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They're probably waiting to see if Gameday will be coming to town for this epic rivalry.
This is awesome. Thanks for puting in the time and sharing it.
It is easy to criticize a player when you are watching the play in slow motion and can rewatch it as many times as you want.
The town looks at it as empty storefronts or occupied ones.
Fuller didn't play whip against GT that year. He played ass-kicker.
I assume this is a joke that just went over my head.
This is my thought. Pretty soon main st will be a suburban mall food court. Hopefully the town (and the building owners/developers) actually consider long term prospects for once and not further degrade what should be a truly special strip of Blacksburg.
It went downhill for years before they closed. Traded on memories for sometime long after it was worth going to
They last said they were undecided on using those during the season or not. The best thing they could do is burn them all.
September 10-11 at the earliest, unless it gets the 6 day option, which could push it to the 18th.
So this hits hard. I worked as a waiter there for three years as a student and whenever I could during my post grad year in Blacksburg. I cannot say enough great things about Mike's, from THE Mike Varelos who passed away a few years back, his son Nick who took over the place and spent way more time than anyone could image to make his dad proud, to all the employees who were legitimately like family to me.
I rarely say this about people, but that place did it the right way and you won't see another place care so damn much about doing it not for a customer review, but because it was right.
What it ultimately came down to, it's tough to be a restaurant in a college town that has the number 1 food in the nation and opens "Burger 37" and Five Guys all within 5 minutes and then the city of Blacksburg not allowing any parking downtown.
That's my rant. I'm getting some beer. Sad Nerd out.
Edit: The fact they closed right before football season is heartbreaking. That's where they made enough money to get into the black for the year. Either Nick's health just can't handle it or they cannot lock down a steady enough cook to manage.
There's not enough support from the townies to make any money. Mike's lost money nearly every day it was open during the summer even running a skeleton staff.
They also closed a few weeks over the summer each year. That couldn't be great for business or potential employees.
Backstreet's? The place that had the "best buffet in town" with reheated spaghetti-O's and two slices of burnt pizza? Maybe it had already gone downhill before I got to it.
I cannot tell you how hard it is to get someone reliable to work there. It was one of few places in town that would train waiters and waitresses with no experience so our staff was constantly poached by every bar and restaurant in town.
This is so wrong. Not once did I ever leave that place hungry. Never!!! Sad day in Blacksburg.
It's my fault. I only ate there 4 times last year. If I had known this was possible, I would have eaten there 400 times and donated my children for indentured servitude.
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If it was pie it would have chowed down.
This is such a shame. Mike's truly had the best burger in Blacksburg.
I suppose this is an unfortunate side effect of VT having awesome campus dining. There are now things like food trucks roving around campus, operating within sight of places like Mike's. What's a student going to do? Spend $2 off the meal plan that's already paid for and get something from the dining truck between classes or walk over and spend real cash at a downtown restaurant? The choice is pretty obvious, though sad.
One of the best meals of my collegiate life was at Mike's. Early in the summer, right after the semester ended, I went hiking with a bunch of friends. We spent the whole day up at the Cascades and we were all starving on the way back. Quickly, someone suggested we go to Mike's. I already knew it was the best burger in town, but man was that ever the best of the best. Cheap, delicious, and great service.
Now, everyone go eat at Souvlaki before we lose that one, too.