Yet another collegetown bar bites the dust

[The Rancor]

I'm ready to re-enroll in Book-It.

[Weder]

Pizza hut buffet was solid

There is so little to eat on top of the hill the MacD gets swamped at lunch. You cant get from the top to the fast food on 13 and back in a lunch time.

How long ago when up by the mall you had things like Billy Bobs. multiple Chinese places, Italian, pizza hut, Arbys, Wendys, Applebees, Subway, multiple pizza places, Mexicali Rose, 3 hotels

I miss the Italian Buffet and the chinese Buffets.

Where was the Wendy's up there? I remember the one in Collegetown but can't recall one by the mall (or in it).

[Scersk '97]

There is so little to eat on top of the hill the MacD gets swamped at lunch. You cant get from the top to the fast food on 13 and back in a lunch time.

How long ago when up by the mall you had things like Billy Bobs. multiple Chinese places, Italian, pizza hut, Arbys, Wendys, Applebees, Subway, multiple pizza places, Mexicali Rose, 3 hotels

I miss the Italian Buffet and the chinese Buffets.

I miss Mexicali Rose pretty intensely. Perfectly competent TexMex, and Tuesday wing night was the siren song of my teen years.

[Weder]

Pizza hut buffet was solid

There is so little to eat on top of the hill the MacD gets swamped at lunch. You cant get from the top to the fast food on 13 and back in a lunch time.

How long ago when up by the mall you had things like Billy Bobs. multiple Chinese places, Italian, pizza hut, Arbys, Wendys, Applebees, Subway, multiple pizza places, Mexicali Rose, 3 hotels

I miss the Italian Buffet and the chinese Buffets.

Where was the Wendy's up there? I remember the one in Collegetown but can't recall one by the mall (or in it).

OK, my friends in Ithaca assure me there was a Wendy's in the mall food court. I don't remember it at all.

[stereax]

Pizza hut buffet was solid

There is so little to eat on top of the hill the MacD gets swamped at lunch. You cant get from the top to the fast food on 13 and back in a lunch time.

How long ago when up by the mall you had things like Billy Bobs. multiple Chinese places, Italian, pizza hut, Arbys, Wendys, Applebees, Subway, multiple pizza places, Mexicali Rose, 3 hotels

I miss the Italian Buffet and the chinese Buffets.

Lansing area's just dead atp. Besides the Usual Suspects that always do well (McD's and the like), it feels like nothing there lasts. Pretty sure one of those craft stores up there closed a few months back.

[The Rancor]

Pizza hut buffet was solid

There is so little to eat on top of the hill the MacD gets swamped at lunch. You cant get from the top to the fast food on 13 and back in a lunch time.

How long ago when up by the mall you had things like Billy Bobs. multiple Chinese places, Italian, pizza hut, Arbys, Wendys, Applebees, Subway, multiple pizza places, Mexicali Rose, 3 hotels

I miss the Italian Buffet and the chinese Buffets.

Where was the Wendy's up there? I remember the one in Collegetown but can't recall one by the mall (or in it).

OK, my friends in Ithaca assure me there was a Wendy's in the mall food court. I don't remember it at all.

I remember it- and I had a friend who worked at that one. The Wendy's on 13 had the Super Bar buffet, which was awesome.

[upprdeck]

Wendys and Arbys were side by side.  In the spot next to the bath room hallway. Or where the 2 floor mini golf used to be back in the day.  Across from it was the subway which was in front of the restaurant in the hall that led to the movie theatre,

[George64]

This thread prompted me to look at the Google Earth view of the Triphammer Road area.  I was in grad school when Friendly's replaced the pond where we occasionally played 3-on-3 hockey.  Now that's gone, replaced by Kingston's Cuisine, whatever that is.

[marty]

This thread prompted me to look at the Google Earth view of the Triphammer Road area.  I was in grad school when Friendly's replaced the pond where we occasionally played 3-on-3 hockey.  Now that's gone, replaced by Kingston's Cuisine, whatever that is.

Jamaica me crazy. ;-)

[The Rancor]

At one point there were 3 whole Friendly's in town - Triphammer, Rt 13 and one inside Pyramid Mall. It became a Gap, iirc.

[David Harding]

what will this bring?

make you wonder.

One that already exists, perhaps Wendys comes back up the hill, they had a great business at the mall?  chills with a 2nd location? Dont think Arbys make any sense. Applebees did not want to leave so maybe a new location works for them?  BK has been out of the market for awhile?

popeyes  or Sonic would be nice.  Jersey mikes would be nice.

the restaurants AT the mall are barely afloat, bar zocalo...

My first thought was Chipotle, though it's rare for them to put two in smaller communities.

Another Chipper could work. Problem is Lansing's just stupid far away from anything else of note. Also why the mall's a ghost town.

The fast food and fast casual categories are swinging rapidly into takeout and app based delivery services. This is one of the few areas of growth for the industry. Students and locals alike are ordering off of Grubhub instead of going out. Legacy chains like McDonald's are planning new stores with minimal in store dining areas, if any at all. The one nearest me, albeit here in Mid-Size City, is empty inside but for the Uber Eats drivers and the drive through wraps around the block all day. Even chains like Applebee's are finding that existing square footage for in store dining is more than they need to staff on any given night, while their kitchens double as ghost kitchens for other delivery-only brands to make up for excess capacity and glean greater profits.

Rezoning and redevelopment of the former Pyramid Mall (I'm that old) with residential/mixed use needs to come sooner than later. Or Just re-install the fountains from the 70's and all the Gen X folks like me can retire there.

Note that in the report that upperdeck linked to the biggest point of contention at the Planning Board meeting was between the developer saying that the restaurants needed easy drive through (even though they were "fast-casual", which to me implies sit-down) and the Village's antipathy to extra curb cuts.

[Trotsky]

Or where the 2 floor mini golf used to be back in the day.

The what now?  When?   How did I miss this?

[upprdeck]

That was before Sears as I recall

[upprdeck]

rumor that Adelitas is coming to the old Applebees spot. The ones in Rochester have been very good.

[George64]

rumor that Adelitas is coming to the old Applebees spot. The ones in Rochester have been very good.

Adelitas replaced an Applebees at Pittsford Plaza.  Had dinner there last night.