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According to a reader, after many years of serving pretty average pizza for too much money and being the only local pizza joint in town which required phone numbers for pickup orders, Broadway Pizza in Apple Valley has closed its doors. Known for its pizza buffets which it advertised through tiny little signs at the four-way stop before heading to Target, the reason for its closure is a mystery even after a call to the Apple Valley Chamber to see if they had any information.
While there are any number of reasons this could have happened including their crappy customer service policies, pretty crappy pizza, and the construction on Cedar/42, one has to wonder why there aren’t any decent pizza places South of the River. With the nearest edible pizza places being RedRossa in Bloomington or Fat Lorenzo’s in Minneapolis, you would think that Dakota County would be able to land something better than Pizza Ranch which is opening in the completely desolate shopping center by the second Apple Valley Target and $5 million city-owned liquor store that no one goes to.
After recently driving through Pizza Ranch’s prior preferred towns, towns with very small populations in the middle of nowhere, and seeing how they have dominated towns where no competition exists, it made me wonder if they thought they could accomplish domination in Dakota County (Lakeville already has a location and now Apple Valley) because there simply isn’t any decent pizza for miles and no one would know any better that they shouldn’t eat at Pizza Ranch either.
What do you think? Are you sad to see Broadway Pizza close (not for the business owners, I mean for the food they served)? Were you a regular customer there, why or why not? Are you concerned that the Cedar construction will kill other favorite businesses of yours? Have you ever eaten at Pizza Ranch? Did you actually enjoy the food they serve? Do you think that their prior business model of sticking to rural towns where they may have been the ONLY restaurant around will work when moving to the metro area? What is it about the South Metro in general that seems to push decent pizza places out forcing residents to drive to the city to get something decent? Whatever you have to say about this one go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 8:30 am
Bill,
I think your assessment of Broadway’s pizza is very generous. I tried it once and that was all it took to know I would never go there again.
I agreed to meet my in-laws at the Pizza Ranch a while back. They had already paid and had started eating when we arrived. When I got there with my wife and three kids, I was shocked that it cost $55 for my family to get their buffet. If my in-laws weren’t already eating, I would have left. The pizza was awful. The chicken, which I was told was great, was greasy and cold.
The Pizza Ranch ranks in my top 10 worst eating experiences of my life. Whenever I see one I get angry. And, really – Pizza Ranch. That has to be one of the worst names for a restaurant.
July 23rd, 2012 at 9:27 am
We ate lunch at a Pizza Ranch in Jackson, MN as it was Sunday and nothing else was open and our kid was hungry. They were not offering menu dining so we tried the buffet which was truly and incredibly awful.
We ate at Broadway Pizza once when we first moved to the south metro and did not know any better. We never returned.
But I grew up in Chicago and have never been especially taken with the pizza offerings in Minnesota.
July 23rd, 2012 at 9:37 am
Good riddance. And I don’t think the construction was the cause of their demise. The one time a year we went there for lunch during work, there was never anybody there. I don’t think that location is all that great anymore. Maybe once…
Pizza Ranch, don’t get me started. What a crappy place to eat. Looking at their menu, you can see they thrive in small towns, like Bill said where there’s nothing else, but still, yuck!
July 23rd, 2012 at 10:29 am
Broadway didn’t survive in Eagan a few years ago, and I was not terribly disturbed to see CiCi’s die last year as well. While Dominos and Pizza Hut clearly will always have cornered the market for idiots that like bad pizza, it is clear that market base is limited.
I wonder how Punch would fare in a city like Eagan or AV. While they have been left in the dust by Black Sheep and Lola for best pizza around, it would be a monster step up on our side of the river. I think they open one new store per year or so, and they are running out of spots in the two big cities. One can hope anyway.
July 23rd, 2012 at 11:31 am
We need a Gino’s East. :)
Carbone’s is edible in a pinch, if drinking, but I’d rather get Punch or Lola’s. Lots of people like Red Savoy’s too – I haven’t had it since I was a teen, though, and my palate has improved, so who knows if I’d still like it.
July 23rd, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Broadway was a go to location in the early 90′s for our family as we were renting a townhouse right off Cedar and our kids attended Cedar Park. The train running around, and cartoons and such it had a good atmosphere and was fairly clean. Decent service.
