Anonymous
04/30/2019 18:30
Subject: Re:Restaurant out of business at Cathedral Commons
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you build it, someone else will build something a few blocks away.
There is nothing overly inviting, most of the stuff is along ugly Wisconsin and isn't family friendly. Who are they targeting hip dink’s (It isn’t a hip place)
With its pretentious Chanel knockoff logo, Cathedral Commons is positioning itself as a luxury brand (ok, with a Giant).
https://www.cathedralcommons.com/?utm_source=PayPerClick-GPROP&utm_medium=Google-CPC&utm_campaign=HPN-Cathedral-Commons-Brand&utm_term=%2Bcathedral%20%2Bcommons&gclid=CjwKCAjw-4_mBRBuEiwA5xnFII8Z0cbEKrWj8HuJ6phwluyOwBLsTR23bfYlmv6zkwLcdKYPfeQcoRoC8VQQAvD_BwE
Very tacky.
Anonymous
04/30/2019 15:49
Subject: Re:Restaurant out of business at Cathedral Commons
Anonymous wrote:The food at Grilled Oyster was terrible, the restaurant never felt clean, the only draw was the patio. I think it can be largely chalked up to those factors. Barcelona is always crowded, Raku seems fine too.
Don’t forget the charming Giant wine bar, complete with fortified wine happy hour specials (no joke) and the glowering, armed security guard hovering nearby.
Anonymous
04/30/2019 15:47
Subject: Re:Restaurant out of business at Cathedral Commons
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The food at Grilled Oyster was terrible, the restaurant never felt clean, the only draw was the patio. I think it can be largely chalked up to those factors. Barcelona is always crowded, Raku seems fine too.
They should open a chicken wings, burgers, and chicken and waffles restaurant in that space. Serving lots of beer. With many tvs for watching sports. Families with small children, and college kids from AU, would love it -- and especially the outdoor patio space during the warm months.
Reminds me of the fun bar that replaced the former Zebra Room, with glass walls that opened up in the nice weather.
And because Cathedral Commons is many respects essentially is a high-end dorm for rich AU students, the wings and brews place could be their downstairs dorm lounge.
Anonymous
04/30/2019 12:08
Subject: Re:Restaurant out of business at Cathedral Commons
Anonymous wrote:The food at Grilled Oyster was terrible, the restaurant never felt clean, the only draw was the patio. I think it can be largely chalked up to those factors. Barcelona is always crowded, Raku seems fine too.
They should open a chicken wings, burgers, and chicken and waffles restaurant in that space. Serving lots of beer. With many tvs for watching sports. Families with small children, and college kids from AU, would love it -- and especially the outdoor patio space during the warm months.
Anonymous
04/30/2019 11:23
Subject: Re:Restaurant out of business at Cathedral Commons
The food at Grilled Oyster was terrible, the restaurant never felt clean, the only draw was the patio. I think it can be largely chalked up to those factors. Barcelona is always crowded, Raku seems fine too.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 19:58
Subject: Restaurant out of business at Cathedral Commons
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Rent increase is killing a lot of small business.
Our zoning laws make it too hard to build densely in cities. Until we fix zoning and take power out of the hands of NIMBYs we’re never going to have an affordable DC.
THIS. Nimbies make is hard for small businesses to survive
THIS is s joke, right? Because replacement of smaller, older retail buildings with more of the same mixed-use ”commons-at-town-center” generica squeezes out indopemdently owned small businesses in favor of chains. Longtime neighborhood-serving retail gets evicted or pushed out through much higher rents.
Well, if the NIMBY's had just let Giant build the original proposal (the 1999 one that had the open store frontage on Wisconsin Ave), all of the other mom & pop stores wold still be there, but *gasp* there would have been a parking garage instead of a surface parking lot.
So, ya, it is the NIMBYs fault.
We also wish that a simple new supermarket had been built a long time ago if that meant no Cathedral Commons, which is mediocre piece of dreck.