The Saint Paul Condo Blog

So who was looking for the Restaurant Rumor Report?  Was it You?

The last report was filed was back in November, for those of you keeping track.  I made a prediction back then and "time did tell"... I was right!

Well it looks like the little restaurant on the corner of Wacouta and 6th, just couldn’t make it.  “A Night’s Tale” was hoping to open soon, but the signs for the place were taken out of the windows about a week ago.  After further investigation, it sounds like the owners of the start up restaurant ran into some bad luck and had to bow out.  It’s really too bad, I had high hopes for that one.  But hope isn’t completely lost, there’s nearly $350k in build-out in the space!  After some more chit-chatting, I heard that the landlord has proposals out to a few establishments.  OK, I’ll name names.  D’Amico & Sons, Pop, Fern’s Gordy’s Steak House, and Rudy’s to name a few.

See any interesting names above?

Pop, once a suitor for the space at Jackson and 9th, has left the negotiating table with the landlord there.  It sounded like the build-out was getting too expensive given the current market conditions.

See any possibilities above???

Speaking of Jackson and 9th, they have been active in the last few weeks, making improvements on the building.  The wall between the two main buildings came down to make room for an outdoor seating area.  The owners of the building still have some possible tenants, but no serious takers yet.

Sawatdee’s – I covered this in the last blog post, but I did talk with them about their expansion.  It looks like they will have it ready within a few weeks!  Hooray!  A restaurant victory to report.

fhima’s – OK, I thought for sure this space would be snatched up by now.  I mean the RNC convention is less than 4 months away!  It’s a completely operational space, all it needs is someone to run it.  Whoever is in charge of the space IS NOT doing their job!

MarketHouse – The Old Supatra – It’s going to be a long time before we see another restaurant in this space!  It was a tough location to begin with (being in the center of a building, with no exterior glass).  We likely won’t see another restaurant here for many years.

That's it for this report, hopefully it won't take me 6 moths to do the next one!