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Restaurants and Food => Current Restaurants => Topic started by: Hudsons81 on October 03, 2015, 11:36:53 AM

Title: Old Chicago
Post by: Hudsons81 on October 03, 2015, 11:36:53 AM
Discuss.

The location in Southgate, Michigan opened in 2007. Photo taken by Google in July 2015.
(http://i.imgur.com/gkGtr2J.png)
Title: Re: Old Chicago
Post by: BillyGr on October 03, 2015, 12:55:04 PM
We had one of those in Albany/Colonie (NY) at 111 Wolf Road for about a year and a half, before it closed in January of 2009.

The building reopened that November as a locally owned restaurant called (you'll never guess...) Wolf's 1-11 which it still is now.

The one here had a game room as well as the restaurant - not sure if that is standard for all of them or not? (note that the new owner kept those for a time, which isn't surprising since he had been a partner in the Jillian's in the city, with a similar idea of food and games).
Title: Re: Old Chicago
Post by: MikeRa on October 04, 2015, 07:35:43 PM
We also to have one in Bensalem, PA (Trevose section).  It was located inside the Crown Plaza Hotel (then known as Holiday Inn Select)
Title: Re: Old Chicago
Post by: Hudsons81 on October 04, 2015, 08:26:22 PM
This sounds like another one of those chains that continue to thrive in some areas yet have failed in others...
Title: Re: Old Chicago
Post by: BillyGr on October 05, 2015, 01:09:54 PM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on October 04, 2015, 08:26:22 PM
This sounds like another one of those chains that continue to thrive in some areas yet have failed in others...

And at least the one I mentioned in Albany the owner (who had a company named Midon Corporation, which also had a number of Burger King restaurants at one point) had declared bankruptcy for that corporation which may have likely been a reason for the closing but not necessarily due to that particular restaurant's performance.