Overated.. service was always bad ** -- SarahVTHokie24 08/31/2016 1:12PM
Reality to me is as a college kid my taste buds weren't that developed or -- 133743Hokie 08/31/2016 10:22AM
In the 80s, Mike's was without peer -- Baltimore Hokie 08/30/2016 11:08PM
Good solid burger. We went there before most games -- Hokie_85 08/30/2016 8:53PM
That sucks. Food wasn't great but it was Blacksburg. -- USN_Hokie 08/30/2016 8:39PM
Kept trying to eat there when I returned to Blacksburg during summers, but -- EDGEMAN 08/30/2016 8:23PM
One of my first meals downtown. But also, service was horrible -- psychobilly 08/30/2016 6:57PM
Never ate there ** -- MEHOKIE 08/30/2016 6:04PM
Same here and most of my Blacksburg abodes were walking distance of -- BG Hokie 08/31/2016 10:56AM
Ate there once...had dining hall plans...almost never ate out -- statmanfromHCyrs 08/31/2016 08:33AM
Me neither -- Newt 08/30/2016 7:33PM
Sure you have...at least the burger -- Tommy Bowden 08/30/2016 6:09PM
Remember the place there in the late 60's, had the tdc burger on Texas -- 7Hokie1 08/30/2016 5:05PM
Good ol' [Dennis the Menace voice] Ray's Onion Burger -- TomTurkey 08/30/2016 5:46PM
That was Cook's Clean Center. -- PhotoHokieNC 08/30/2016 5:27PM
Sounds like Bstreet's wheelhouse. ** -- MEHOKIE 08/31/2016 12:49AM
How long was that there? Was it tied to the Hokie Haven or whatever in 80s? ** -- WestyHokie 08/30/2016 4:50PM
Their Facebook post said they were open for 40 years. ** -- hoosnowahokie 08/30/2016 4:56PM
Burgers were good, liked the pie even more. ** -- pirkster05 08/30/2016 4:29PM
The pie was even better as takeout. -- CPRVHokie 08/30/2016 4:54PM
Sad day. Mikes was a Blacksburg institution. ** -- HokieNoVA 08/30/2016 4:09PM
Great burgers but probably also overrated ... -- vt90 08/30/2016 4:05PM
Great burgers. Do they still have the boxy tvs? No flat screens? ** -- RoswellGAHokie 08/30/2016 3:53PM
Well... not anymore apparently. ** -- TJ_PKT 08/30/2016 4:18PM
Yep, as of last October anyway. ** -- HokieNoVA 08/30/2016 4:09PM
Problem was when I was there...you couldn't count on them being open -- Vienna_Hokie 08/30/2016 3:53PM
This. They had the strangest hours. ** -- VT_Consul 08/30/2016 5:02PM
I can't recall whether the burgers were good or not because I was always so -- CPRVHokie 08/30/2016 3:49PM
I can't recall whether the burgers were good or not because I was always so -- PhotoHokieNC 08/30/2016 3:53PM
Nobody demands good service quite like a drunk man. ** -- CPRVHokie 08/30/2016 3:57PM
The burgers were the best thing in the world after puffing a few... -- DonHo-kieHi 08/30/2016 9:49PM
Strange timing ** -- hokeyhokie 08/30/2016 3:37PM
Lease probably ran out at end of month. ** -- ElbertoHokie 08/30/2016 3:45PM
Any word on why? ** -- Nova Hokie 95 08/30/2016 3:37PM
Lack of employees was the reason they cited -- HokieFanatics 08/30/2016 4:29PM
Really? I think the same waitresses worked there for 20 years. ** -- VT_Consul 08/30/2016 5:04PM
Yeah, I'm not buying that -- Nova Hokie 95 08/30/2016 4:33PM
Fact that Mike is gone, no doubt biggest reason ** -- astrohokie 08/30/2016 3:47PM
Good point. ** -- Chris Coleman
08/30/2016 3:54PM
Probably increased local competition. -- Chris Coleman
08/30/2016 3:40PM
But man, that location. Wonder what they'll put there now ** -- Nova Hokie 95 08/30/2016 3:50PM
I say bring back Carlyle's ** -- Hokie in CT 08/30/2016 6:15PM
Brie creamery? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/30/2016 5:29PM
Smash Burger would do great there ** -- VTMojo 08/30/2016 5:27PM
Since downtown Bburg seems to be collecting crappy fast food Mexican -- HokieNoVA 08/30/2016 5:14PM
Deschutes tasting room. ** -- PDXHokie 08/30/2016 4:17PM
New expanded Cooks Clean Center ** -- hokeyhokie 08/30/2016 3:58PM
Only reason to go to Cooks was that you could get a burger and beer at -- Hokie360 08/30/2016 4:12PM
Best guess: a national or regional chain. That real estate ain't cheap and -- CPRVHokie 08/30/2016 3:56PM
I thought the Blacksburg BOV eschewed chains? Or made it tougher at least -- Nova Hokie 95 08/30/2016 4:35PM
City can't tell property owner who he can lease to. If a mom and pop -- CPRVHokie 08/30/2016 4:57PM
Nobody likes chains except people in Chesapeake. But locales can't enforce -- CPRVHokie 08/30/2016 5:00PM
Students can afford to eat at those places? ** -- hokeyhokie 08/30/2016 3:49PM
Yes, when I was in school I would eat at Soulvaki's a couple times -- VTHokie2000 08/30/2016 4:15PM
All I could afford was BK, which was still better than Dietrick ** -- hokeyhokie 08/30/2016 6:42PM
One of the reasons I worked summer jobs in an icehouse (made the ice for -- VTHokie2000 08/30/2016 9:28PM
Mike's Grill = G.O.A.T. -- Ricky LaBlue 08/30/2016 3:37PM
In Blacksburg, I agree. ** -- Mr. Touchdown 08/30/2016 4:44PM
Best ever** ** -- hokieforlife 08/30/2016 3:34PM
I wouldn't say best all time but I liked their burgers. -- ElbertoHokie 08/30/2016 3:33PM
Great burger, what a bummer :-( ** -- astrohokie 08/30/2016 3:32PM