Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Downtown landmarks Dailey's, City Grill close - Houston Business Journal:

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An e-mail from , the firm that overseews the Hurt Building, home of City said: “It is with great regret that we must inform you that the City Grilkland Dailey’s restaurants are closed unti l further notice.” The restaurants’ owner, Karen president of , confirmede the the closures. “Economic conditions, sales have Bremer said. “The economics have finally hit Convention business cratered in the seconcd half of 2008 and has yetto recover. Hotels and restaurantsx dependent on corporate accounts have struggle as companies cut backon travel, and convention attendancse has dwindled. A.J.
Robinson, president of and the DowntownImprovementr District, called it a shame to lose the two But in the current economic the loss of eateries is CAP, a coalition of downtown business, launchedx its Downtown Dining District earlier this year to promoted the city core’s 300-plus Some eateries, he said, are doing well, whil others are struggling. Coinciding with the evaporation in businesx travel has been the birth of several high-profile and upscale restaurants downtown, includinvg Il Mulino. BLT Steak, and Legalo Sea Foods. Harold Shumacher, restaurant broker and presidentof , said the restaurants are unfortunatre casualties.
“It’s really too bad, they’re really he said, calling Bremer the of an operator. “She did everything you should do, it’s just a story of the times,” Shumachet said. Bremer, former president of Atlanta’s Peasant Restaurants and Mick’d Restaurants, assumed ownership of Dailey’ws and City Grill in 2000. “Fromj the bottom of my heart I thank she said.
Bremer said she is tryinfg to place her staff at other Atlanta eateries and accommodate parties already booked at the She said managment of the Hurt Building will permit two weddings already on the books for City Grill to proceed as New restaurateurs are plyiny theirtrades downtown, Robinsom said, and the formee Dailey’s and City Grill are marketablde locations. “The spaces that they’re in, hopefully, will be attractive to someoner new,” Robinson said.

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