Pantagraph.com | Money | Former Shooters buffet to become strip mall

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to milton wrote on Jul 10, 2007 9:35 PM:

" there is a Realy good (and resonable) oak furniture store in chenoa about 30 minutes NE of bloomington called the amish warehouse I go there alot "

Milton wrote on Jul 10, 2007 4:26 PM:

" How about a furniture store that sells quality stuff? I like to buy locally, but all I can find here is cheap junk. I get tired of driving two hours north to buy good furniture. I'd prefer to spend my money here in town. "

McDonald's here?? wrote on Jul 10, 2007 4:09 PM:

" I believe that there was a Mickey D's in the Amoce at one time and also in the Wal Mart so I am thinking one in this location must not be a good idea. Is the one in Wal Mart still there? "

Only 1 Word For You wrote on Jul 10, 2007 3:19 PM:

" PONDEROSA !!! "

Ikea ?? wrote on Jul 10, 2007 2:59 PM:

" Please the stuff at Wal mart is better. "

The Golden Corral !!!! wrote on Jul 10, 2007 2:58 PM:

" Makes Ryans taste like shooters !!! If your intrested its in washington Illinois "

Better idea wrote on Jul 10, 2007 2:49 PM:

" How about an Ikea at that location? "

Food wrote on Jul 10, 2007 1:17 PM:

" We need a good buffet restaurant. Maybe a Hometown buffet like in Peoria or Champaign. Not everyone wants to go to a Chinese Buffet all the time, sometimes, you need just plain ole' american food. "

DJ wrote on Jul 10, 2007 11:25 AM:

" I thought the Country Buffet that was at the old College Hills Mall was pretty darn good. I thought they were going to try to get another place, or the Old Sinorak Smorgasborg. Now your talking good food. "

now that is so cool wrote on Jul 10, 2007 10:52 AM:

" instead of one business not being able to make it at that location now you are going to have 7! "

Waffle of Justice wrote on Jul 10, 2007 10:21 AM:

" Doesn't Cellular One have a retail store over by Carlos OK's and Best Buy and Batteries +? "

I agree wrote on Jul 10, 2007 10:04 AM:

" A Bonanza would be so wonderful! More strip mall crap stinks....and Shooters really sucked. But a good ol' bonanza would be wonderful! Next choice would be a McDonalds. But more cell phone stores, etc isn't what I had in mind. Yep, even an Old Country buffet would be good, or a Taco Trio! "

pitdogg wrote on Jul 10, 2007 7:01 AM:

" Too bad the shoppes at college hills screwed over olde country buffet that was one of the best buffet's in town but the shoppes wanted to triple the rent for them....too bad they did not own their location like Target. WE REALLY NEED AN OLD COUNTRY BUFFET BACK IN TOWN.... "

McDOnalds... wrote on Jul 10, 2007 6:26 AM:

" We need another McDonalds in this town (not enough of that great establishment in this town), that would be a great location. If they could make it a buffet McDonalds, even better. "

Equation wrote on Jul 10, 2007 6:15 AM:

" Buffet=Feeiding Trough = Obesity Ever see who is generally wandering out of those places? "

re Buffet wrote on Jul 10, 2007 12:14 AM:

" Ming's on N. Main is great and reasonably priced. Ming's on Hershey and Cherry Buffet out by west side Wal-Mart are good Chinese food, too, though a little pricier. For pizza buffets you have at least 4 options: Todino's out by Palace Theater & Game Time Gym II, Godfather's, Pizza Hut, and Chicago Style Pizzeria by K-Mart. For home cookin' buffet, there is Times Past Inn in Towanda Plaza and Copper Top Lounge on W. Locust St., neither of which impressed me much, though. Keller's Iron Skillet on Hannah St. is good, though not the cleanest place ever. I don't know if there's anywhere in town with a breakfast, taco, pasta, or general American food buffet. Yeah, something like a Pondo or Ryan's steakhouse would be a good addition. "

Hey wrote on Jul 9, 2007 10:50 PM:

" PUT UP A DAMON'S! "

re wrote on Jul 9, 2007 10:00 PM:

" I think a liquor store, Discount Tobacco store and a pay day advance store would be real nice there. "

Buffet wrote on Jul 9, 2007 8:59 PM:

" I too didnt care for Shooters Buffet. Does anyone know of a good buffet in town besides Mings? I miss the Bonanza that used to be next to Red Lobster! "

at your own risk wrote on Jul 9, 2007 5:21 PM:

" that will make the suicide intersection by BP even worse...they will need to work on travle patterns if they keep expanding that area...the right turn behind what used to be damons will be even worse as well...maybe more people can cut through the parking lot by Dicks and BBAB and use the great intersection near petco to get out of the plaza...or we could shut down an entrance, figure out how to add a light and block off some entrances so its easier to get around, but why do that "

I try wrote on Jul 9, 2007 3:56 PM:

" to be nice on here but I do have to be mean now and say -anything will be better than Shooter's Buffet was. Went one time and was not impressed at all. I do wish we had a GOOD buffet around here. Maybe there is and i have just missed it. "

RE: Heyworth resident wrote on Jul 9, 2007 3:34 PM:

" Then stay in Heyworth. "

FYI wrote on Jul 9, 2007 3:22 PM:

" 80 items with 8 ingredients. That area is too congested already, but that doesn't mean they'll make a profit. "

ha wrote on Jul 9, 2007 3:13 PM:

" Heyworth... eh "

another heyworth resident wrote on Jul 9, 2007 3:06 PM:

" I have only lived in Heyworth a couple years...and have learned that they complain about everything. "

to: Heyworth resident wrote on Jul 9, 2007 2:36 PM:

" are you going to cry when they put the strip mall building up across from Hucks in Heyworth? get use to it, it cost less to put a business in a small strip mall than buying the ground and building a building yourself. "

Heyworth resident wrote on Jul 9, 2007 1:50 PM:

" Woo Hoo ... another strip mall!!! Maybe all of the tenants that couldn't get a space at the Shoppes at College Hills, since there are no vacancies there, can finally find the space they are looking for here. Also, please build a strip mall at the former Damon's location, or maybe a bank. "

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