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Bar Louie as a chain suffered from poor management. The one in Zona Rosa was pretty well run but ones in other cities that I have visited were not. From what I have heard, the P&L location was one of the many poorly run ones. I don't think that this failure is because the location isn't viable.Highlander wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 5:59 pm I see Bar Louie is closing. Not that anyone will miss it (I barely notice its existence when I'm in the area) but it's interesting to note that whoever replaces it, will be the third attempt at that location since the inception of the district. You'd think that would be a fairly viable location - very close to the Sprint Center to pick up event customers. Will this be the first P&L locale to reach 3 tenants?
It’s consistent and fairly busy on a regular basis most of the year. Obviously January and February are the worst but looks can be deceiving. With limited staff, the restaurants do fine on slow weekdays as well. Nightclubs pull off solid weekends even during the bad months.GRID wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:58 pm I don't know anything about Bar Louie, but the one right next to Capital One Arena will also close and that arena is used literally every single night, sometimes twice a day. (they will do basketball and hockey on the same day.)
Chinatown has a shit ton of competition, but Bar Louie had one of the best spots you can have. Sounds like Bar Louie is the failure not the P&L district. Something better will go there.
Sprint Center needs a pro tenant though. Every time I'm in KC, the P&L district is dead for days at a time. They must just do gangbusters when they are busy because I honestly don't see how most of those places stay open with such long stretches of very little traffic.
That's good to hear. I kind of figured they had to be busy during lunch etc or they wouldn't be able to stay open. I guess the Live Block is so large that if you are there during any time other than fri/sat nights, it's feels very empty. We have gone into restaurants and they have typically been empty. But we are never there during convention, events or even weekday lunch hour. Like I said. If the one in DC can't it, the it probably the brand/management, not the locations.DColeKC wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:22 amIt’s consistent and fairly busy on a regular basis most of the year. Obviously January and February are the worst but looks can be deceiving. With limited staff, the restaurants do fine on slow weekdays as well. Nightclubs pull off solid weekends even during the bad months.GRID wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:58 pm I don't know anything about Bar Louie, but the one right next to Capital One Arena will also close and that arena is used literally every single night, sometimes twice a day. (they will do basketball and hockey on the same day.)
Chinatown has a shit ton of competition, but Bar Louie had one of the best spots you can have. Sounds like Bar Louie is the failure not the P&L district. Something better will go there.
Sprint Center needs a pro tenant though. Every time I'm in KC, the P&L district is dead for days at a time. They must just do gangbusters when they are busy because I honestly don't see how most of those places stay open with such long stretches of very little traffic.
I see people roll in at 10pm on a Monday and appear to be disappointed that it’s slow but there’s not much action monday-Wednesday after 10pm unless there’s an event.
I just don't know what evidence there is to support this. It would be cool, but not sure why it's a "need". A permanent pro tenant adds about 40-50 events to the calendar - but we lose the ability to schedule half the weekends during the season. So, maybe there's a net gain of about 20 events - all of which are filling weeknights over a 4-5 month season. Just not sure it would make much of a difference. Despite how much I'd love an NBA team.GRID wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:58 pm
Sprint Center needs a pro tenant though. Every time I'm in KC, the P&L district is dead for days at a time. They must just do gangbusters when they are busy because I honestly don't see how most of those places stay open with such long stretches of very little traffic.