The last few years we would get stuff to go, and I could easily notice the lack of any attention to customer service or up keep in the place. The are where you entered was dirty, dusty. The mirrors all over the area were dirty and had a few years of tape on them from signs being taped up.
The only thing we ever had the last few years was my wife got some pasta dish that they made and she loved. And I would get a deep dish sausage pizza because I liked the sausage they made. They were open for delivery a week or so ago, as my wife ordered it.
For pizza we are a way simple family and are not into any fancy stuff. Ole Piper Inn is top notch in our book. Jacks Frozen Pizza is pretty good. Divanni’s pizza is almost too fancy for us. No, we don’t live in a trailer… but I wouldn’t mind living in one. ;-)
My grandparents had a pizza ranch open in their little town of Milbank SD, and they loved it. They started spending the majority of their meager out to eat budget there vs the other local spot, Hardees. They loved it when one opened up in Litchfield, MN where they recently moved. My grandfather likes the fried chicken, grandma likes the pizza. They grew up in the depression so the like the idea of cheap and good enough. Maybe that’s where I get my lack of interest in pizza that may cost $1 more, but tastes 100x better. (yet I still won’t buy Little Caesars pizza, even for guests.)
The only advantage I can think for any pizza place is that we seem to eat so much of it, that eventually folks get tired of their favorite and will try something different. Keep that wheel spinning around with enough of a population, and quite a number of pizza places should be able to survive as long as they treat their customers right and price appropriately.
July 23rd, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Years ago, we used to enjoy Ted’s pizza down on 182nd and Pilot Knob. IIRC, they changed ownership/names, and I kind of lost track of them.
My neighbors order Old Pooper on a regular basis, which I attribute to habit more than taste.
I’ve often wished for a Pizza Luché ’round here.
July 23rd, 2012 at 12:51 pm
I would only eat Luce when it was free and I was desperate. Nasty stuff. I just don’t understand the allure.
July 23rd, 2012 at 1:09 pm
You seriously have an issue with a place asking for a phone number for a pickup order?
July 23rd, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Higher praise for guests there could not ever be!
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Amen on Gino’s, Pascale.
I got food poisoning the only time in my life from Broadway Pizza, so you can guess what my opinion is of them.
I’m actually kind of a fan of Pizza Ranch, but I couldn’t really tell you why. Maybe it’s because I’ve always had good service, I avoid it on “family outing” days, and I ask for my own pizzas. And it reminds me of my childhood going to pizza buffets at Pizza Inn down in NC.
I’ve basically given up on pizza south of the river, because there’s just nothing I like. I just order cheese bread when the rest of the family orders pizza.
One exception: I love Tommy Chicago’s. But they don’t deliver, and that’s an “every once in a while” sort of place, since it’s not exactly down the street from of.
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Whoops, “from us” should be the last part of that sentence. Damn Mondays.
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:29 pm
I would eat Broadway over punch, luce, black sheep, or any of the crap fire-roasted Neapolitan crud any day. I grew up eating Broadway pizza from the Crystal location (now closed, for years) and I love it. i absolutely hate that style of pizza, second only to “new york style” which is like eating greasy cardboard.
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Mrs. M, I see no reason to give anyone my phone number unless they need it. They don’t need it for pickup orders. And, if they’re going to require them and no one else is, guess they don’t mind the lost business over something stupid and unnecessary.
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Bill will protest this citing a hatred for pizza cut into squares and some lame Lazy Lightning taste test: Brianno’s is very good non-Neapolitan style pizza.
It’s barely SOTR, but Buon Giorno in Lilydale made a good wood oven pizza too. I haven’t been there lately.
Neither are super-fantastico but I don’t agree that there “aren’t any fecent pizza places” SOTR.
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Note to self: Never, ever, EVER in a trillion years go for pizza with dm.
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:49 pm
MSPD, I didn’t say Broadway was my favorite, but I’d take that over that other crud any day. I like sauce. NY style and Nea both have very little sauce, and the sauce they do have is sweeter than an ice cream cone, which is not what sauce should taste like.
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:50 pm
MSPD, Briannos was ranked dead last in the taste test we did a few years ago. In fact, it was atrocious when I tried it again a few months ago. I just fail to see how you could ever think its anything but awful.
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:59 pm
dm, it’s not a knock on you. I just don’t think our pizza preferences align.
