# Attention Bamadopers: Question. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294 "2001-07-31T02:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/1 "2001-07-31T02:23:38Z")
We still on for the 10th? I just got back from KY and wanted to make sure so I’m not standing around U-Mall all day. 😉 Hope we are. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dqa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/2 "2001-07-31T03:07:06Z")
Yeah, that would be embarassing. Although I understand there’s a wide range of cuisine available in the food court. Tell you what, show up on the 11th instead. See also [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=76088&pagenumber=2) page. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/3 "2001-07-31T03:29:29Z")
You might very well be by yourself on that day, **Simetra**! I think we agreed to the 11th. Thanks for the link, **dqa**. And yes…it’s still on! 🙂 And I’m still THERE as THERE can be. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/4 "2001-07-31T06:25:53Z")
Hehe… I’m a dumb-ass. 😛 I even said it in the thread. Really sucks **Ogre** can’t be there. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/5 "2001-07-31T16:51:57Z")
We’re still planning on being there, although we hope to be coming over on the 10th and staying the weekend. I want to lounge by the pool and watch our daughter in the “really big bathtub”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/6 "2001-07-31T21:44:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Simetra \* > \*\*We still on for the 10th? I just got back from KY and wanted to make sure so I’m not standing around U-Mall all day. 😉 > > Hope we are. 😃 \*\* BTW, how was KY? I miss my home state something fierce… ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/7 "2001-07-31T23:13:08Z")
Thanks to the ever-wonderful Ogre, I have compiled a list of good, fairly reasonably-priced places to eat. You guys better pick one soon, so I can make reservations. (And um, I need to get a count, don’t I?) So here they are: (with Ogre’s notes, not mine!) 1. Cypress Inn - On the Northport side of the Black Warrior River, right on the bank. Can be expensive if your tastes and budget run in that direction, but you can also get a reasonably priced meal there. All the food is gooooood. 🙂 2. DePalma’s - Call ahead for reservations for twenty. It’s kind of a moderately priced Italian eatery, and the food absolutely kicks butt. They make EVERYTHING by hand, and their prices are quite reasonable. This is my top suggestion. I loves me some DePalma’s. 3. Pepito’s - Again, call ahead for reservations for our bunch-it’s kind of a smallish place. They should be able to hndle it. They have standard Mexican-food pricing, but it’s some of the best, cheesiest, tastiest Mex food I’ve ever had. 4. Mellow Mushroom - Pizza joint. Good pies, reasonably priced. This may be a bit run-of-the-mill for us, though, since there are Mellow Mushrooms all over the South now. 5. Phil’s - Largish place on the Strip. I hate the food here, but it’s cheap. Phil’s is a big frat and soror hang out. 6. Wings - On 82 just outside of campus. Sports bar kind of food. Decent, and reasonable. Nothing special, though. 7. Johnny Ray’s - On 82 in Northport. Standard BBQ place, with standard pricing. Not too bad, but don’t expect to find any veggie meals. My vote is Cypress Inn. I’ve been there enough to know that it’s super. So vote, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/8 "2001-08-01T00:02:13Z")
I’m still tentative, though it’s looking better at the moment. I don’t see that I’m scheduled to be out of town the week after that(thank God), which gives me my weekend free. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/9 "2001-08-01T01:14:24Z")
**Nocturne** , you’re killing me by mentioning Wings. The wife and I used to go to Wings, get a few wings, drink some beer, and play NTN back when we lived in B’ham. It was great. Although, you had to partake of the wings in moderation to avoid excessive rotundity. We’re in Dallas now, but every once in a while, I still get a bad hankering. If you go to Wings, have a few for me. [sub]Hey, is this 700? If so, woo-hoo![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/10 "2001-08-01T01:36:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nocturne \* > \*\* > > 1. Cypress Inn - On the Northport side of the Black > Warrior River, right on the bank. Can be expensive if > your tastes and budget run in that direction, but you > can also get a reasonably priced meal there. All the > food is gooooood. :)\*\* > > Sounds great. I don’t have gobs of money, but it’s possi-bull… > > **2) DePalma’s - Call ahead for reservations for twenty. > It’s kind of a moderately priced Italian eatery, and > the food absolutely kicks butt. They make EVERYTHING > by hand, and their prices are quite reasonable. This > is my top suggestion. I loves me some DePalma’s.** > > God, I love Italian. This might be the one I vote for…_sigh_ > > **3) Pepito’s - Again, call ahead for reservations for > our bunch-it’s kind of a smallish place. They should > be able to hndle it. They have standard Mexican-food > pricing, but it’s some of the best, cheesiest, > tastiest Mex food I’ve ever had.** > > Now Mexican is TALKIN’, gal…I love spicy food. Hell, I love ALL food. > > **4) Mellow Mushroom - Pizza joint. Good pies, > reasonably priced. This may be a bit run-of-the-mill > for us, though, since there are Mellow Mushrooms all > over the South now.