Is Riverside/Avondale Ready For Mellow Mushroom?

[Dashing Dan]

I speak for myself alone on this issue b/c it is the right thing to do.

Are we both talking about a pizza restaurant? 

[PeeJayEss]

Are we both talking about a pizza restaurant?

Wait a sec, Mellow Mushroom is a pizza restaurant? I thought it was an Amsterdam-style drug bar?
Nevermind then. I hope they turn the whole Shoppes of Avondale into a parking lot. I HATE pizza!

[Intuition Ale Works]

Lets play a little game called, "Which restaurant in the avondale shopping district does Tony in Chicago in own?

Bluefish...

[ben says]

Why would the owner of Bluefish give a shit about MM.........does MM serve oyster pizza? I'm confused...

[Kaiser Soze]

As an aside, if Bluefish, Brick, Biscottis or any other restaurant oppose MM or a similar establishment, I will never, ever dine at their restaurant again and I will make sure I spread the word as to why I refuse to dine at their restaurant.

[Kaiser Soze]

Why would the owner of Bluefish give a shit about MM.........does MM serve oyster pizza? I'm confused...

Afraid of any competition I suppose.  I always figured competition was good.  Of course, I also assumed that Brick would up their game when Orsay and Mojo's moved into the neighborhood but they have kept the same measly two beers on tap and have not changed their menu in like 10 years.  Brick used to have a good happy hour crowd, especially considering they charge $6 for a draught beer and $8-$9 for a glass of wine.  Looks relatively sparse now.

[Lucasjj]

As an aside, if Bluefish, Brick, Biscottis or any other restaurant oppose MM or a similar establishment, I will never, ever dine at their restaurant again and I will make sure I spread the word as to why I refuse to dine at their restaurant.

If this quote is accurate, I would say Biscottis is in opposition...

I've just returned from the Town Hall Meeting. The overwhelming majority were opposed to MM - possibly more opposed because of its size. Size matters.

...The point, as the owner of Biscotti's put it to the assembly is "don't try to put 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound box."

[Kaiser Soze]

Yeah, I knew Biscottis was opposed at the community meeting.  I meant more formal opposition.  Biscottis has gone downhill over the past 1-2 years anyhow.

[Jimmy]

I'm joining the pledge.  Any restaurant in my hood that wants to be anticompetitive and exclude other restaurants can do without my money and support.

[mtraininjax]

Lets play a little game called, "Which restaurant in the avondale shopping district does Tony in Chicago in own?

That may not be entirely correct. I know "Tony in Chicago" owns the building and the parking lot, but Richard Grenamyer owns the restaurant and is in charge of running the show. Yes "Tony in Chicago" is in person and helps place a swift kick in the butt to some of the people who need it now and then, but make no mistake, Richard G runs the show in the restaurant and its his dishes and his butt when the food line is out of whack.

As an aside, if Bluefish, Brick, Biscottis or any other restaurant oppose MM or a similar establishment, I will never, ever dine at their restaurant again and I will make sure I spread the word as to why I refuse to dine at their restaurant.

KS - Really, you want to play this Chinese Standoff with the others in the block who will not play nice? Time heals all wounds, look at the rhetoric before and after Mojo's. What beats me is why Biscotti's tells the Business Journal how great it will be to have MM, then poo-poos them (literally) at the meeting?

I have a LOT of admiration to all the restaurant owners on the Avondale Strip, it was not easy to make it work, Brick has the same art and same items there, with a few variations, but its consistent, something people like, to know they can get what they want, when they want it. I don't see the Brick changing anything anytime soon. They mayor loves eating there with his staff, so you may rub elbows with Alvin sometime. That is, if you dare to enter a place that crosses the MM line.

[mtraininjax]

Biscottis has gone downhill over the past 1-2 years anyhow.

You'd never know it on a Saturday night. Place is packed with people waiting for tables.

[BridgeTroll]

Jeez folks... let this play out.  Looks like after all the drama and vitriol a compromise occured with the Kickbacks expansion... the same will happen here.

Love me some Bluefish Happy hour and half price oysters... and cioppino...

[Kaiser Soze]

KS - Really, you want to play this Chinese Standoff with the others in the block who will not play nice?

Yes, I do.  To hell with them.

You'd never know it on a Saturday night. Place is packed with people waiting for tables.

Oh, I know people still go there and they do plenty of business.  People still pack LaNopalera regardless of the slop they serve.  Regardless, the quality of food at Biscottis is not as good as it was 3-4 years ago and I am not alone in thinking that.

[mtraininjax]

Quote from: mtraininjax on Today at 11:33:46 AM
KS - Really, you want to play this Chinese Standoff with the others in the block who will not play nice?
Yes, I do.  To hell with them.
Quote from: mtraininjax on Today at 11:35:23 AM
You'd never know it on a Saturday night. Place is packed with people waiting for tables.
Oh, I know people still go there and they do plenty of business.  People still pack LaNopalera regardless of the slop they serve.  Regardless, the quality of food at Biscottis is not as good as it was 3-4 years ago and I am not alone in thinking that.

It takes all kinds of people to make the world go round. At least now, I will have a few more empty seats available thanks to the hotheads avoiding my favorite locations.

[Captain Zissou]

Lets play a little game called, "Which restaurant in the avondale shopping district does Tony in Chicago in own?

That may not be entirely correct. I know "Tony in Chicago" owns the building and the parking lot, but Richard Grenamyer owns the restaurant and is in charge of running the show. Yes "Tony in Chicago" is in person and helps place a swift kick in the butt to some of the people who need it now and then

Frank (Bluefish) told me last week he has customers from Ponte Vedra that are tiring of the parking scene.

Frank is a tired old gasbag. He still owns the parking lot next to bluefish, and the buildings, but he lets Richard run the restaurant (which is awesome by the way). Frank will tell ANYONE and I mean ANYONE who will listen why his people coming in from Ponte Vedra won't come to Sterlings, er Bluefish, because they can't find a place to park.