Meridian Room in Dallas’ Exposition Park closed

Travis Bush, verified:

Yes! Please go pay Rob a visit! He's a great guy and would surely appreciate the business.

Robert Kelly, verified:

man that blowz

Scott Doyle, verified:

Dammit. I loved that place, ESPECIALLY karaoke.

And call me selfish, but I loved that it wasn't crazy packed all the time. sigh

James Scott, verified:

That's a kick to the teeth. I hadn't been there a while b/c I thought the service always stunk, but it was still kick-arse for the food & drink. I guess most of the food's alive and well at the Libertine, but I just like the vibe of Exposition so much better. I guess that's all changing now with DART.

Maybe it will turn into a Potbelly sandwich shop or something even cooler?

Jake Shuler, verified:

So what's the deal - first BOS, now Meridian? I understand the ultimate goal of the Dart rail is to help the area out in the long run; but is this affecting the current business' in the area that much?

David Hopkins, verified:

That really sucks -- one of my favorite places in Dallas.

Travis Bush, verified:

Actually the decline of Exposition started when Millennium closed up shop as did the deli. For a good long time the symbiotic relationship between those establishments and the ones that are still there, was enough to keep Expo Park alive. Lots of good memories there, even way back to when Skin & Bones was operating.

Perhaps the new Starbucks, or aforementioned Potbelly will have washers and dryers, but that is just as likely as the Rangers ever winning a pennant...

Travis Bush, verified:

BTW, at least we still have the Double Wide..

alexander troup, verified:

What happend to Fair Park and what happend to Dallas and where did the 20th century go, it is gone..gone with the wind, sand, water and ...well wind sounds better then stone...and that is why we should say, where did it go..Fair Park came into my life in 3 diffrent phases,1960 when my folks were members of the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, then the 1960s of fair events when they had real freak shows, oh I forgot the 1958 making of the movie State Fair with Pat Boone and whats her name, anyho, then I recall working at Fair Park for Peter Wolf art concepts, then worked for the Dallas Opera, that is why I went to the Bar of Soap, and then their were the Letter Press november 2/3 Chili Cookoffs that took place and a lot of activity that you could not do in Dallas, which part, the West End, Oak Cliff, Highland Park and so on while I may have lost my tools at the 500 Cafe, I recall meeting alot of intresting people over the years, and to say it again, that was a good time and it now has become offical, done and over with, so... lets move on and get grovin to the 21st century, I am heading to Grand Prarie for the Rock a Billy festival in Novemeber, until then Alexander Troup, Historian.

Blake Ramick, verified:

NOOOOOOOOO!

alexander troup, verified:

as Glen one of the Old Park Investement managers told me, the Meridian room was a great place that had to become the Alamo on Exsposition Plaza while the Bar of Soap was the Grand Daddy of [that was the 20th century] and so we have Robs Chop Shop and, whats left........lets wait and see, who can invest in Poor Fair Park....until then Alexander Troup Historian.

Scott Doyle, verified:

TGub doesn't mess around. Hope Amsterdam has one of these:

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alexander troup, verified:

It is a sad loss of the places and locations on Exspositon that have come and gone with in the past 200 days, while my liver was going out....... Sometime around 2003/04 and so I really didnt have much to do with the area anymore as for the Good old Fair Park days.....life can be young and life can be old and I dont want to get stuck holding onto somthing dead and old..while I am loyal to things that are good and old...like my National Geographic collection on King Tut... ok lets go to the new Arts District and say good bye to the old, until then Alexander Troup, Historian.