Rip on Los Nortenos.William K. Klingaman said:We took BYOB too far when we had some beer in a keg left over and dragged it into the restaurant once.Dr. Teeth said:
Los Nortenos is no mas.
Miss me some Los Norteños.
iamtheglove said:
Ate at moms in the eighties. I think it closed when she passed.
I would also like to know the name of that Mexican restaurant. Went there with my family when I graduated and it was really good. I thought it was out Harvey Road but I've looked at maps and can't find anything that remotely looks like what could have been that place.LoudestWHOOP! said:
A few from the mid to late 1980s
Archy's Burgers - (Older brother would bring home a bag or 2 of burgers)
Flying Tomato Pizza - on Northgate, light crispy thick crust pizza
Double Dave's Pizza - Peproni Rolls, funny that I never set foot in the restaurant, it was only delivered
Fajita Rita's (Mother in law couldn't pronounce it correctly to save her life)
Arby's - I think it was 5 beef sandwiches for $5.
Little Caesar's pizza - lots of Pizza! Pizza! - close to Krenek Tap Road
Ate a lot of junk food in the MSC between playing Afterburner and Discs of Tron in the basement.
What was the Mexican food place out east of the 6 bypass from CS, in an old Spanish style home? Loved their Chimichangas!
Special Places
El Chico - (Yes, El Chico's) took my now wife there on a first date movie night after Top Gun. It was not a planned dinner, but we were starving and they were open.
Red Lobster - Took her on the second date, knew she said loved lobster, wanted her to have lobster, she orders chicken.
Cenares - Dinner before I proposed to her
Shiloh Inn - Wedding Rehearsal Dinner
I'm class of '86 and I don't recall any of those.Tramp78 said:
I wrote a blog entry six years ago about food I missed. Here is the section about A&M.
"From 1978 to 1982 we were blessed by the absence of big city chain restaurants who eventually showed up and drove all the local joints out of business. Places like Tinsleys (fantastic fried chicken), Peppers (amazing burgers and even better fries), Danvers (first burger joint where you could substitute a salad bar for fries), Youngbloods (home of the Aggie Special Chicken Friend Steak to die for), Farmer's Market (lovely little sub shop right across the street from the campus), The Underground Burger (sold at the Sbisa Underground, which is still there but the burger isn't). The Underground Burger was Beef, Canadian Bacon, Swiss Cheese, and heaven. The Commons Cafeteria (yes, this school cafeteria was amazing with all you can eat pizza, hamburgers, subs, and salad bar), and Fort Shiloh (western themed steak house with good steaks and a great salad bar). My wife and I ate our way through college here and all of them are now gone."
Other places that are gone....
Pelican's Wharf
DSP (Dead Solid Perfect burgers) I think they were gone before I graduated
Handy BurgerAmaze72 said:
The **** Hut, Northgate, 1969. It was kind of like a Dairy Queen. I don't remember the real name.
We went to Monterey House and Moms in Bryan.
There was a place that delivered pizzas to the dorms.
It's still there. They also have a second location in the HEB shopping center at Texas and Villa Maria.dabo man said:
No idea who long it's been there or if it's even still there, but when I lived in B/CS, my favorite Tex Mex place was El Sol de Mexico in Bryan on Texas at MLK. Best food in town as far as I was concerned, and it was cheap.
I'm certain that place was on Harvey to the east of the 6 bypass. I lived in one of the apartment complexes right across from the mall. My mom stopped on by one day and took me to eat there, think my freshman year, and for the next couple of years, I recall thinking that was the only Mexican place in Aggieland. Yeah, I hadn't gotten out much until later, when I started working a job in Bryan and was introduced to the many places there, notably Los Nortenos. RIPEmilio Fantastico said:I would also like to know the name of that Mexican restaurant. Went there with my family when I graduated and it was really good. I thought it was out Harvey Road but I've looked at maps and can't find anything that remotely looks like what could have been that place.LoudestWHOOP! said:
A few from the mid to late 1980s
Archy's Burgers - (Older brother would bring home a bag or 2 of burgers)
Flying Tomato Pizza - on Northgate, light crispy thick crust pizza
Double Dave's Pizza - Peproni Rolls, funny that I never set foot in the restaurant, it was only delivered
Fajita Rita's (Mother in law couldn't pronounce it correctly to save her life)
Arby's - I think it was 5 beef sandwiches for $5.
Little Caesar's pizza - lots of Pizza! Pizza! - close to Krenek Tap Road
Ate a lot of junk food in the MSC between playing Afterburner and Discs of Tron in the basement.
What was the Mexican food place out east of the 6 bypass from CS, in an old Spanish style home? Loved their Chimichangas!
Special Places
El Chico - (Yes, El Chico's) took my now wife there on a first date movie night after Top Gun. It was not a planned dinner, but we were starving and they were open.
Red Lobster - Took her on the second date, knew she said loved lobster, wanted her to have lobster, she orders chicken.
Cenares - Dinner before I proposed to her
Shiloh Inn - Wedding Rehearsal Dinner
I miss going to Youngbloods after games.sodycracker said:
The Texan. Oh wait
Youngbloods. Wait, what?
Same people that opened Fort Shiloh.brotheraggie said:
Does anyone remember 3-C BBQ in Culpepper Plaza?
Loved Ptarmigan's raw oysters n draft beer.William K. Klingaman said:LB12Diamond said:
Did not survive Covid.
Took my older son (class of '21) to Carneys a couple of months ago, played shuffleboard and drank Shiner Boch. He said he never went there during college and loved it.
I asked a bartender if Ptarmigan is still around, and he said not to the public. They shut down during Covid but still host private parties.
Oh, and Wings and More opened up when I was in college in the 80's and is thriving.
Aggie Dad Sip said:
Is Sodolaks any good? The wife and I are going to BCS this weekend to see our kid. Staying at the LaSalle and looking for a good dinner joint.
