PAC restaurant dies

The first failure from the PAC fiasco is going down.
Restaurant/Catering business in PAC is closing

Restaurant/Catering business can’t survive on one Friday a month.

I don't think it means that building or the First Fridays, etc. are failing.  It could just be that the lease is up and parties couldn't work something out, that the caterer thinks the rent is too high and wants to run the business elsewhere, or that the upcoming Red Onion prescence will cut into business. Who knows.

SupportMiddletown wrote: Nice to see you all celebrating.

Did I miss something???  Will you please quote the post wherein anyone was “celebrating” and cite the source??? 

ground swat wrote: What an idiot-I use this business for functions to cater our food needs. Know one wants to see this small business have to fold but the almighty business plan that this Admin. put together isn't working. Can't the great downtown guru we had to hire help?  He's good at getting -hit faced and spouting off at that locals that we know nothing about our own downtown, can't he save the day. What a joke. Celebrating thats all you can come up with?

Good point ground......and just where is this kid they hired awhile back and what has he done since he has occupied the position? We heard from him when hired....nothing since, right? I don't think this city has had a business plan that has ever worked in the last 4 decades.

do ya think that maybe Pendleton and the downtowners(they kinda remind me of the depressing Brit tv series)

Actually there is a NEW cafe opening tonight for FIRST FRIDAY called MOCKINGBIRDS. They will be a coffee shop with the whole set-up as well as have fresh baked goods and a few sandwhich offerings. There is also a fairly solid rumor that a catering firm out of Cincinnati might be taking over the upstairs operation. In addition to these happenings a place called SUGAR HI Cafe will be opening somewhere downtown this fall and a new BISTRO is going in to part of the building owned by Flowers By Roger. Then of course the place in the stained glass building is scheduled to open on October. Word on the street is someone is seriously looking at the LIBERTY again, but that happens often but the others are solid and legit. Bon Apetit!

Just how many coffee shops can downtown support?

Interesting conversation with a business owner out on the East end. Same old story, met with Kohler and the so called experts downtown so they had a better understanding of the cities vision. Brought up Robinson's name and he sad you could hear a pin drop. The entire meeting in his words changed and ended rather quickly.