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In reply to brotheraggie • 11:11a, 1/25/16
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Does anyone remember 3-C BBQ in Culpepper Plaza?


Yep
It was in the location Napa flats is in now

Back in day
3C BBQ
Original Toms
Pops BBQ

All 3 beat the pants off anything we have in town today.. Not even close.

And yes someone above mentioned.. Fort Shiloh.. Loved that place
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In reply to Dr. Teeth • 11:12a, 1/25/16
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Los Nortenos is no mas.
Is Nortys really gone?!
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In reply to 2HandsAndAMap • 11:12a, 1/25/16
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Fort Shiloh


Fort Shiloh closed in June of '95. I remember because I was hired there 3 months before. Best fajitas I've ever had. But they were in the red 9 months of the year until football season. I don't think it helped that it was right next to the cemetery.
My brother and I worked at the Fort Shiloh in 1983. Great food, but housed in a dirty, old building. Somehow passed food inspectors.
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11:19a, 1/25/16
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Remember Moms and the Country Kitchen which was famous for its pies. 6 inch meringue on chocolate and coconut pies.
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In reply to 13B • 11:48a, 1/25/16
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Shipley Doughnuts. The Feed Barn isn't quite that old but has been around a long time.


Had lunch at The Feed Barn many a Saturday with my grandfather in the late 90's. Great memories.
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In reply to JaySugar • 11:54a, 1/25/16
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didn't there used to be a place called Ken Martins's Steakhouse in Bryan?
is that still around?


Closed according to Yelp.

I grew up around the corner from it. It always seemed like the parking lot was never even half full except on Sundays. It rebranded as Ken Martin's Safari Grille, but didn't seem to change the number of patrons.
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In reply to brotheraggie • 12:05p, 1/25/16
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Does anyone remember 3-C BBQ in Culpepper Plaza?
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Yes, my brothers and I ate there every week in the mid 80s
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In reply to texag86 • 1:15p, 1/25/16
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Does anyone remember 3-C BBQ in Culpepper Plaza?
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Yes, my brothers and I ate there every week in the mid 80s
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on 3-C BBQ. They had some of the best pecan pie!

Gig'em Aggies,

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1:28p, 1/25/16
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My Dad worked at 3-C in High School...it was his first real job...he worked with some really great people and made some lifelong friends. My Grandparents would go in there at least 2x a week and basically adopted 1/2 the waitstaff. When many of them gvraduated from A&M and moved on they bought them a tree to plant in their yard. They lived in the Oaks behind Bryan High and if you go by their old house, that tree is now about 50' tall...great memories for him.
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1:38p, 1/25/16
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Was just in College Station this weekend for son's soccer tournament.

Glad Mad Taco wasn't there when I was a student. Had the Mad Breakfast taco's. F'ing awesome; would have gone broke buying $4 tacos.
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In reply to swc93 • 1:45p, 1/25/16
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Was just in College Station this weekend for son's soccer tournament.

Glad Mad Taco wasn't there when I was a student. Had the Mad Breakfast taco's. F'ing awesome; would have gone broke buying $4 tacos.
They probably wouldn't have been $4 in the early 90s
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In reply to GarryowenAg • 1:50p, 1/25/16
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Gone a long time.
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Fowl Digits
Not sure if serious.
Not sure if the owners were even born by the 1970s


Sorry. Autocorrect messed me up. I meant Sully's.
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7:07p, 1/25/16
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Mom's. Ate there many times from 76-80. Great home cooked food. I was recently thinking about that place. sure miss those days.
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7:12p, 1/25/16
Mom's was up to $1 when I was there but still honor system (fishbowl as I recall). Doubt any Aggies ever stiffed her. Wermans was great for CFS. Also Casa Chalutepec had an Aggie Special on the menu for $1. Also gave free queso and chips instead of chips and salsa.
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In reply to Kentatm • 7:13p, 1/25/16
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La Taqueria



