Bento Café Asian Kitchen & Sushi considering Five Points location

[BakeryRibault5PTS]

Former Tapa That space will be a Vietnamese restaurant with pho and dishes from the Far East.

Lomax St is really burgeoning with foreign food and "'foreign' Americans".

[ProjectMaximus]

Bento deal is over. I may have to wait another few years for them to come to the urban core. 
There's another deal in the works that some of you will probably be thrilled about. But I'm very disappointed.

[camarocane]

And what would that be?

[Captain Zissou]

MAX! NO!!!! Why couldn't you sway them to stay the course?

I just hope my original idea of a burger and bourbon bar owned by Burger King is the new prospective tenant.

[johnnyliar]

Bento deal is over. I may have to wait another few years for them to come to the urban core. 
There's another deal in the works that some of you will probably be thrilled about. But I'm very disappointed.

any hints?

[Bill Hoff]

Bento deal is over. I may have to wait another few years for them to come to the urban core. 
There's another deal in the works that some of you will probably be thrilled about. But I'm very disappointed.

any hints?

I heard Applebees.

[jaxjaguar]

Fuddruckers, Red Robin, Cici's, discount mattress firm, Blockbuster?

[ProjectMaximus]

MAX! NO!!!! Why couldn't you sway them to stay the course?

Lol...other than brief conversations where I talked up the urban core and Murray Hill in particular, I've never had any interaction with the Bentos folks. The underlying issue I've been told is that of their couple dozen establishments throughout the state, they've never not been in new/recent construction and definitely never had to deal with zoning issues. So it was just a bit much to handle since they're undergoing multiple openings in other cities right now.

Hawkers folks have them beat in that regard.

any hints?

No. I was sworn to secrecy on my baby's head and I didn't have my balls crossed.