Marquette Gyros

[checkmarq]

Paint Touches is reporting Marquette Gyros is closing on June 30th. Say what you will about their decorating style, but I thought their late night food was pretty decent. I assume this is MU sprawl in action. Anyone have anymore insight?

[wadesworld]

The owner just became a millionaire.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Loved me some Marquette Gyros after a night out on Water St. Greasiest burgers on campus

[Skitch]

I was never a fan. More into Real Chili, Pizza Shuttle or just hitting up Open Pantry but its always sad to see an institution closing down. Real Chili might be the only thing that hasn't changed in that block.

[tower912]

Chimi at Amigo's.   Or pancakes at the IHOP. 

[damuts222]

Gyros was quality drunk food.  I remember leaving the bag in my room after eating it and the room would be a hotbox of gyro the next morning. Ah memories

[Jay Bee]

Gyros was quality drunk food.  I remember leaving the bag in my room after eating it and the room would be a hotbox of gyro the next morning. Ah memories

After eating late night gyros, we'd put everything into the bag(s) and throw them out the front door and into the apartment hallway. We'd take it to the trash the next morning/afternoon when we got up.

Really a D-move, but it's difficult to move after 20+ beers and a gyro.

[Galway Eagle]

Their frickles are amazing.  Lucky I just set up a visit to MU the 28th-30th so I'll be getting a crazy gyro fix that weekend

[Goose]

Sad to hear of the closing. Many of nights spent there and my kids at MU have spent many there as well. Need to get there before they close.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I was never a fan. More into Real Chili, Pizza Shuttle or just hitting up Open Pantry but its always sad to see an institution closing down. Real Chili might be the only thing that hasn't changed in that block.

Same here.  I always opted for Real Chili or Guliano's (2 slices & a drink) for like $2.50.

[🏀]

MU has owned the building for awhile now, since 2007 at least.

[WarriorInNYC]

I was a bigger fan of Real Chili for late night drunk food, but every now and then a gyro and some of those curly fries were just necessary.

Sad to see it go.

[Coleman]

This is sad. Like many others here, I preferred Real Chili but it is sad to see this establishment closing its doors as it really represents what little is left of the old-school Marquette campus. Hegarty's closing was especially difficult, and after Gyros closes Real Chili will really be all that is left, unless you count Angelo's rebirth as Sobelman's.

Marquette Gyros had the best $1.99 burger you could find, and a really solid gyro. But perhaps the best part was Gus, the proprietor of the joint. Here was a nice write-up on him from my senior year: http://marquettewire.org/2007/09/04/tribune/tribune-news/just-another-night-at-the-office/

[jsglow]

I am told there is a bit of a background story to this.  Gyros doesn't sell beer so this can't be related to underage drinking.  Wouldn't want to speculate.  But certainly a sad day. 

I doubt today's kids are going to have the same lifelong loyality to Jimmy John's.  And where will the Farley brothers go now?

[Coleman]

I am told there is a bit of a background story to this.  Gyros doesn't sell beer so this can't be related to underage drinking.  Wouldn't want to speculate.  But certainly a sad day. 

I doubt today's kids are going to have the same lifelong loyality to Jimmy John's.  And where will the Farley brothers go now?

This is an internet message board... If you say there is backstory, you must share!!

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

These things seem to exist on every campus.  There was a story this weekend that a local restaurant (The Educated Burgher, misspelled on purpose) that has served Yale students the last 37 years was closing.  The owners just said business was slow and as there was too much competition. 

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Can't be easy to keep the lights on when your market is give May to August and you're busiest time of the day is after 11P.

[LloydMooresLegs]

Chimi at Amigo's.   Or pancakes at the IHOP. 

+1 on Chimi.  Add the Marquette special from Lucci's Pizza

[Ari Gold]

Chicken bacon swiss was by far the best thing on the menu. and the 3am cheese fries my CT roommate was nice enough to bring me when he woke me up on after a long night of drinking on Wednesdays/Thursdays

Going to have to make a trek back soon.

[Jay Bee]

the 3am cheese fries my CT roommate was nice enough to bring me when he woke me up on after a long night of drinking on Wednesdays/Thursdays

Uhh... say what?

[77ncaachamps]

cheese fries and those Ore-Ida crinkle fries.... drool.

The gyros were okay. I preferred Ziggy's tzatziki over Marquette's and the other place (escaping me rightn ow).

[MUsoxfan]

I was always a Louie D's fan. Mostly because of proximity (and the squeeze bottles of gyro sauce)

That extra one block walk to Marquette Gyros from Hegarty's was just wayyyy too far most of the time

[tower912]

+1 on Chimi.  Add the Marquette special from Lucci's Pizza

The Lucci's special was awesome.   Find 3 friends, chip in $2.50 each, get that pizza....and it was a good pizza.   What was the name of the pizza place that had the pizza eating challenge?   Something like if 2 people could finish an 18" x 36" pizza in an hour, it was free.    Near 27th and Wisconsin, IIRC.   

[jesmu84]

2 things:

1. my longest college "relationship" began at Gyros, no joke.
2. Guy from my dorm worked there freshman year. Kind of a scummy guy, but he was nice to us. Paid 100% under the table, and he told me all employees were paid that way.

[muarmy81]

Marquette Gyro's was on the way back to O'Donnell and Mashuda so I'd usually drop $2 on a cheeseburger...not bad when you were lit.