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Re: Lunch at L'Escargot
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/17/2016 10:35 AM
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SXMScubaman said: Haven't been to Escargot for quite some time. Does he still have his miniature booze bottle collection? Last time I brought him about 30 different ones that he didn't have before. I just don't get down that way for dinner anymore. It was always good when I did. Yes the bottles are still there although we didn't take a good look at them. He was talking about retiring, not sure what will happen to the place if he does. Have you been to the Friday night cabaret there?
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Re: Lunch at L'Escargot
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02/17/2016 10:48 AM
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Well I hope the new owner keeps it the way it is.
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Re: Lunch at L'Escargot
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02/17/2016 11:27 AM
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Pretty sure it has been "for sale" or listed for some time now. Like a lot of businesses on the island, many are always for sale for the right price. I think in this case the owners might be wanting to go a different direction in their lives now.
J.D.
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Re: Lunch at L'Escargot
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02/17/2016 11:47 AM
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No doubt that could likely play a part in their decisions.
J.D.
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Re: Lunch at L'Escargot
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02/17/2016 12:33 PM
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DrDoug said: J D and GaKaye,
I'm sure after the late night robbery and beating in their parking lot after closing hours several years ago, they were looking to move on.
Looking forward to another fine meal this March. And to add to this, the restaurant business is a very hard and demanding business to do and do it right. There was a time when Front Street was a bustling area both day and night but sadly, given the climate of the island these days, this is not the case and most people just don't generally come into town for dinner anymore unless they have a connection to a certain place so, along with the issue of little parking, there's not a lot of walk-in traffic. You've got to have a very good lunch business to make it profitable yet several times we've tried to do lunch there, they weren't open. It's been a gazillion years since we've gone to dinner there and there's not a doubt in my mind the food and service are still great but this business, as good as it is and has always been, has a whole lot of things going against it - parking, lack of nighttime foot traffic, not a waterside location, etc., and that's not even taking into consideration their fear factor after what happened to them a few years ago. This is such a very sad state for many of the really good restaurants on Front St. A trip or so ago, we spent a lot of time talking to another restaurant owner along the street and he cited lots of issues - lack of night-time traffic and the fear factor being among them, but then we also talked about the very high rents landlords want for prime properties, the high cost of help due to many of the laws protecting employees and yes, again, the very demanding nature of the business of owning and running a restaurant anywhere. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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