@ Tinseltown - From the TU:
QuoteWorld of Beer, a chain that has grown amazingly fast in just a few years, will open a location in Jacksonville early next year. It’s going into a former Starbucks at 9700 Deer Lake Court in Tinseltown, with opening expected in February.
It’s a beer bar, with about 50 beers on tap and another 500 or so in bottles. There’s also wine and cigars, but no liquor and most locations don’t serve food.
The first WOB opened in 2007 in Tampa, since then it’s grown to 31 locations in 10 states. It’s done that through franchising, bringing in former Outback Steakhouse executives to take charge of that.
A spokeswoman for WOB said that more Jacksonville locations are planned, but no specific sites have been identified. And there’s certainly indications of more. The local franchise owner is Jax Beer Ventures 1 LLC, based in Riverview, just outside of the Tampa. And the same owners have already created four other Jax Beer Ventures corporations.
http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/428360/roger-bull/2012-10-30/world-beer-open-tinseltown-february
this a bar only?
Quote from: fsquid on October 30, 2012, 08:56:06 PM
this a bar only?
Pretty much, bar and live music:
http://wobusa.com/
Yep - pretty simple business model - lots of beer, no food, & live music. Reviews are positive & I read that the "food menu" keeps the numbers of local places that will deliver to you inside the bar...
smart business
I visited the one in Lake Mary a few months ago, also located in a Tinsel Town-esque mall area. They are Disney's version of the cool, neighborhood beer bar.
Doesn't Kickbacks have more on tap? I know they will have a LOT more once the expansion opens up.
Quote from: Jason on October 31, 2012, 08:43:29 AM
Doesn't Kickbacks have more on tap? I know they will have a LOT more once the expansion opens up.
Kickbacks and Dahlia's both have 30+ more on tap currently, but I think this place will certainly standout for the Tinseltown/SJTC area.
My friends that live in suburban Tampa love the place, so I'm sure it will do well with people that live and work close by.
I wonder where they're looking for "more Jacksonville locations"...
Quote from: ben says on October 31, 2012, 09:01:43 AM
I wonder where they're looking for "more Jacksonville locations"...
I'd guess that Fleming Island, Northern SJC/Mandarin/PVB, and maybe Jax Beach would be their type of places.
Quote from: Josh on October 31, 2012, 08:56:06 AM
Quote from: Jason on October 31, 2012, 08:43:29 AM
Doesn't Kickbacks have more on tap? I know they will have a LOT more once the expansion opens up.
Kickbacks and Dahlia's both have 30+ more on tap currently, but I think this place will certainly standout for the Tinseltown/SJTC area.
as does Northstar...and a few other places in town...including Mellow Mushtroom at Tinseltown
Quote from: tufsu1 on October 31, 2012, 10:19:48 AM
Quote from: Josh on October 31, 2012, 08:56:06 AM
Quote from: Jason on October 31, 2012, 08:43:29 AM
Doesn't Kickbacks have more on tap? I know they will have a LOT more once the expansion opens up.
Kickbacks and Dahlia's both have 30+ more on tap currently, but I think this place will certainly standout for the Tinseltown/SJTC area.
as does Northstar...and a few other places in town...including Mellow Mushtroom at Tinseltown
Apparently the MM at Tinseltown has 46 beers on tap, which is a whole lot more than I thought it did, so I guess this place won't stand out there as much as I thought it would. I'm curious how well this place will do without offering food. Is there any precedent for a similar establishment in that area?
I've seen it work in other places. Usually in an area that has food establishments nearby that patrons can run out and do pickup from.
They definitely seem to be geared more towards the suburbanite.
FYI, Kickbacks has 80+ on tap.
That plaza is making a nice little comeback, with World of Beer and Jersey Mike's moving in to replace Starbucks and McAllisters.
Quote from: Jason on October 31, 2012, 11:09:15 AM
They definitely seem to be geared more towards the suburbanite.
It's a bar. I am pretty sure it's geared towards people that want a drink.
Quote from: copperfiend on October 31, 2012, 11:41:49 AM
Quote from: Jason on October 31, 2012, 11:09:15 AM
They definitely seem to be geared more towards the suburbanite.
It's a bar. I am pretty sure it's geared towards people that want a drink.
Suburbaites and Urbanites have different tastes and expectations from places where they eat, dine, shop.
You don't see a Dos Gatos in the burbs and you don't see a TGI Friday's in the urban core.
That said, it wouldn't surprise me to see WOB consider The Landing or Downtown if they do plan to aggressively expand in Jax. A World of Beer/Latitude 30 partnership would probably kill it at the Old Library site.
50 taps is hardly unusual these days, but World of Beer does seem to be extremely popular. So it's doing something right. I've never been to one, but the previous poster's description of "Disney's idea of a neighborhood bar" sounds like it might be dead-on.
Quote from: CityLife on October 31, 2012, 11:50:02 AM
You don't see a Dos Gatos in the burbs and you don't see a TGI Friday's in the urban core.
No but it's not like people from the suburbs won't drive to Dos Gatos.
I don't know Fridays does well at many downtown locations, here's Memphis:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3110/2839366119_6371f36efd.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/memphisphotorepository/2839366119/)
TGI Fridays Downtown (http://www.flickr.com/photos/memphisphotorepository/2839366119/) by memphisphotorepository (http://www.flickr.com/people/memphisphotorepository/), on Flickr
The tens of thousands (?) of employees that work in offices at butler & southside/butler & 95 don't have a decent place nearby to get a beer after work except for 7 bridges. But their beer selection is limited. I think this will do well in that area.
The Mellow Mushroom over in that area has dozens of high-quality beers on tap. Conversely, Birdies, which is in an urban neighborhood, only has garbage on tap. What is CityLife getting at?
Yeah good point Funwithteeth. Lots of places in the (gasp!) SUBURBAN SIDES OF TOWN now carry at least a few drafts from Intuition, Bold City, or Mile Marker.
Quote from: coredumped on November 02, 2012, 02:30:35 PM
I don't know Fridays does well at many downtown locations, here's Memphis:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3110/2839366119_6371f36efd.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/memphisphotorepository/2839366119/)
TGI Fridays Downtown (http://www.flickr.com/photos/memphisphotorepository/2839366119/) by memphisphotorepository (http://www.flickr.com/people/memphisphotorepository/), on Flickr
The tens of thousands (?) of employees that work in offices at butler & southside/butler & 95 don't have a decent place nearby to get a beer after work except for 7 bridges. But their beer selection is limited. I think this will do well in that area.
I got food poisoning from that Friday's twice
^ It begs the question....why'd you go back after the 1st poisoning?!
Another World of Beer coming to Jacksonville Beach
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/12/19/new-world-of-beer-coming-to-jacksonville-beach.html