- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: TulaneLSU's Top 10 pizzas of Auburn, Alabama
Posted on 5/13/20 at 9:30 am to rutiger
Posted on 5/13/20 at 9:30 am to rutiger
I was being facetious and anyone that’s ever been to Starkville knows that. I’ve never been to auburn, but Starkville is very forgettable.
This post was edited on 5/13/20 at 9:31 am
0
Posted on 5/13/20 at 10:30 am to rutiger
quote:
Auburn and starkvville are 2 of the most boring college towns ive been too.
I don't think you understand what a college town is. I mean NYC is technically a college town.
A college town is literally a small town that services the college. If there is a town or city there for reasons outside of the college, its a different thing all together.
I'm not arguing Auburn is the best college town around, but it is a solid college town.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 10:38 am to Hogwarts
quote:To be fair he only ate at six places. He got multiple pizzas from a few of them.
You ate at ten pizza places? Fatty
Posted on 5/13/20 at 10:49 am to TulaneLSU
A calzone is not pizza
Posted on 5/13/20 at 10:55 am to baldona
quote:
I'm not arguing Auburn is the best college town around, but it is a solid college town.
It's among the best in the SEC, and it pains me to say that as a Bama grad.
Fayetteville is my favorite though. I'd probably put Oxford next, then Auburn.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 11:22 am to The Spleen
Which SEC "towns" are really "college towns" in your opnion?
I think...
Yes:
Tuscaloosa
College Station
Athens
Oxford
Starkville
Auburn
Gainesville
Fayetteville
Columbia, MO
No:
Baton Rouge
Nashville, obviously
Lexington
Unsure:
Knoxville (And I live here... obviously UT is a huge pressence but it's a pretty decent sized city with a lot else going on...)
Columbia, SC... never been here, but it also being the state capital makes me lean toward no.
I think...
Yes:
Tuscaloosa
College Station
Athens
Oxford
Starkville
Auburn
Gainesville
Fayetteville
Columbia, MO
No:
Baton Rouge
Nashville, obviously
Lexington
Unsure:
Knoxville (And I live here... obviously UT is a huge pressence but it's a pretty decent sized city with a lot else going on...)
Columbia, SC... never been here, but it also being the state capital makes me lean toward no.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 11:34 am to LSUBoo
I'm not sure Tuscaloosa is anymore. It definitely was when I was growing up there, but it's grown so much that I'm not so sure anymore. Of course, the school has grown a bunch as well.
Maybe it's because I grew up there, but I get to Tuscaloosa and I don't think college town until I get closer to campus. Gainesville never struck me as a college town the times I've been there either.
Agree with the rest, though I haven't been to College Station in 30 years.
Maybe it's because I grew up there, but I get to Tuscaloosa and I don't think college town until I get closer to campus. Gainesville never struck me as a college town the times I've been there either.
Agree with the rest, though I haven't been to College Station in 30 years.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:09 pm to TulaneLSU
Is Shakey's Pizza still in Auburn? I believe one of the very last Shakey's pizza places was in Auburn, but my memory of Shakey's pizza in Auburn goes back maybe 45 years.
Worthless trivia - The wife (MHNBPF) and I had our first date at the Shakey's in Fondren, in Jackson. It was in the location where the post office is now located. I recall a thin crust shrimp and sausage pizza, with bubbles in the crust, and a table close to the guy in the striped shirt and straw hat, playing the piano on a Friday night. I also recall instant love on my part and an agreement on her part for a second date to see Dr. Zhivago at the Capri the following night. The love and marriage are both still there. I think for 50 years this year. Sadly, the Fondren Shakey's is long gone.
I suspect the one in Auburn is also gone.
Worthless trivia - The wife (MHNBPF) and I had our first date at the Shakey's in Fondren, in Jackson. It was in the location where the post office is now located. I recall a thin crust shrimp and sausage pizza, with bubbles in the crust, and a table close to the guy in the striped shirt and straw hat, playing the piano on a Friday night. I also recall instant love on my part and an agreement on her part for a second date to see Dr. Zhivago at the Capri the following night. The love and marriage are both still there. I think for 50 years this year. Sadly, the Fondren Shakey's is long gone.
I suspect the one in Auburn is also gone.
This post was edited on 5/13/20 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:23 pm to The Spleen
I feel like the devotion to Alabama football keeps Tuscaloosa in the college town camp. I agree it has grown and elsewhere in the country, it might not be a genuine college town anymore. But even if the city no longer revolves around the school, it's still so Alabama (and Alabama football in particular)-themed that I think it counts.
Meanwhile in Athens, GA you have a pretty sizable contingent that it totally tuned out to most things UGA and particularly anything relating to sports. It's obviously a college town and a very good one, but it's in a different category as well.
Auburn and Oxford strike me as the quintessential deep south college towns. Auburn has obviously grown a ton, but it should remain in that category for another couple decades at least.
Meanwhile in Athens, GA you have a pretty sizable contingent that it totally tuned out to most things UGA and particularly anything relating to sports. It's obviously a college town and a very good one, but it's in a different category as well.