Bill, I knew exactly what you’d say. We won’t agree on this.
July 23rd, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Buon Giorno changed their crust a couple of years ago. They lowered the price at that time, but it’s just not nearly as good. I’d rather pay the extra for the better crust.
July 23rd, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Bill, agree with you on Luce. Only reason I ever ordered it was because they would store my credit card information with their online ordering service. I don’t think they deliver to me anymore, which is good for me. Not a lot delivers to me anymore. I’m walking distance to Black Sheep, though, which is pretty great.
July 23rd, 2012 at 3:53 pm
MSPD, that’s why there are tons of pizza places out there. People buy Little Caesars too.
July 23rd, 2012 at 4:03 pm
You’re requesting services from them (pizza), they request a phone number so if you don’t arrive to pay for the service (pizza) they’re providing you, they can give you a call (totally appropriate). A pizza place can only make so many pizzas that aren’t paid for before their profit margin takes a hit.
Another valid reason to leave a phone number – order taker error. He or she writes down “peppers and olives.” This is Minnesota, the cook wants to know if that means “green peppers” (spicy!) or “banana peppers.” (super spicy!) Order taker calls you back to verify order, you get what you wanted.
Side note: Twenty five years ago they used to ask for a phone number so they could call back and verify the order wasn’t placed by some crappy kid sending pizzas and unordered taxi cabs to some unsuspecting teacher or cute boy’s home. Not that I know anything about that. I’m guessing by now caller ID has taken the guess work out of most order placing…and I hope the statute of limitations is expired for any and all past transgressions carried out by mischievous youngsters coming of age in the 1980′s. If not, DM, have Mr. DM call me!
July 23rd, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Bill, maybe that’s why I ONLY order Briannos’s pizza……………… I love Black olives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
July 23rd, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Mrs. M, would be a totally valid point if the majority of other pizza places required phone numbers. Since they don’t, this is moot.
July 23rd, 2012 at 5:53 pm
When I worked at a dry cleaners we always asked for a phone number. I can see it for pizza as well. I.e. the oven just broke and it’ll be late, or the machine ate your pants. (pizza place, dry cleaner)
for places that ask for my phone number inexplicably(fleet farm, home depot, cub), they get 555-and some 4 digit number I can come up with . If they say, 952, I say sure.
July 23rd, 2012 at 6:16 pm
I guess I do not see the big deal in a place asking for your number when you place your order. I see it being easier to ask what number did you use when you placed your order rather than 4 John Does.
Also, I do shop at the AV LQ store you have in question and others do as well. They actually have a great selection and it is the closest place that sells Surly and a good selection of sours in singles. They also tend to get newer products a week or two earlier than the stores in Rosemount.
Come to think of it, I will be picking up a bottle of Surly Syx from there tomorrow.
July 23rd, 2012 at 6:20 pm
If you read the link you’d see why I said what I did. That and the parking lot is always empty ;-)
July 23rd, 2012 at 6:52 pm
I’ve only been to Broadway Pizza once, maybe fifteen years ago, and don’t remember anything else about it. I’m sure something else will take over that spot eventually.
I also don’t get the Pizza Ranch appeal. It’s not CiCi’s bad, but it’s not particularly great IMO either. It’s the kind of place you go to when you’re in a small town and there’s nothing else around, sort of like Happy Chef or Country Kitchen. It’s not a place I’d choose to go to around here given the plethora of other options.
My favorite place in the Twin Cities for pizza right now would probably be Psycho Suzi’s, to be honest, because they have deep dish and most places don’t (though that Tommy Chicago place looks promising; I’ll have to give them a try).
July 23rd, 2012 at 6:59 pm
Links, AV liquor store by Target on Pilot Knob claims they’ll have Syx in tomorrow, but it sounds like you knew that already. I was there today & asked. Lakeville will likely have it too, but they aren’t being as forthcoming with the info.
July 23rd, 2012 at 8:32 pm
AV’s second Target is actually the “Farmington North” Target. Since we don’t have our own, the entire town of Farmington and I guess most folks in the No Mans Lands between Rosemount, Apple Valley, and Farmington ALL go shopping there. It supports a population base of about 20,000 who all love shopping there and have no alternatives. We always see friends and neighbors there. Also, its a great location, easy to get in and out of, and convenient. We much prefer it over the AV#1 store in the too-busy part of town.
