http://www.bizjourna...st.html?ana=fbk
Chris sent me this link.
We obviously had a few BSL nights there.
I really liked this place but they seemed to be a place that didn't know what they were. Are they a restaurant? A sports bar?
I think them not knowing what they were or wanted to be is what hurt them.
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Posted 24 January 2014 - 10:31 PM
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Posted 24 January 2014 - 10:46 PM
Which is funny.. because they are a chain. They should know what they are.
Met with their Mgr once... I told him they had a good thing as the after dinner spot in Harbor East... he said they didn't want to be that... they wanted to be known as a restaurant... like you said, their menu wasn't good enough for that... they were upscale bar food.
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Posted 24 January 2014 - 10:57 PM
Their service was horrendous the few times I went there. Just way understaffed and, if I had to guess, poorly managed. I liked their bar menu and the ambiance was nice.
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Posted 27 January 2014 - 10:13 AM
Their service was horrendous the few times I went there. Just way understaffed and, if I had to guess, poorly managed. I liked their bar menu and the ambiance was nice.
My experience as well. I threw a surprise birthday party for my girlfriend there last March and it was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish.
After complaining to management, I got $100 in gift certificates (10 dollar increments, who knows why). Only thing was, they expired a week later, before I even had a chance to use them. Pretty much the icing on the cake for me. Good riddance to that place.
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Posted 27 January 2014 - 10:53 AM
You can tell a poorly run/managed spot within 10 minutes of walking through the door in most cases.
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Posted 27 January 2014 - 11:28 AM
You can tell a poorly run/managed spot within 10 minutes of walking through the door in most cases.
Agreed, or whether or not a place is just starting out.
That is a prime location so it won't be empty for long. And if they didn't do well maybe someone else will come in and succeed.
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