'Nationally Known' Restaurants May Land in 345 Adams
A principal from Muss Development, the firm that’s trying to lure classy retailers to Downtown’s 345 Adams Street, said at yesterday’s Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable that negotiations are underway with two “nationally known” restaurants. One of the restaurants is eyeballing a 10,000-square-foot space, he said, while the other is looking at a 2,000-square-foot chunk. Guesses?…
A principal from Muss Development, the firm that’s trying to lure classy retailers to Downtown’s 345 Adams Street, said at yesterday’s Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable that negotiations are underway with two “nationally known” restaurants. One of the restaurants is eyeballing a 10,000-square-foot space, he said, while the other is looking at a 2,000-square-foot chunk. Guesses?
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Rob, Chris isn’t being a snob when he writes, “Nothing like these tacky guesses. going to be at a higher level fer sure….” His comment reflects, not that we have conferred about this, the desire of Muss Development to offer restaurant choices “appropriate” to the guests at the Marriott. I use that word, and in quotes, to indicate that it doesn’t necessarily have to be an upscale eatery, but one at least perceived as such by hotel guests who may come from places with fewer options.
I don’t go to steak joints so I don’t have an opinion on how nice Morton’s is, compared to Lugers (non-chain) or Ruth Chris (different chain). But I think it is perceived as a dependable, urban steakhouse. I remember 25 years ago when Legal Seafood was a big deal, a must stop on a trip to Boston. You can find any number of better fish restaurants now but the Legal Seafood brand still resonates. And let’s not kid ourselves, brownstoner readers may want to rush to that new, still-undiscovered frogs leg hut on the Sunset Park waterfront, but most Amerikans like the predictability of a chain.
PF Changs is categorically a good guess. Legal Seafood. But forget places like Olive Garden, Red Lobster–yeah, they would probably be very profitable but the hotel guests can go to places like that at the mall back home. If Muss can land something first rate, “River Cafe, Upland Edition,” it will. Otherwise, my prediction is a chain that has some cachet, even if the reputation is undeserved, at least by New York standards.
You all have me rolling with laughter. I used to work in downtown Brooklyn and I could see a Red Lobster or the like down there. In middle America, a fancy chain restaurant is Bahama Breeze. No one mentioned Outback Steakhouse.
An awful lot of P.F. Changs have been planting their flags in cities I’ve been to lately – Boston, Seattle, perhaps downtown Brooklyn is next?
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Rob – There’s a Chuckie Cheese in Atlantic Ctr. Wanna go?
only if i get to dive into the big vat of balls!!!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at November 11, 2009 10:35 AM
Rob,
The original ball pit is at Ikea. But you need someone posing as your mom to sign you in.
boy for a bunch of Brooklynites you sure do know every crappy chain in the country!
Forgot Denny’s tho. Bet that would do great if they didn’t run any of their famous ‘blackouts’ but Muss is probably are looking for something more upscale.
Bob’s Big Boy.
After having just undergone a week long road trip through America where they ain’t got mom and pop restaurants I’d have to vote for Carabba’s if we have to endure another “nationally known” restaurant in downtown.
au bon pain is crappy — and in MT just down the block. Most likely a crappy chain like Olive Garden or Red Lobster — for the folks at the Marriott who need the comfort of home and all the back-office workers at MT adn the courts.
Ruby Tuesdays….PERFECT!