including, treating myself to Hoss's once a month as well as Pizza specials throughout the week and KFC all you can eat on tuesday night. This was around the years 92-96
Your diet @ PSU? Mine was McLen. $1.99 hoagies, Dinty Moore Beef Stew, Chicken&rice, fruit, cereal,
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Cream of tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches. Home cooked spaghetti for a fancy meal with Ragu sauce. Gus's ham hoagies at 10 pm for a study break since they delivered. HiWay pizza for a slice or the Char Pit for a burger.
PA pizza was a $4 medium and $5 large I believe at that time. WOuld pick one up often walking back to gateway. Made a lot of pasta/mac and cheese, egg sandwiches, BBQ potato chips.
I had a friend who lived in U Terrace whose family ran a bakery. Man, did he take care of us. I saw him last weekend and had lunch with him and his family and he still gave me a big bunch of awesome baked goods from the business. On my own I ate a lot of crap too, hot pockets, crap like that. CC Peppers was popular if I had money. I used to like the kilbo and kraut at the Phyrst to soak up the Natty Light. Do cherry bombs count as fruit?
Roy's - where you could buy a burger for a buck and put an entire salad on top of it if you wanted. Also used to save the cup and bring it back for free drinks.
Same warmed over shit they used to serve before they put the brand on it. Sucked then and they probably suck now, but hey, to each their own.
Ate a lot of PA Pizza myself, usually in the store. I know a lot of guys thought their pizza was bad but I liked it. They had toppings right there you could dump on, yellow peppers, that kind of stuff. I thought it was cool that they had all the County Seats in PA up on the wall and the distance from State College. There's a giant hole in the ground there now where they're putting up a new student hi-rise. Also a big fan of the mushroom swiss at Hardee's across from the fire house where Balfurd's is now, or whatever's there now.
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Brother's Pizza on Friday's 6-8PM, all you can eat and drink for $3.00. Domino's and Penn State Sub shop in between.
four square slices with pepperoni and a coke for a buck ten
My memory may be fading but I seem to recall them being even cheaper than that in the late 60's. Maybe 15 cents. Beyond the price, I just loved the taste. For the nearly 40 years I held season tickets I never went to a home game without eating at Hi Way before, or after.
It's all a matter of taste. They get the "Best Pizza" distinction in town year over year and I never saw what all the fuss was about! Anytime I ever went in I was told they don't sell slices, you have to order a whole pie. Maybe this changed after you left, I know you're a lot older than I am. I've had their pie though and found it unremarkable. Not bad (I never had bad pizza, some are just better than others.)
Gumbys 5-5-5 deal. 2 pizzas and an order of pokey sticks all for $15
Does anyone remember the delivery sub shop - can't remember the name or I wouldn't be asking....early 80's and the guy would put a 6 oz. rolling rock can in each sub order so kids would keep ordering subs from him. Turned out he was arrested for murder or manslaughter down the road I think?
When I was in college I could never afford a whole pie so I had to rely on slices. To this day it is my favorite pizza. Part of that may be tying it to memories of a golden time in my life. By the way, I am not a lot older than you. You are a lot younger than me.
Pop's Mexihots hot dogs
Howard Johnson's Wednesday night fish fry: all you can eat. After two weeks football players were banned.
Howard Johnson's Wednesday night fish fry: all you can eat. After two weeks football players were banned.
Roy Rogers chicken and Rego's pizza. Also a Mexican restaurant on Atherton. Didn't have a liquor license so they gave away margaritas. Went there at least once a week. Anyone else remember that? They went out of business within six months. This was the early to mid 80's.
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Old guys will remember the Char Pit on Garner- foot long hot dogs and fries
And Gus's on College Ave- put oregano in everything
And the Phyrst used to make a great burger
Ritas for breakfast- beer and eggs at 7am
And Gus's on College Ave- put oregano in everything
And the Phyrst used to make a great burger
Ritas for breakfast- beer and eggs at 7am
Your statement about the Phyrst and burgers reminds me of a guy I worked with right out of college.....
My mentor at my first job upon graduating from PSU had a son on the Penn State football team, mid 80's. He was a starter and a fairly prominent player. His dad (my mentor) graduated from Penn State in the late 50's and worked at the Skellar washing dishes while in college. According to him, you could not get a better burger in State College at that time than what was served at the Skellar. He would describe the burgers in exquisite detail to me. I think the chef was a guy named Spider. Does that ring a bell with any old-timers?
Went to Shippensburg in early 80's and was just telling my kids about those 25 cent boxes of mac and cheese. To make it a real meal, we'd cut up hot dogs and mix them in with the mac and cheese. Great times!
Wings over Happy Valley, think it was 18 breaded wings, waffle fries, soda of your choice for 20 bucks.... Dinner and lunch
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They must have served you guys some real shit, the dining halls weren't bad 70-74, even the players ate there. Free Pizza from Uncle Ray's was for when the dining hall served some real crap which was rare. Hardee's, Roy Rogers, and HiWay square for a treat.
They had a square cut shop on Garner (? Where bbq blue is). And there was the Cattle Car, predecessor of c.c.peppers.When I was in college I could never afford a whole pie so I had to rely on slices. To this day it is my favorite pizza. Part of that may be tying it to memories of a golden time in my life. By the way, I am not a lot older than you. You are a lot younger than me.
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La Bamba burritos "as big as your head".
Gumby's pizza and Pokey sticks.
D.P. Dough calzones.
All you can eat spaghetti night at the Corner Room.
Lots of Ramen.
Gumby's pizza and Pokey sticks.
D.P. Dough calzones.
All you can eat spaghetti night at the Corner Room.
Lots of Ramen.
