Photo

Townhouse closes down


  • Please log in to reply
5 replies to this topic

#1 SportsGuy

SportsGuy

    HOF

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • 91,979 posts
  • LocationBaltimore

Posted 24 January 2014 - 10:31 PM

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.



#2 BSLChrisStoner

BSLChrisStoner

    Owner

  • Administrators
  • 155,717 posts

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.



#3 You Play to Win the Game

You Play to Win the Game

    HOF

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • 60,347 posts
  • LocationMaryland

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. 



#4 ChrisWorthington

ChrisWorthington

    HOF

  • Members
  • 268 posts
  • LocationBaltimore

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.



#5 Pedro Cerrano

Pedro Cerrano

    I Miss McNulty

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • 35,435 posts
  • LocationEllicott City, MD

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.


There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note

"Now OPS sucks.  Got it."

"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."

"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty

@bopper33


#6 NewMarketSean

NewMarketSean

    HOF

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • 23,462 posts

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.


I never had friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?




0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users


Our Sponsors


 width=