Detroitman
Member Username: Detroitman
Post Number: 930 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 216.78.44.165
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 8:08 am: | |
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20060315/B IZ/603150426/1001 |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 3800 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 141.217.174.223
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 9:36 am: | |
Bye Bye La Van Hawkins. I hope you have a nice life behind bars. |
Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1254 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.238.170.50
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 10:45 am: | |
Glad to see they're able to keep an important restaurant going despite the stupid antics of the former co-owner. It's also good to see that Frank Taylor made it out of this bum deal without getting too scraped up. |
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch
Post Number: 1421 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 208.44.117.10
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 12:20 pm: | |
quote:"We're in a euphoria state right now where everybody thinks downtown Detroit is coming back and there are a ton of people living there," he said, "but the problem is that it's not the density restaurants need to survive. "The problem has always been that there is a lunch traffic but not dinner traffic, and restaurants survive on dinner."
What the hell does this have to do with Coleman/Taylor buying the restaurant? |
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster
Post Number: 1485 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.250.205.35
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 12:23 pm: | |
An important restaurant?? Good lord, what makes this one more important than any other? |
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch
Post Number: 1422 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 208.44.117.10
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 12:39 pm: | |
I think it may be the restaurant's position on the Randian Common Good that makes it so important. |
Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1258 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.238.170.39
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 1:42 pm: | |
I called it important because it was: 1. Frank Taylor's first restaurant venture in Detroit. He's since created an amazing array of fine dining establishments in the city that are changing the city in a multitude of positive ways. 2. The first fine dining restaurant to open in Greektown. Mosiac is a recent addition that would likely not exist if it weren't for the "risk" that SGB first made to prove that there was a market. (Message edited by BVos on March 15, 2006) |
Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister
Post Number: 518 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.255.243.129
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 1:50 pm: | |
Neither of those is 'fine dining'. They are upscale. later - naturalsister |
Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister
Post Number: 519 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.255.243.129
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 2:03 pm: | |
Don't mind me, I'm just being nit-picky. I do believe that the actual defintion of fine dining is 4 star and above. Sweet G's is more than likely 4 star. ;-) later - naturalsister |
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 677 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 199.178.193.5
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 2:40 pm: | |
Bvos, let's not forget the Alley Grille inside the casino. |
Sparty Member Username: Sparty
Post Number: 193 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 12.34.51.20
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 6:14 pm: | |
give it a rest |
Supersport Member Username: Supersport
Post Number: 9940 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.37.236
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 8:18 pm: | |
Man, that La Van sure worked the system didn't he? |
1honey Member Username: 1honey
Post Number: 100 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 152.163.100.8
| Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:30 am: | |
Is he in jail (Hawkins)? |
321brian Member Username: 321brian
Post Number: 79 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 68.62.19.247
| Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:37 am: | |
I hope the new co-owner D.C. doesn't whip it out and piss all over like he did at Intermezzo a few years ago. |