Ames Restaurants

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Recent Reviews

Pizza PitAmes, IA · 07/08/2009

Great Hot Wings

Pizza Pit has above average pizza, decent sandwiches and excellent hot wings. The wings are big and breaded, frie...

  • 3 star rating
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Golden WokAmes, IA · 07/08/2009

Unpalatable

I visited Golden Wok twice while living in Ames. The first time was pretty horrible, but I gave it one more chanc...

  • 1 star rating
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Perkins Restaurant & BakeryAmes, IA · 07/08/2009

3 Stars for 3am Visits

When you work at a bar in Ames there isn’t much to do once you close down except meet up at Perkins for dinn...

  • 3 star rating
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Old ChicagoAmes, IA · 06/19/2009

Fond Memories

I have great memories of this Old Chicago from college. Maybe it was the fun times my friends and I had, but ever...

  • 4 star rating
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Great Plains Sauce & Dough COAmes, IA · 06/11/2009

An Interesting Take on Pizza

At Great Plains, the pizza is all about the dough. The thick, heavy crust is what sets Great Plains separate from...

  • 4 star rating
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Recent Discussion

See what other users are saying to each other.

BananaWoo (Author) at Battles Bar-B-Q

08/10/2009

I hear these guys are going out of business. Backed payroll and taxes. :(

mgpinkish at Golden Wok

07/25/2009

Ah…that sure is horrible. I definitely dislike it when food tastes bland.

Man those potato pancakes are good, I would stick with breakfast at Perkins, shrimp sounds iffy :/

BananaWoo (Author) at Old Chicago

06/22/2009

Thanks for the helpful vote whoever you are, but I didn’t even get to finish yet!

Soofaye at Gumby's Pizza

06/17/2009

They have Gumby’s in Kansas too! Also, there’s a chain called Toppers in Minneapolis that has something similar to Pokey Stix, mmmmm!

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