Strong’s Everyday Tavern in Dallas to close on December 30

Billusa99, says:

I seem to recall that Mike moved the old Martini Ranch out of there (to Mockingbird Station) because the bldg owner made him a damn fine offer, so the owner could get that forgot-name-fancy-schmantz place in there (that was run by the front-of-house lady that left that Asian-fusion place that was where The Club just was).

Said fancy-schmantz place also went belly up about a 1.5 yrs later, before Standard moved in. Then Standard went belly up.

Is deja about to vu again?

Scott, says:

Martini Ranch, Stolik, Standard, and now Strong's. 2816 Fairmount is a tough place to open a restaurant, though perhaps doing so at the front end of the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression will break the curse.

realpower1, says:

A commercial realtor here in dallas once commented in reference to the space on lemmon avenue where buzzbrews is now located. he noted that once a space is a restaurant it is always a restaurant. so despite some underlying location deficit such as parking, location, karma, or whatever; the specific and often major physical improvements to the building such as electrical, ventilation, plumbing, etc, make landlords and leaseholders alike reluctant to make changes because they want to leverage the existing improvements.

jtmbls, says:

The exorbitant cost of equipment and installation that goes into bringing a shell space up to code as a restaurant would definitly give an owner much incentive to get another restaurant in that space. In fact, it might even be more cost effective to let it stand empty for a while as opposed to gutting it for regular use.

Billusa99, says:

Perhaps, and since another restaurant is going there, it's all moot, isn't it?