re: Restaurant history thread - 112 missed restaurants in the history of F-ville

I remember most of those in that list. I've only ever known the one Marlo's Taco Shack but its been going for ages.

The ones I miss are:

Cafe Santa Fe on Center, not for the food, but for the drunken hell raising that happened there. People dancing on tables, karaoke, falling down those damned steep stairs to the upper portion. 3 buck mason jars of Long Islands, just begging to kill somebody. Such fun.

Casa Taco, it was probably just total garbage, but my go to was dipping a cheeseburger in their queso when really really drunk (which now that I remember seens like 5 out of 7 day a week in college). Also had the experience of ordering delivery at 3 am and passing out and not going to the door. I bet a lot of those "free cheese dips" were leftovers from other deliveries where that exact thing happened.

I ate at Boardwalk Cafe, and the only reason I really miss it is that its one of those places that I remember before Dickson got completely gentrified and rents went through the roof. Just a burger joint in a shady spot. We need more of that in this town and fewer chains. On the flipside, we used to be just a quaint little college town without much else going on. Dickson is stronger now than its probably ever been, and all signs point to more growth, more art, more bars, and more restaurants. I forget how much a part the square played in nightlife back then. I guess its strong now, too. Back then though, Center St held its own. Its a mystery to me why only the south side of that street seems to hold restaurants while the north side continues to languish some.