We also frequent the AV Liquor store there too. We love that store for the selection (Surly, Torpedo, etc…) and excellent customer service. The one weird thing is that they don’t let us take the mini carts into the parking lot but will take our order out to our car for us if we have more than a couple of cases – hope they change that policy.
I told my 20 yr old that I saw Pizza Ranch was moving into that mall and he was excited. He and his demographic will pack that place in the same way they line up out the door of Lil Ceasars at Cedar & Dodd. Farmington is pretty blue collar and budget oriented families. I would expect that Pizza Ranch will do very well.
For pizza around here my favorites are Carbones in Lakeville and Carbones in Rosemount. For some reason their signature pies are different recipes and taste very different from each other. However, they are both excellent.
July 23rd, 2012 at 9:36 pm
I find it hard to beat frozen Heggies pizza served in bars…should I be embarrassed? Probably! The only place I know of to get it south of the river in a restaurant is Mainstreet Wine Bar in Lakeville. And I got hooked on Carbone’s (Eagan) pizza while working there years ago to pay off my “young and dumb” credit card debt. Still love their pizza. If south of the river, that’s my pick for pizza.
July 23rd, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Greg-
Yeah I called them today, and will be heading over there to pick one up tomorrow after the Leprechaun Days festivities.
July 23rd, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Not totally related, but I think it’s interesting that Pizza Ranch is building it’s own free standing building when there are two almost entirely empty strip mall buildings next to Target. I can see where maybe PR wanted a spot closer to Pilot Knob for better visibility and such, but you would think that the developer of those other buildings would give pretty much anyone a sweet deal on a lease just to get something in those buildings.
July 23rd, 2012 at 10:10 pm
John,
So when it closes in 18 months because no one will want to pay that much for a shitty pizza buffet, we’ll have yet another empty storefront in that area of town. Awesome.
What I want to know is why they are moving into the suburbs from their bread and butter. Is this going to be another Krispy Kreme or BurgerTime-esque expansion only to fizzle when people realize that it’s really nothing special and they were only doing well because there was nothing else in the towns they were already in?
July 23rd, 2012 at 10:59 pm
If they’ve saturated their core markets, they have to go somewhere if they want to grow. They’re making a push into the Kansas City metro area too. But I too don’t think it’s going to succeed in the long run.
July 24th, 2012 at 7:13 am
I’m with MSPD. I LOVE Brianno’s pizza. Unfortunately, it is a little too pricey to get more than once or twice a year.
As far as the phone number goes, I think it is much ado about nothing. I guess everyone needs their windmills to joust…
July 24th, 2012 at 7:35 am
“MSPD, Briannos was ranked dead last in the taste test we did a few years ago. In fact, it was atrocious when I tried it again a few months ago. I just fail to see how you could ever think its anything but awful.”
Bill, this assertion is false. If you fact check, you will find that overall, there were two that finished behind Brianno’s. Old Piper and one other.
July 24th, 2012 at 7:38 am
Correction, it was only Old Piper. No wonder I couldn’t remember the name of the second one…
July 24th, 2012 at 8:13 am
Sorry, like you I failed to even recognize Ole Piper as acceptable enough to include in the discussion ;-)
July 24th, 2012 at 8:51 am
Lola – the pizza by which all others are measured! In my world at least. Flame away…
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July 24th, 2012 at 9:45 am
Buon Giorno tends to be very good. I would have to agree with Pascale that Carbone’s is quite edible mostly for the sauce. I suppose I would include Green Mill, too, for the same reason.
I’m sure there are other pizza places which would be nice to have in the South metro, but I mostly enjoy ethnic foods with some good spices. I just hope the new Spice Thai turns out even half as good as the old Ronin.
July 24th, 2012 at 11:07 am
I’m surprised no one has mentioned the Italian Pie Shoppe up in Eagan (either like, or dislike). They were the best option when I worked in that area, and they have decent lunch specials. That’s not to say that it’s the best stuff, but I’d rank it up higher than the other places available SOTR.
July 24th, 2012 at 11:19 am
I give my phone number to anyone who asks and it has never been a problem for me. Dunno what the big fucking deal is to be asked. Sounds like you were short on blog post topics 6 years ago.
July 24th, 2012 at 11:26 am
Bill,
I could see that going belly up as well with the prices they are charging.
