sead43
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Post by sead43 on Apr 22, 2008 14:12:47 GMT -5
Could it be?? www.thehoya.com/node/15959Quote: "The entire Georgetown community has been invited to a grand opening with free food for students on Wednesday." However, as a current student, I have yet to receive any invitation or official announcement...glad to see they're committed to continuing to drop the ball on this project to the bitter end...
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 22, 2008 14:27:47 GMT -5
The way this thing has been handled, I wouldn't be surprised if you showed up and found a thrift store or something just wildly un-restaurant-like. Margie Bryant, hard at work.
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PhillyHoya
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Post by PhillyHoya on Apr 22, 2008 14:41:06 GMT -5
The way this thing has been handled, I wouldn't be surprised if you showed up and found a thrift store or something just wildly un-restaurant-like. Margie Bryant, hard at work. From the quote at the end you gather that it's something not really restaurant like - just a bunch of random food types thrown together. Would a Fridays or some other chain restaurant have killed you people?
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Apr 22, 2008 15:09:05 GMT -5
There's an Epicurean down near GWU, I believe. I think people like it there.
And sheesh, would it kill some of you to tone down the snark, sarcasm, and skepticism just a little bit?
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 22, 2008 15:30:55 GMT -5
There's an Epicurean down near GWU, I believe. I think people like it there. And sheesh, would it kill some of you to tone down the snark, sarcasm, and skepticism just a little bit? I would bet a lot of money that you have not had as much interaction w/ Margie Bryant in your life as I have. She's not good at her job. She botches everything she touches. There is reason to be skeptical of her. Also, this place was promised fall of my junior year. It's now spring of my first year of law school. Skepticism is justified. If you want another reason to question the whole affair, poke around a little bit and tell me if you find any asbestos....seriously.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Apr 22, 2008 15:31:04 GMT -5
from walking by this weekend it looked like they'd be ready to open in about a week or two. I'm very impressed that they're done. looks very nice. Looks like the kind of place you'd want to keep college students out of. they have a couple of hibachi tables there, a bar, and plenty of normal tables from what I can tell. Place looks like it'll probably be pretty expensive. which means it probably will be mostly used by non students.
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PhillyHoya
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Post by PhillyHoya on Apr 22, 2008 15:52:48 GMT -5
There's an Epicurean down near GWU, I believe. I think people like it there. And sheesh, would it kill some of you to tone down the snark, sarcasm, and skepticism just a little bit? I'm with Strummer on this one. If you've had a discussion with the woman face to face you can easily see she's not good at her job. I wrote several letters of complaint regarding all the problems that existed when Leo's opened. One of which got me a meeting with Margie herself. When I re-voiced my issues, all I got were lame excuses and a lot of slack-jawed staring. As Strummer said, this place was supposed to be done by the end of my senior year in 2006. I'm now halfway to my masters.
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vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Apr 22, 2008 16:14:33 GMT -5
As someone living in Burleith next year I really hope that this turns out to be good but I won't hold my breath
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moe09
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Post by moe09 on Apr 22, 2008 16:53:24 GMT -5
Indeed, vc, indeed. Also,
“The only disappointing thing is that instead of having a dining hall in our dorm, we have to pay,” Stephanie Wye (COL ’11) said. “It would be really nice if it were included in the meal plan, at least for Darnall residents.”
First off, don't hold your breath on them adding this to the meal plan, but even if it was, why should it only be added to Darnall residents' meal plans? I understand they live there, but if it were added to the meal plan it should be added to everyone's. Of course, this is never going to happen anyway, so basically 90% of this post is useless. Mostly everything except for the first part. We can only pray, vc.
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on Apr 22, 2008 18:04:58 GMT -5
It'll be like those nice-looking restaurants in Leavey that no student has ever entered. What they really need is something relatively cheap that students will use, in the same spirit of the Tombs.
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Post by FormerHoya on Apr 22, 2008 18:21:41 GMT -5
Query?: Does the new restaurant serve booze? If not then it's a waste of space, like the fancied up garbage Hoyas that replaced the (briefly) awesome Hoyas in Leavey. Even though the fancied up Hoyas serves booze. It still sucks, that's my only point. Think I'm bitter about a bar that they changed after my sophmore year? Yes, I am. That's how I roll.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Apr 22, 2008 18:30:41 GMT -5
yes they will serve booze, they had a pretty impressive bar from looking in through windows. But like stig said what they really need is a second tombs there. this is a lot more like the Hoyas currently in leavy. I feel just looking in that it looks like the kind of place you might go when friends or family were in town, but wouldn't go on a regular basis.
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Apr 22, 2008 19:52:37 GMT -5
Why, praytell, would you need a second Tombs when you already have a first Tombs? Or why on earth would you want a freaking Friday's? If chain restaurants and cheap beer bars are what you wanted, you should have gone to Notre Dame. Grape St. is lovely this time of year.
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 22, 2008 21:42:08 GMT -5
It should have been a sports bar w/ pool tables and the like, but no one asked the Corp. The fact that GUSA had their hand in that operation was how I knew it would be a disaster from day 1.
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PhillyHoya
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Post by PhillyHoya on Apr 22, 2008 22:09:30 GMT -5
Why, praytell, would you need a second Tombs when you already have a first Tombs? Or why on earth would you want a freaking Friday's? If chain restaurants and cheap beer bars are what you wanted, you should have gone to Notre Dame. Grape St. is lovely this time of year. What do you suggest should've put in there then? A chain restaurant may not be an ideal option but I would take Chili's over a few nights a week at Leo's that's for sure.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 22, 2008 22:20:30 GMT -5
Looks like the kind of place you'd want to keep college students out of. they have a couple of hibachi tables there, a bar, and plenty of normal tables from what I can tell. Place looks like it'll probably be pretty expensive. which means it probably will be mostly used by non students. What is the business model for this place? Price notwithstanding, the Darnall location may not attract a consistent audience of students, and even if you take the student element out of it, how many Burleith residents will come on campus to eat? Pretty soon, you're left with hospital visitors. Once can also expect Marriott to wake from its 20 year slumber and actually market the Faculty Club (a misnomer, in hindsight) as a viable offering for Med Center and Leavey guests.
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Apr 22, 2008 22:23:32 GMT -5
Strummer has bingo. Throw in a dance floor and, voila, no one ever has to go to the execrable Syracuse-loving Rhino pumphouse again. But I don't think there was any real interest in creating a legit student pub.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 22, 2008 22:25:16 GMT -5
What do you suggest should've put in there then? A chain restaurant may not be an ideal option but I would take Chili's over a few nights a week at Leo's that's for sure. Does the answer have to be a restaurant or bar? Plenty of people need space on campus -- why not class space, office space, or space for student organizations? And re: DFW's comment above, I tried to look this place up on the Internet to see what their business model might be, but apparently Epicurean & Co. does not have a website. That says a lot right there, IMO.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Apr 22, 2008 22:30:02 GMT -5
A need for the second tombs is that it can get Editeding crowded in the tombs at times. A second legitimate georgetown pub would be great. I'm sure the clydes people could've made a great second resturant simillar in atmosphere to the tombs. It would be great for people in Henle and burleith.
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on Apr 22, 2008 23:28:07 GMT -5
It would also be nice to have a place with TV's that get more than just the Georgetown cable package. A bunch of us were watching the Caps game in the Alumni Lounge when a big Christian prayer group came in for a meeting. They let us use one of the corner TV's, but we had to turn the sound way down and I'm sure they didn't appreciate our constant shouting at the TV. It would have been nice to have an alternative place to go and watch the game.
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