** > > Please. NO pizza. I can have that at home. I am definitely not up for any pizza. > > **5) Phil’s - Largish place on the Strip. I hate the > food here, but it’s cheap. Phil’s is a big frat and > soror hang out.** > > Um. No. The very words “frat and soror hang out” kill the joy of the previously used word “cheap”. > > **6) Wings - On 82 just outside of campus. Sports bar > kind of food. Decent, and reasonable. Nothing > special, though.** > > Not my cuppa tea. Although their food _is_ great. > > **7) Johnny Ray’s - On 82 in Northport. Standard BBQ > place, with standard pricing. Not too bad, but don’t > expect to find any veggie meals.** > > They do have veggies, like french fries and okra and corn, but I think not. I only do barbeque if I’m big time hung over. I don’t plan on being hungover BEFORE the BamaDope. > > \*\*My vote is Cypress Inn. I’ve been there enough to know that it’s super. > > So vote, dammit. \*\* Ok. My vote goes for DePalma’s. But I will be happy to change that to Pepito’s should there be a tie! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/11 "2001-08-01T03:21:06Z")
I don’t know if our vote counts for two or one, but we’ve discussed this, and we have decided what our vote will be. DePalma’s. We went to DePalma’s in Athens, GA after my husband’s cousin got married. The calzones… oh, my God, the calzones… they are out of this world. Website is [http://www.depalmascafe.com](http://www.depalmascafe.com). ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/12 "2001-08-01T04:45:16Z")
I am VERY cool with DePalma’s if everyone ELSE is okay with that. I just have to : 1. Figure out where the hell it is and how to get there from U Mall. 2. Call ahead for reservations from anywhere from 16-20. For those of you who are tentative or are bringing along people that are tentative, when are you going to know for sure? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/13 "2001-08-01T13:10:28Z")
DePalma’s is on University Boulevard downtown. Coming from campus, it’ll be on the right. It’s on the adjacent corner to Mellow Mushroom. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/14 "2001-08-01T17:20:47Z")
Thanks…I now know exactly where it is. It looks like DePalma’s might be it. Okay, look–to make things easier on me, everyone who’s coming email me and tell me who is coming WITH you, that way I can get a somewhat accurate count. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/15 "2001-08-01T17:53:11Z")
Excellent… and I’m up for anything **Nocturne**. I’ll e-mail when I get home today. 😉 **Juliana** , KY was great. Spent a lot of time at home on the farm. I don’t know where in KY you’re from, but we live close to Lexington, so **Serendipity** and I went down to Triangle park, and drove around downtown for a while. It really is a beautiful place. 🙂 The **11th** should be so smashing! ((Yeah I got it now. 😉 )) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/16 "2001-08-01T21:10:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Simetra \* > \*\ ***Juliana** , KY was great. Spent a lot of time at home on the farm. I don’t know where in KY you’re from, but we live close to Lexington, so **Serendipity** and I went down to Triangle park, and drove around downtown for a while. It really is a beautiful place. 🙂 > \*\* I’m originally from Danville, but spent about 9 years living in Lexington, very close to Rupp Arena. It is so beautiful down there, especially at night. I have been getting homesick recently. I really need to order a Derby pie and a case of Ale-8-One. ☹ And our email has been sent. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/17 "2001-08-02T04:03:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Juliana \* > \*\*I really need… a case of Ale-8-One. ☹ \*\* Awww… I wish you’d have told me before I went to KY. I didn’t think about it then, but I could have brought a case with me to the Bamadope. Heck, my grandmother even sells it in her little country store. Oh well… maybe next time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/18 "2001-08-02T04:36:15Z")
Hey. I just wanted to introduce myself as a “Bamadoper”. I didn’t realize there were many of us. Well, hi. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/19 "2001-08-02T05:21:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*Hey. I just wanted to introduce myself as a “Bamadoper”. I didn’t realize there were many of us. Well, hi. \*\* Welcome, **Achernar** , to our illustrious (and apparently growing…who’dve thunk?) ranks! From where are you posting, and most importantly, will you be able to make it to the DopeFest? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294/20 "2001-08-02T05:25:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ogre \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > > \*\*Hey. I just wanted to introduce myself as a “Bamadoper”. I didn’t realize there were many of us. Well, hi. \*\* > > Welcome, **Achernar** , to our illustrious (and apparently growing…who’dve thunk?) ranks! From where are you posting, and most importantly, will you be able to make it to the DopeFest? \*\* Sweet Jesus smokin’ a Cuban while drinkin’ a mint julep, **Achernar** , you registered nearly a year before I did? Where the hell have you been, son? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-bamadopers-question/74294.md?page=2)