When Cobblestone Lake was first developed the retail portion was marketed as something that would be made up of small “unique” shops. “Places that you won’t find anywhere else”. Instead those poor suckers that spent $700,000 for a .20 acre lot got Target, Fantastic Sams, and Pizza Ranch. Ouch.
July 24th, 2012 at 11:45 am
Lefty, what’s your phone number?
July 24th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
We tried to eat at Broadway the other day and the sign said closed due to AC failure. Perhaps the cost of freon did them in.
July 24th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
We like Red Savoy for pizza. We also enjoy Goodfellas in Lakeville.
I doubt Pizza Ranch will fail, but I could be wrong. The one in Lakeville is packed all the time. I have eaten there a couple times and likely will never go back, mainly because of some horrible service trying to book their party room for a birthday party. When that happened we ended up goign to Goodfellas in Lakeville, and I have to say the service was fantastic.
July 24th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
782-548-2455
Figure that one out.
July 24th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
I don’t mind Pizza Ranch. I like the fact that when you come in, you can ask them to make a pizza with whatever (within the bounds of what they have) toppings you want and they will not only make it for the buffet, but often bring it to your table before doing so so that you can have the first slices.
I have ordered their chicken to take home a few times (rather than dining in), my wife likes it more than KFC chicken, which we think is more greasy.
We used to visit the Godfather’s Pizza in Burnsville when we wanted pizza buffet, however have only been back there once since Pizza Ranch opened. It doesn’t seem like a good deal when compared to Pizza Ranch’s selection.
I will certainly agree that Pizza Ranch is a bit overpriced, and service can be lacking at times. Due to the price, we don’t go there all that often, maybe once every other month.
I only liked the Unique White pizza from Broadway, and would visit the Apple Valley location at best once per year. Bye Bye Broadway, can’t say I will miss having one south of the River.
July 24th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
I know the answer!!
July 24th, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Greg, you’re right…….. It’s a south pacific island “Call Center”…………Lefty is such a “card”……… You should follow him on Twitter, he’s even funnier. I do worry about him, seems he spends a lot of time between his twitter account and this blog………… Hope he doesn’t loose his job. :)
July 24th, 2012 at 6:32 pm
I don’t know about a call center, I just know what it spells out!
July 24th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Greg, that’s too easy……….. Look beyond the simplicity, give Lefty a little more credit. He is NOT a simpleton, BUT I hope he doesn’t loose his job. :)
July 24th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Mrs. Marcos, I agree with you 100% regarding the phone number issue.
July 25th, 2012 at 12:30 am
Broadway: horrible, adios and good riddance
Pizza Ranch: horribly expensive and average pizza at best. Terrible setup, people running into each other everywhere. I’ve been there twice, once in Fargo and once to Lakeville, both times it was packed and I can’t fathom why.
July 25th, 2012 at 8:20 am
Will,
Unless you are my boss using a fake name, I think my job is safe. I am pretty sure my boss knows that there is only on letter o in lose. :)
I appreciate you worrying about me though, and I agree that everyone should follow my twitter feed, @sextusmaximus
Greg, you are up. Phone number interpretation for 100. Go.
July 25th, 2012 at 8:53 am
SUCK IT ALL
July 25th, 2012 at 9:09 am
There is also an “e” in “one”.
July 25th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Suck it Bill is what it said. He still hasn’t posted his number.
July 25th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Thanks Sui. I noticed that during submit. Spell check can’t fix idiocy to be sure!
Speaking of such, Greg, you’re wrong. Not only did you get it wrong, but you only have 9 letters in your guess. Also, you are now at a negative 100.
July 25th, 2012 at 9:33 am
For the record, lefty does not have a phone, so there is really no way to do that.
Though many of lefty’s posts are based on the experiences of the person who plays lefty on the internet, it needs to be known that the lefty you all know and love is only in existence on this blog and on the twitter.
Now, if for some reason the 23 year old Maxim supermodel that lefty has been exchanging messages with on the Twitter actually wants to meet him in real life, well then I think it would be time to reveal the man in the blue shirt. This would be the exception to the rule. I have to draw the line somewhere.
July 25th, 2012 at 10:09 am
At least I follow-through with my insane postings instead of being a chickenshit.
