Restaurants you miss

[Craig234]

That reminds me, I used to like BajaFresh a lot. Conditions at the one close to me deteriorated over time, and they shut down. Haven't seen them much in general in this area.

They're very good, and still open. But the closest one to me is now about 10 miles.

 

[Craig234]

Ah, come on. I bet that young Trump would have been fun to talk to. Think of all the sexual exploits he would brag about, that you could blackmail him with when you got back 🙂

You are not selling that at all. The only good side even hinted at is the $130,000 payments he'd offer to hide them, but I wouldn't take them. Imagine if the women had refused and instead went public and he lost.

 

[Craig234]

The idea of listening to young trump talk about his sex exploits is torture. Funny, they all told him he was the best they ever had, and begged for more. Torture.

 

[shortylickens]

In Manassas there was a dude named Clarke who cooked very well but couldnt keep a restaurant running. He eventually closed his place and went to work at a country club.

 

[ultimatebob]

OK, trying to steer this thread out of P&N land...

You know what I also miss? Kenny Rodgers Roasters. Those guys made some damn good chicken.

 

[Starbuck1975]

Beefsteak Charlie’s

 

[kn51]

The Treasure Island casino in Vegas once had an incredible Mexican restaurant named Isla. Best Mexican food ever, great atmosphere, great drinks, etc. TI replaced them with a cheap fried fish place...

Heh, stayed at TI around 12 years ago and probably ate at the same place. It was so good we would eat breakfast there every morning.

 

[local]

I don't necessarily miss the restaurants, particularly in that they are still around, but I do miss being an ignorant child that could enjoy them. Stuff like Pancho's and Golden Corral or Show Biz Pizza (Chuck E Cheese) that today I know are worse than food truck quality and cannot enjoy them. But as a kid those places were so cool.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I miss PF Changs. Man that place is good!

 

[Red Squirrel]

There was a local Indian restaurant here called Holy Cow, fairly new place. Unfortunately they had to shutdown indefinitly due to covid. They were new, so probably still struggling to get finances together and a month or so of not being able to operate basically did them in. Even if not operating there's too many bills like hydro, taxes etc. This is where I think the government could have done better for small business. If they can't operate, then all their reoccurring bills should have been written off. It's crazy having to shell out thousands per month for a building that is not being used.

 

[JulesMaximus]

There was a local Indian restaurant here called Holy Cow, fairly new place. Unfortunately they had to shutdown indefinitly due to covid. They were new, so probably still struggling to get finances together and a month or so of not being able to operate basically did them in. Even if not operating there's too many bills like hydro, taxes etc. This is where I think the government could have done better for small business. If they can't operate, then all their reoccurring bills should have been written off. It's crazy having to shell out thousands per month for a building that is not being used.

How does that work for the companies or individuals who own those properties? You can't expect them to just forgive that rent.

 

[Red Squirrel]

How does that work for the companies that own those properties? You can't expect them to just forgive that rent.

It would need to work for landlords too, as they would be the ones paying the bills. Cancel all those bills. Basically between a tenant and a landlord all the same bills need to be paid, whether it's included in rent or not, so they should all be written off. For things like utilities it's not like they are being used anyway. The issue is it's the fixed fees that cost a lot even if you're not using it.

Basically it just needs to be setup in such a way that both the tenants and landlords do not fall behind, and just stay status quo.

 

[Scarpozzi]

We all know what a main-stream west-coast burrito place is these days...Moe's, Chipotle, etc... 22 years ago, I walked into the first one I'd ever seen called "Phat Wraps". It wasn't a chain, it was a local place..single location. They had a really good vinegar-based pepper hot sauce that I drenched my burritos in. I basically would get 2 or 3 containers of that stuff and pour a little over each bite. It was kind of like a watered down chipotle ranch sauce that you find in some places, but was more watered down with vinegar/hot sauce. They nailed the perfect balance and won awards with that sauce. I would eat there at least once or twice a week. Eventually, they went out of business because someone wanted the space to open a bar and greased the guy that owned the building to raise the rent to move them out.

Umm....other than that, a few local greasy spoon places that I used to go to. Both of them had breakfast under $4 (even 10 years ago when the last one went out of business). You could get 2 eggs any style, a really good biscuit, bacon, and tomato slices for $3...coffee was $1. It was legit. A lady and her husband ran that place, but when he got cancer and passed, she only kept it going a few years before she started having trouble running things. The other place got bulldozed because a bank wanted to expand their parking lot and land values went up really quickly....it was also a diner-style place.