Auburn and Oxford strike me as the quintessential deep south college towns. Auburn has obviously grown a ton, but it should remain in that category for another couple decades at least.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:23 pm to The Spleen
double post
This post was edited on 5/13/20 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:26 pm to MeridianDog
quote:
Is Shakey's Pizza still in Auburn? I believe one of the very last Shakey's pizza places was in Auburn, but my memory of Shakey's pizza in Auburn goes back maybe 45 years.
Worthless trivia - The wife (MHNBPF) and I had our first date at the Shakey's in Fondren, in Jackson. It was in the location where the post office is now located. I recall a thin crust shrimp and sausage pizza, with bubbles in the crust, and a table close to the guy in the striped shirt and straw hat, playing the piano on a Friday night. I also recall instant love on my part and an agreement on her part for a second date to see Dr. Zhivago at the Capri the following night. The love and marriage are both still there. I think for 50 years this year. Sadly, the Fondren Shakey's is long gone.
I suspect the one in Auburn is also gone.
Interestingly, I think the Shakey's you're referring to was gone for a long time. There was never one when I was in school.
Then they reopened a new build maybe a decade ago (estimating) but I think it closed relatively recently.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:28 pm to Pettifogger
Thanks. I figured it was gone. Nothing lasts forever. I think there might still be a few on the west coast. Back in my day they were a good chain - good pizza and a good time.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:44 pm to Pettifogger
Fair enough. Like I said, my perception is likely skewed because I grew up there. I go back and I don’t see a college town, I see the town I grew up in. Downtown and the immediate areas around campus absolutely feel like a college town, but get away from there and it just feels like another boring ho-hum mid sized city in the south.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 1:21 pm to The Spleen
quote:
Fair enough. Like I said, my perception is likely skewed because I grew up there. I go back and I don’t see a college town, I see the town I grew up in. Downtown and the immediate areas around campus absolutely feel like a college town, but get away from there and it just feels like another boring ho-hum mid sized city in the south.
I'll defer to you, I'm just saying the rabid nature of Alabama support probably makes it more college-focused than some towns in other parts of the country where the town has outgrown the gown.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 2:23 pm to MeridianDog
quote:For some reason my Italian-culture-loving Mom would not let Dad take us to Shakey's. If it was Pasquale's or that little place on Old Canton Rd just above Montgomery Hardware, she was all about those spots, though. I'm not sure she understood it was all the same food, hah.
Meridian Dog
Meanwhile, your avatar was on Alton Brown Live via Zoom last night. Thought of you and took a screenshot.
This post was edited on 5/13/20 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 5/13/20 at 6:12 pm to DoctorTechnical
Pasquale's was a favorite There was one in Clinton - the town I grew up in. Also on N. State, across from Primos Northgate. Loved their Stromboli Steak Sandwich.
Shakey's was just around the corner from the hardware store. I can't place the pizza place you remembered. Do you recall their name. I guess my old guy memory continues to deteriorate.
As I understand, there is an old Pasquale's in Laurel, and I understand there is a "Brand New" Pasquale's in Meridian now.
Shakey's was just around the corner from the hardware store. I can't place the pizza place you remembered. Do you recall their name. I guess my old guy memory continues to deteriorate.
As I understand, there is an old Pasquale's in Laurel, and I understand there is a "Brand New" Pasquale's in Meridian now.
This post was edited on 5/13/20 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 5/13/20 at 6:25 pm to MeridianDog
My own memory ain't so hot as well. Now that I think of it, the place on Old Canton may have just been a small, local spot. This was 50+ years ago, after all.
I want to recall the Primos Northgate having a spigot from their "artesian well" on the side of the restaurant, from which we'd fill up water jugs. God knows what we were actually drinking from there.
I want to recall the Primos Northgate having a spigot from their "artesian well" on the side of the restaurant, from which we'd fill up water jugs. God knows what we were actually drinking from there.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 8:38 pm to MeridianDog
Went through this whole thread to see if anyone mentioned Shakey's. A few years ago I heard there was one in Auburn, but Wiki says it closed in 2019.
I still hope to make my other planned pizza road trip, to Greenville MS. Apparently that has the last Pasquale's Pizza in this part of the country.
I still hope to make my other planned pizza road trip, to Greenville MS. Apparently that has the last Pasquale's Pizza in this part of the country.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 8:46 pm to Kafka
I mentioned elsewhere - There is an older Pasquale's in Laurel, MS and (I understand from the wife's friends) a brand new one (opened in the last 4-6 months) in Meridian.
I really loved their food, back in the day.
I really loved their food, back in the day.
This post was edited on 5/13/20 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 5/13/20 at 8:53 pm to DoctorTechnical
quote:
Artesian Well
I had forgotten that - yes they did.
The ice plant (Maybe Jackson Ice) on South Commerce Street, a little north of Channel 3, had one too. When I was a kid (65 years ago) I thought it was amazing that it ran all the time. That was a nifty ice plant. No one had ice machines back then, and they (Daily) delivered ice in Big 100 pound canvas ice sacks. Everyone (Totesum stores, etc) used them for crushed or block ice.
Page 2 of 4
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News