Hey guys, i saw a job listing on craigslist for a new restaurant called Elephant & Castle Pub in downtown. Has anyone heard about this? it appears to be a chain restaurant, any ideas on where downtown this would be going into?
Interesting...
http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ret/863449377.html (http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ret/863449377.html)
http://www.elephantcastle.com/ (http://www.elephantcastle.com/)
My guess would be in the Landing. I have gone to their official website and there is no mention, yet, of a Jacksonville location. Honestly the ONLY thing I could find out about it was the Craigs Listing. Please someone, more info......
Official Website -
http://www.elephantcastle.com/main.html
Craigs List Post -
http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ret/863449377.html
ooops, i guess we posted at the same time Traveller
Quote from: Julian on October 02, 2008, 01:24:35 PM
Hey guys, i saw a job listing on craigslist for a new restaurant called Elephant & Castle Pub in downtown. Has anyone heard about this? it appears to be a chain restaurant, any ideas on where downtown this would be going into?
Hopefully, it will be on Bay St. It would be a nice addition to the strip. I can already tell by the website alone that I'm gonna like this place.
Looks like opening a pub is the latest and greatest band-wagon...
Dont get me wrong, I LOVE a pub. Frequent Kings Head Pub out here in St. Aug and we have a new one at Palencia called Donovans that was OK.
http://www.jacksonvilleconfidential.com/search?q=pub
Interesting. There aren't too many of these across the country, the ones that exist seem to be only in large cities. I think a really cool location would be the old marble bank building on the corner of Laura St and Forsyth St. If you look at their website, it shows one that looks to be in an old bank building!
I have sent E&C Pub Corporate an email and hope to get more information soon. Ill let you guys know as soon as I do.
Interesting. If the craigslist listing turns out the be valid, this would be their first location south of DC.
I just got off the horn with my Jacksonville Landing contact and can pretty much confirm that it will NOT be in the Landing. So maybe hopes of Bay Street are valid. Calling a few more peeps with distributors now to see if they know anything.
Quote from: Traveller on October 02, 2008, 02:07:21 PM
Interesting...
http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ret/863449377.html (http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ret/863449377.html)
http://www.elephantcastle.com/ (http://www.elephantcastle.com/)
Hmmm there are only 9 in the United States.
Chicago - 3
Boston
Philly
Seattle
San Diego
Washington DC
San Francisco
Now Jacksonville may get one!?! Cool.... :o
Quote from: fsujax on October 02, 2008, 02:42:18 PM
I think a really cool location would be the old marble bank building on the corner of Laura St and Forsyth St. If you look at their website, it shows one that looks to be in an old bank building!
That would be an awesome place for a pub... or even the building with the picture of the jaguar painted on the windows, I forget what the name of that building is on the corner of Ocean/Bay....
I cant for the life of me remember the name of the building, but here it is thanks to google street views.
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1785/jaguarbuildingqd1.jpg)
I ate at this place in manhattan a few years ago, not long before it closed there. I thought the food was incredible.
Unless it's a different establishment altogether, but I'm pretty sure it's not.
one closed in NYC?? that can't be a good sign.
Quote from: Duke on October 02, 2008, 03:17:06 PM
Quote from: fsujax on October 02, 2008, 02:42:18 PM
I think a really cool location would be the old marble bank building on the corner of Laura St and Forsyth St. If you look at their website, it shows one that looks to be in an old bank building!
That would be an awesome place for a pub... or even the building with the picture of the jaguar painted on the windows, I forget what the name of that building is on the corner of Ocean/Bay....
That's the Bostwick Building. Its in pretty rough shape.
Interior views can be seen here:
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php?topic=1050.0
i dont know. It could've been a different place but I am positive the restaurant was called "elephant and castle." It was upscale-ish (not by NYC standards though), and extremely tiny. That may have been the reason for closing...it had no room to expand at all. But the dinner food was terrific. Pricey but worth it imo.
okay, official word from Elephant & Castle Pub corporate - Its SPAM
QuoteHello!
Many thanks for your email.
Unfortunately we do not have a new store opening in Jacksonville. Elephant and Castle have been experiencing problems with advertisers spamming our brand on Craig’s List, and therefore the advertisement you may have seen is false.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Best wishes,
Doris
Doris Montgomery
Director of Human Resources
Elephant & Castle Group
12th Floor - 1190 Hornby Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2K5
P: 604-684-6451 ext. 236
F: 604-684-8595
C: 778-772-0468
dmontgomery@elephantcastle.com
:D :D :D
Maybe they should put spam on the menu?!
http://www.youtube.com/v/anwy2MPT5RE&hl=en
Yum, SPAM "sushi".....
(http://www.platelunch.net/blogs/media/spam_musubi.jpg)
It is a lunchtime favorite in Hawaii... Spam musubi
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Spam.htm
Yes, i saw that on a food network SPAM special. They love all forms of it in Hawaii.
It looks like it is an identity theft scam. Hope noone fell for that and sent off their info to some blind ad.
and I love me some spam musubi, sold in every 7-eleven on the island wash it down with a Hawaiian Sun and you've got the breakfast of champions.