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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Dallas restaurant Luqa sinking ship
We feel silly even mentioning it, since FrontBurner has been so thoroughly all over it.
DALLAS — FrontBurner has the details on the inevitable decline of Luqa, the restaurant downtown whose fortunes were pretty much sunk from Day One. Creditors are surging in, etcetera.
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DC, anonymous:
Sad, really, but noone can say this wasn't coming eventually.
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
you most of all, DC, who may have single-handedly done more reporting on this place than anyone else in all of dallas, if not the world
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DC, anonymous:
Only to inspire, only to inspire....
Noone, not even LLM, can say I didn't honestly try to spend my money downtown.
Seriously, looked to buy, the whole thing. Probably ate out 6/7 days of the week, membership at the TC, Crow, DMA, hit Art Prostitute at every chance (Public Trust - boo!) everything I could do.
However, I bought a house with attached garage, pool and the whole bit for as much as I could have paid for a comprable sq ft at the Metropolitan, with no stupid HOAs.
However, after another terrible lunch at Urban Cafe or whatever it's called now, yesterday was moving day.
I really think if downtown wants to have people stay, the developers are going to have to be a little less optimistic on their pricing or something. If there was a stereotype for downtown dwellers, I should have been it.
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missdallas80, anonymous:
I ate at Luqa last week and there is no question without Chef Gilbert the cuisine took a turn for the worse! I hope he stays in Dallas because I can't wait to sample his food in another venue.. who knows I may even have to travel for it..but well worth the journey!
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Geoff Keah, verified:
Tragic that it is meeting it's demise. I kinda liked the place, even with it's eclectic flair of the food. I think it was a neat concept that just never really took off. Best of luck to David on finding a new gig, but I'm sure that won't be too much of a challenge.
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lastangelman, anonymous:
An ermine lined toilet seat that stayed open 1< day too long. Better luck never at all!
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cabloxom, anonymous:
Is Petrus Lounge closed too?
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
cabloxom, one would presume that petrus lounge is also closed; for now, the number is temporarily disconnected
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DC, anonymous:
Passed by the other night - all dark. Hopefully someone else can make the space work.
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