Kiss of Death restaurant locations

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El_Guapo

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There used to be a restaurant on Anderson Lane about where Conn's is now. Whatever went in there closed within six months. I remember a cajun place that was damned good (Mardi Gras?) and it couldn't make it.

The last building on Barton Springs Restaurant Row before you hit Zilker. Started as the Majestic Diner, which probably would have worked had they not tried to do foo foo meatloaf. Nothing ever seems to last long there - it's been Mexican, Chinese, an ice cream shop, and I can't remember what else.

The Schlotsky's on Guadalupe near MLK was some other building that I believe once housed a Night Hawk but went through a bunch of stuff before Schlotsky's finally tore it down and started over.

The place next to Hula Hut. Started out as the new improved Lakeview Cafe (?), which I always liked and always seemed to be packed. Moved across the street and I think changed its name to Lakeview Lodge (?) or Lodge at Lakeview or something and was closed within a year. Several things have tried and failed, although Hula Hut keeps chugging along. Last I heard the Chuy's folks took it over and renamed it something like the Boatyard (maybe Lucy's Boatyard?). Is it still open?

Pretty much all those places at I-35 and 290 that aren't named Pappadeaux's or Pappacito's come and go so fast I can't keep up with them.

Others?

Why does this happen? Most of these places are in the middle of other successful restaurants, so you'd think location wouldn't be the problem. You'd think the law of averages if nothing else would finally allow SOMETHING to stick.
 
That place on the south side of 6th street between ( i think) Lavaca and Guadalupe that was sfuzzi's at one time. It has been at least 10 different things but never held on.

Isn't the building that now houses Bikini's Bar and Grill pretty well known for turning them over quickly?
 
that schlotskys by campus used to be like a "Miami Grill" or some sandwich shop and a chain at that.

there were a couple of places before antonios stuck at I35 / 290E intersection including "dick clark's american bandstand". ha.

surprisingly that flores restaurant off anderson ln across the street from conn's is still there. i lived off far west and then mesa for like 8 years and never went there.
 
At the corner of Barton Springs and Dawson is a little place that's had about 3 or 4 restaurants in it since it was converted to restaurant space just a few years ago.
 
how about the place on 183 and Burnet that was something, and something else, and then Tin Tinio?

its in the center with Chilis and Pluckers and Benihana.
 
It was a Lone Star Cafe forever. Well, almost forever.

The Mardi Gras spot is the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title.
 
Place next to Hula Hut was Jake's on the Lake at one point and they walled in the downstairs patio. Morons. Now it's Lucy's Boatyard, good food, love the upper deck but it's never open up there.

After Sfuzzi's (6th between Lavaca and Guadalupe) it became Sardine Rouge and Demi Epicurious, both good restaurants that closed under odd circumstances. Now it's Maiko (sushi). Having the Belmont next door should help.

One of fun times I had in that building was when I was in school (94'ish) and I went to Sfuzzi's with some chicks because they heard that Charlie Sexton was there.

The location next to Katz's has had trouble. Was Ninfa's for a bit, then Rocco's, and now it's Union Park (Foundation guys). Was at Union Park last night, hope it lasts, great rooftop deck.
 
before it was Mardi Gras, it was Michael Michael. A "night club" restaurant, like Tangerines.

Flores across the street is closed. It's been 4-5 different restaurants.
 
and now it's been bulldozed; I think some more condos are going up in that location. you can live there & eat at Dirty's every day.

the Good Eats on N. Burnet is now Chuy's parking lot.
 
good eats went down when hoover left to open up hoovers.

boatyard is still there but it isn't doing very well. I think the chuy's guys own the land and because they couldn't keep a tenant, they just decided to open their own establishment.
 
Even when the Good Eats Cafe on North Lamar was in operations, it was typically nothing more than the Chuy's parking lot.

There was not a Good Eats in Oak Hill. The 4th location opened in Round Rock in 1996/1997 and the location on North Lamar closed around the same time.

The location on Barton Springs was the big cash cow for that "chain" but always had health department issues (structure related, not food related). At the time that the ownership group went to dump a lot of money into opening the Round Rock location, the health department demanded a lot of expensive changes be made to the Barton Springs Rd location. So, not only were the required changes expensive, the location that provided the most money into the rest of the group needed to be shut down for a while for the changes to be made. Couple that with a lot of financial resources being held up in the new store, and they just ran out of cash. If they could have held out for just a while longer, they would probably still be around today. The bad side to that would be that we probably would not have Hoover's.
 
flores restaurant was awful. Worked at Jakes. They deserved to fail. place had 13 managers, all of whom thought their **** didn't stink. Karma. Bad. Same with Rocco's. The owner is an idoit.
 
The new mexican restaurant on Anderson/Shoal Creek (that used to be Serrano's) is actually really good. I work very close to there and have been 3 / 4 times.. All have been good visits.
 
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