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shorty · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject: times are changeing/Oso pier

who remembers the Drum rodeo the pier use to have every February ?who remembers the owner Jack ?who remembers the (dare i say the word)croaker runs in the fall ? reason i am saying this is i was by A&M today going to the trails and i noticed the bait stand is no more,its being changed to a bar..use to be a iota history in there,i remember seeing tarpon and sharks pictures that we"re caught in the bay.

rabbit · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:16 am Post subject:

Been in there and fished the pier a couple times. Sorry to see them go.
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SpkChsr54 · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Government

So is this new bar going to keep the pier, and allow people
to fish off of it? Or are they going to destroy the pier?
Does anyone have some accurate information on when it
will open up again? Sad

gonefishing · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: Did they run out of money?

It seems work has really slowed down at the new restaurant being built in the former pierhouse of the oso pier. The pier itself is in really crappy condition, and has been pretty bad for a decade or so. For a while the construction was going quite fast, but the last couple months it really seems to have slowed quite a bit. The "Islander Bar/Grill" formerly "County-Line" has gone under.

Normal restaurants just don't make it in that area. Maybe a cafeteria-style restaurant could make it and give TAMUCC's Aramark contracted food services a run for their money. They _really_ need competition as Aramark has some of the highest prices for the lowest quality food around. Once they were awarded an exclusive food contract for all of TAMUCC, their quality went to total sh** and the students are getting screwed. Those of us working there also have few options as there really isn't anything close to campus.

chuck · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:01 pm Post subject:

Aramark does suck!!!
They are in the bluff schools and it's the worst food on the planet.
Damn big money trying to make a buck off hungry students aint' the way our educational systems should be run.

gonefishing

You can always tell an institution that isn't yet locked into an exclusive contract with Aramark. The quality and level of service is a _lot_ better. I was doing some training in San Antonio a couple of years ago at a center that actually had good Aramark food at good prices. I was shocked. Its a shame Aramark does this sort of thing and changes their level of service once they get a customer over a barrel in contract.

If I were to negotiate any sort of contract with Aramark, I'd make sure to include a killswitch clause based on a customer satisfaction survey performed by a agreed-upon survey company. Why TAMUCC didn't do this is beyond me.

Refish529 · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:34 am Post subject:

when i was a kid I would ride my bike to the pier and fish. Some good times. The funniest story I have was when I guy walked up to us one night asked if we had any keepers we wanted to sale. I got $50 bucks for a drum and a trout. Then watched this guy rub the fish all over his shirt and pants. I thought look at this crazy SOB then realized someone must have told the wife he was going fishing Laughing

. Worst story was had to get a tetnis sho after cutting my foot on a nail. Its a shame to see it go but it was falling apart.