  Kiki Member Username: Kiki Post Number: 7 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 192.85.50.2 |
Anyone know what happened to Fu-Wah restaurant in Mill Ctr? It closed recently (we noticed on 2/27/06).. wondering why? | ||
Arab_guyumich Member Username: Arab_guyumich Post Number: 758 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.14.179.212 |
They probably didn't evolve. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 967 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.222.11.226 |
Right, not trendy enough, probably. They should have tried going Polish-Polynesian, Mexi-Thai, or Pan-Australian-Sub-Continent. | ||
Chris_rohn Member Username: Chris_rohn Post Number: 202 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.73.199.142 |
I never ate there, but I always say "FU-WAH!" when I walk past it. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 13 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 209.220.229.254 |
Couldn't have been for business reasons, they always had a line out the door at lunch | ||
Skulker Member Username: Skulker Post Number: 3633 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.103.104.93 |
Whenever I hear or think of "The Low Spark of the High Heel Boys" I always substitute "fffffuuuuuu-waaaaaaaaah" in my head. Sometimes I would randomly think of that song when I walked past Fu Wah. Then it began to happen to me every time I walked past it. I am glad they are closed now. Maybe the demons will leave my head. | ||
Bibs Member Username: Bibs Post Number: 459 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.12.116.204 |
The store front directly across from Fu-Wah in the Milender center is a Super Bowl store and will soon be vacant. What kind of business would do well in those locations? What kind of business would support the city county building or fill a niche in Detroit? Lawyers office? Bail Bonds? | ||
Huggybear Member Username: Huggybear Post Number: 164 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 70.236.169.121 |
I hear they didn't renew their lease. That or someone at the health department finally figured out that the ventilation sucked. I liked the food but not the drycleaning bills. Kind of like the old Twingo's. | ||
Commodore64 Member Username: Commodore64 Post Number: 189 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.65.11.254 |
I are there recently and didn't like the food. It was cold by the time I got back to 1 Woodward. Granted, I walked a little way, but I would expect it to be at least a little bit warm | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 2787 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.218.157.80 |
What, an "Urban" style business doesn't survive in Downtown Detroit, WTF, what kind of business plan did they have? Delivering menus to local businesses, offering delivery at no charge? They deserved to fail. \i {for many of you - Sarcasm} | ||
Leob Member Username: Leob Post Number: 31 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.192.32.249 |
When I worked at the Coleman A. building last year I went regularly. The place was ALWAYS PACKED for lunch. Food was always fast and hot. I don't get why it closed, of course after 4 P.M. it was a ghost town .... | ||
Belleislerunner Member Username: Belleislerunner Post Number: 228 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 68.33.62.174 |
I think they ran out of cats. | ||
Skulker Member Username: Skulker Post Number: 3635 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.103.104.93 |
Isn't that what a ventilation system is supposed to do? | ||
Zulu_warrior Member Username: Zulu_warrior Post Number: 2558 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.251.27.41 |
 Fu Wah Fu Wah Fuu Wah Fu Wah Why do fools fall in love? | ||
Leob Member Username: Leob Post Number: 32 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.192.32.249 |
Everybody plays the Fu sometimes... | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 5609 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125 |
Props to Zulu, a kick in the head to Leob. | ||
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx Post Number: 446 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 12.2.196.17 |
Truth is, the rent went up on them so they decided to bolt. I thought it was the health dept. too, but that's the official word from CAYMC. | ||
Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal Post Number: 748 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 136.2.1.153 |
Maybe they realized that there weren't any Chinese places downtown and that they could capitalize on it by opening a bigger place with a street level location. Then again, businesses close and open all the time. | ||
Swingline Member Username: Swingline Post Number: 408 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 172.168.97.219 |
Fu Wah was in business for many years as one of the only Chinese restaurants in the CBD. While it didn't have any street visibility, it's longevity was due almost exclusively to its location on the walkway circuit between the CAYMB and the Ren Cen. It had a monopoly, everybody knew it was there and it was convenient. That said, I think a lot of people would agree that the exceptionally mediocre food and the dreary decor and flourescent lighting made for a lousy lunch experience. Hopefully General Motors can find another Chinese restaurant tenant. No more sandwiches or coney islands please. | ||
Bibs Member Username: Bibs Post Number: 460 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.23 |
Maybe, they will reopen in the new Asian Village along the riverwalk? Or maybe the lease expired, they saw the competition from the Asian Village and decide to call it quits. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 5615 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125 |
Maybe they'll be moving in to the Hard Rock space once it's vacant. | ||
Kiki Member Username: Kiki Post Number: 9 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 192.85.50.2 |
Thank you Genesyxx  |