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Loved La Taq!
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7:19p, 1/25/16
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Mom's was great, the Zarapes in College Station had great Tex-Mex, Youngblood's had the Best Fried Chicken any where, Werman's in Bryan had wonderful Chicken Fried Steak and the East Gate Lounge had the Coldest Beer and Best Homemade Chili!! All are gone now but it was a great area for good food in the early '60's. The food in Duncan was very good also!! Lots of great memories!!
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In reply to jja79 • 7:51p, 1/25/16
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Damn. When did they close? They were still around when I graduated in '09
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In reply to SRCag18 • 8:04p, 1/25/16
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My Dad worked at 3-C in High School...it was his first real job...he worked with some really great people and made some lifelong friends. My Grandparents would go in there at least 2x a week and basically adopted 1/2 the waitstaff. When many of them gvraduated from A&M and moved on they bought them a tree to plant in their yard. They lived in the Oaks behind Bryan High and if you go by their old house, that tree is now about 50' tall...great memories for him.
Thanks for the great story.
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8:31p, 1/25/16
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"Mom's was up to $1 when I was there but still honor system (fishbowl as I recall"

Absolutely right. Same when I was there a long long time ago. $1 in the fish bowl. Believe it or not, we called the place "Ma Ball's"
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8:44p, 1/25/16
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Mr G's pizza
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9:11p, 1/25/16
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Grapevine
Egg roll house
Archie .39 burger
Cow hop
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In reply to Hellbent • 9:23p, 1/25/16
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"Mom's was up to $1 when I was there but still honor system (fishbowl as I recall"

Absolutely right. Same when I was there a long long time ago. $1 in the fish bowl. Believe it or not, we called the place "Ma Ball's"

That is an affirmative!
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9:32p, 1/25/16
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The Flying Tomato
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9:54p, 1/25/16
Wermans and Class of '76 here.. Best chicken fried!
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In reply to F4GIB71 • 9:58p, 1/25/16
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Mom's was up to $1 when I was there but still honor system (fishbowl as I recall). Doubt any Aggies ever stiffed her. Wermans was great for CFS. Also Casa Chalutepec had an Aggie Special on the menu for $1. Also gave free queso and chips instead of chips and salsa.
Mom's was in Bryan, as stated, in a residential neighborhood. I remember $1 in 1967. A bargain, even then.

Werman's had two 6" CFS for $1 or 3 for $1.25. Boy, were they good!

I had just arrived in College Station in June of 1967 to start my fish year, in summer school. I was already feeling homesick, realizing I didn't know anyone in a 250 mile radius. After saying goodbye to my parents, in the parking lot of Dorm 18. I walked up to my room and met my roommate. He said "Howdy! Fish Harvey is my name. Let's go eat some Mexican food! We went to Zarrape's and I thought "This is going to be alright!". That lead to a life long friendship.

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10:14p, 1/25/16
Yes. The Flying Tomato. Went for a free sundae just about every night for a few months in 1989 using coupons clipped from the Batt.
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11:18p, 1/25/16
Not quite the 70's but double daves opened in the mid 80's.
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In reply to Aggie • 11:20p, 1/25/16
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Does anyone remember 3-C BBQ in Culpepper Plaza?


Yep
It was in the location Napa flats is in now

Back in day
3C BBQ
Original Toms
Pops BBQ

All 3 beat the pants off anything we have in town today.. Not even close.

And yes someone above mentioned.. Fort Shiloh.. Loved that place
I have to disagree. J Cody's and even C&J's are much better than those 3 were. The BBQ at Tom's was extremely overrated although it was cheap. Pops was good, but not as good as J Cody's and C&J's.

I live in Houston now and have been to the Brisket House a half dozen times. Way better than Tom's was and the place feels like a little slice of Aggieland in Houston.
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In reply to brotheraggie • 11:23p, 1/25/16
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Does anyone remember 3-C BBQ in Culpepper Plaza?
Yep, there was one where Sodolak's is now on hwy 21
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12:51a, 1/26/16
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Werman's in Bryan had wonderful Chicken Fried Steak
Werman's had the world's best (and largest) Chicken Fried Steak. Every time I went back to Aggieland, I would always go there and eat.
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In reply to aeon-ag • 7:16a, 1/26/16
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Didn't the location on 21 have a different name though?

I remember Mama Lois' commercials.
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7:40a, 1/26/16
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Martin's has stood the test of time.

While places like:

Youngbloods
Fort Shiloh
Los Norts

Have closed, Martins is still owned by the same family and still serving BBQ as they have for over 80 years.
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7:49a, 1/26/16
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Black Forest Inn finally mentioned.

Unfortunately burned down in the early 90's. Many Aggies got engaged there. Now it is just a slab of concrete in the pines on 30.
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