July 25th, 2012 at 10:27 am
So you’re saying posting your home phone number on a website is the same as giving it to a business that is providing a service to you? Don’t be ridiculous.
July 25th, 2012 at 10:33 am
Damn, how did I miss that?? Oh well, I’m just a rank amateur, unlike Bill & Lefty.
July 25th, 2012 at 10:42 am
Mrs. Macros, lefty said, “I give my phone number to anyone who asks and it has never been a problem for me,” being that I knew he is prone to hyperbole I figured I’d prove that he most definitely would not do what he says.
And this argument, as I’ve stated several times already to you, is moot. They are the ONLY pizza place to absolutely require it. That means NO ONE ELSE thinks it’s a problem. The fact that people like you continue to provide people with your personal identifiers is why businesses feel entitled to the information.
By providing your phone number unnecessarily you are giving up your rights to the DNC list and thus have no claims when companies, their subsidiaries, or third parties they work with use your phone number for purposes which you may have no originally desired.
I don’t get unnecessary phone calls except from the foreign Credit Card Scammers and those purposefully (and annoyingly) exempt from the DNC. I also don’t get much junk mail or other harassing shit because I purposefully defend my personal information.
Perhaps you love to get junk mail or bullshit phone calls which wake your kid. Me? Not so much. Enjoy the results of your decisions and I will enjoy mine.
July 25th, 2012 at 10:46 am
Thanks for the support Mrs. Marcos.
I am pretty sure posting my cell to this site would find me signed up for all measures of text messaging monthly charges membership bullshit. I would probably find myself getting calls from all measures of right wing solicitations and probably some calls from the Aryan Brotherhood thinking I want to join up, not to mention some calls from the Christians in support of the DOMA.
How do I know this? That’s because it is exactly what I would do to any of you if I got my hands on your cell number.
I don’t see Bill’s cell phone on this site anywhere. Just a lame “voicemail only” number that is pretty hard to fuck with.
July 25th, 2012 at 11:29 am
At least I’ve given something, hypocrite.
July 25th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
382-5633
July 25th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Nice area-code. And congrats on comment #69!
July 25th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Nils, that’s not my real number. It’s a cryptic. Bill should have it figured out by about 4 or 5 PM tomorrow assuming he has already started working on it.
71 comments might be a record for this blog in the last 12 months given all the lame topics that have been up here for the past year or so.
July 25th, 2012 at 1:42 pm
I now understand the lack of area code, and what it decrypts to. :-)
July 25th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Aww, lefty, you cypher the nicest things! ;)
July 25th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
It’s 9th in 2012.
July 25th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
I am assuming the top 8 were all guest posts.
July 25th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
I have never noticed an influx of junk mail or unsolicited phone calls from giving my number to a business in fact I have never received anything from them. I am also on the DNC and have opted out of much of everything.
And also last time I was at Blue Max they did not scan my ID, but they did at the recycling place.
Surly Syx is still available at Black Diamond for those that missed out at AV but it is $3 more there.
July 25th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Links, you would have no idea when or where the influx occurred because you apparently don’t mind giving it out. And since you don’t necessarily receive the junk from one company doesn’t mean they weren’t the source.
July 25th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
I know I am just saying just because you give it out does not mean you are going to get anything. I would be more concerned entering in your phone number online and then getting mail bombed. I love days with no mail.
July 25th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
God damn Black Diamond and their 8:00 closing time. Is that an Eagan thing? I thought they changed that!?
Stupid fucking Blue Laws.
July 25th, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Greg-
They had at least 8 left in there when I was there this afternoon. They had some that you could see in the cooler and then more in the walk-in. I am sure you will get one tomorrow if you go
July 26th, 2012 at 8:04 am
Greg,
That 8:00 on weekday thing is an Eagan ordinance. Not that they would have had Syx for you, but Trail liquor a block north on 3 is open until 10 on weekdays for that after 8 need for booze.
July 26th, 2012 at 9:11 am
Lakeville Liquors just sent their email that they have it and it’s $4 less than AV.
July 26th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
I thought Eagan had recently voted to change the 8:00 close.
Yeah, I got the e-mail from Lakeville Liquors, I’m picking them up on the way home tonight.
July 26th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Yep, they did. I don’t know how many places have changed yet, though (and of course, some may choose not to extend their hours).
July 27th, 2012 at 9:45 am
it was $15.99 at Lakeville????