9:29am
Hogi Yogi, Couscous in Murray
arizonacougarfan
May 26, 9:33am
4 places from my youth in Utah: Snelgroves, Burger Bar in Roy, the Rolling Scone in Provo, Tony's pizza in Ogden
Zenoch
May 26, 9:37am
Burger bar is still there. Still great
byuTX
May 26, 9:41am
I’m not sure if it would make my list today, but as a cheap meal, Rice King on
russkiejedi
May 26, 9:39am
Is teriyaki stix still around?
byuTX
May 26, 9:41am
Only at lagoon, I think
fattycoug
May 26, 12:44pm
I worked close to there for 7 years and we’d go regularly.
Superkid
May 26, 9:46am
Rice King was my favorite cheap chinese place in Provo.
shakarocks
May 26, 10:16am
Rusty Nail Pizza in Provo.
Forzaitalia
May 26, 9:46am
Ottavio's. Best Italian food this side of the Mediterranean
Nikomedes
May 26, 9:57am
Sil’s Seafood
SierraCoug
May 26, 10:09am
Take 5 food wasn't bad but the shakes? Best shakes around.
shakarocks
May 26, 10:17am
I'll add The Pie, Diego's, Rice King, Pizza Pipeline, Mama K's Pizza
shakarocks
May 26, 10:19am
Small cheeseburger, footlong dog, fries, amazing shake for like $8 total.
byuTX
May 26, 10:48am
Cheap for sure. It helped I was friends with the girls that worked there
shakarocks
May 26, 11:40am
When did it close?
Martin Van Nostrand
May 26, 12:38pm
It was around twelve years ago.
shakarocks
May 26, 12:41pm
Stan's on 9th was underrated
fattycoug
May 26, 10:41am
Super grinders had the best sandwich I have ever had in my life still to this
boctabulous
May 26, 10:49am
I alternated between the Turkey and the pepper steak. Closest I’ve found to it is in Dallas
byuTX
May 26, 1:54pm
Ya their turkey was wife's favorite. So good. Their onions were the best.
boctabulous
May 26, 4:46pm
Docs Pizza Buffet was cheap and terrible but we loved going there. I’d go again
SuperTank
May 26, 10:54am
It was PizzaPieCafe before PizzaPieCafe was in Utah.
MHallDidNothingWr0ng
May 26, 11:09am
Pizza Pipeline was great student food, too.
russkiejedi
May 26, 11:12am
National parks, and lakes without the huge crowds
germ1
May 26, 11:57am
I didn’t know all those closed. Bummer
byuTX
May 26, 2:02pm
The Underground. Average food, but always fun in high school.
Emmett Fitz-Hume
May 26, 1:47pm
The old Bamboo Hut across from Provo high. Also Burger Supreme and Beto’s now
HomeGrownCoug
May 26, 2:57pm
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