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Recent Restaurant RIP List
I apologize for seeming morose in the last two posts, but I have been working on this one the last few days and had just found out about my Grandmother only an hour or so ago. In light of the economic downturn, there are a lot of restaurants that have bit the big one in the last month. The list will likely grow, but here is a list of the recently departed of the St Cloud area:
Baker’s Square
McMillan’s
Roster’s Sports Bar and Grill
Mississippi Bean and Tea
Outback Steak House
I have read some unsubstaciated rumors about some other chain restaurants in the area, but I prefer to report the facts rather than perpetuate rumors that could potentially hurt the restaurants in the St Cloud area.
Baker’s Square wasn’t doing good before the downturn, so this was the icing on the cake. Outback had a less than ideal location. McMillan’s was awful. Sad to say, I reviewed McMillan’s for the St Cloud State Chronicle in college and gave them bad marks then. As for Mississippi Bean? It’s a blow to the downtown’s culture. That’s for sure. Hopefully the location can be resurrected in another format because it had class. A lot of arts organizations have offices in The Loft which is above the coffee shop.
If you see of any other closings, let me know. I will keep adding to the list as they fall.
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2 Responses to “Recent Restaurant RIP List”
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September 13, 2008 at 11:18 am
We actually just ate at Outback Steakhouse last wkend. So not sure why that is on there. Unless it’s closed down in the last 4 days. It was actually quite good.
September 15, 2008 at 4:36 am
Well, proof is in the pudding. I don’t make things up. Here is a link to the St Cloud Times article proclaiming they closed.
http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008109070053
The sad thing is if you ate there that weekend they closed on Saturday. A lot of times places close quickly and without warning. One example of this is O’Hara’s Restaurant and Brew Pub. Employees came to work only to find a note on the door saying they were closed.