BCS Coming & Going: Retail, Restaurants, Businesses, etc (2016)

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The guy sitting beside me at Lucky Nails getting a pedicure told me that he is in the process of building a Foga de Chao's type Brazilian steakhouse called Casa du Brazil out by the big HEB at Fitch and 6.


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The guy sitting beside me at Lucky Nails getting a pedicure told me that he is in the process of building a Foga de Chao's type Brazilian steakhouse called Casa du Brazil out by the big HEB at Fitch and 6.


holy cow. if this is true this is a GAME CHANGER. i hope our market can support such a place. Fogo and Chama both run around $65 for dinner (minus drinks and dessert).

even if the price point is say a third less can the market handle a $40 per meal joint?

i'd love to see it here as I'd be there once a month at least but just wondering about the market.


I think the answer to that is yes. Republic, Veritas, Christopher's, all run above those prices. Plus there is plenty of need for diversity in the restaurant market here. As long as it's not another chicken, burger or tex mex place, the market should be able to handle it.
FlyRod
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The thing about those *pricey* places is you don't need to rack up a huge bill either, if you're careful. Have a few apps, or one of the smaller steaks for example. Many of the entrees at Veritas offer smaller portions of the main course for half the price (though they don't publicize this very widely). No one will look at you funny if you don't order the most expensive thing(s) on the menus at these places.

Also, we are getting an increase in out of town convention/conference/workshop folks on expense accounts, so that will help keep such restaurants afloat as well. Those people aren't looking for burgers and chicken fingers.
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He's a very well established, very successful business man. I don't think he has any experience in the food industry though, but as long as he hires good management he should be fine.
He said he had no intentions of running it. Just building it.
beer.morebeer.mostbeer
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Can we get back to "Coming and Going?"
FlyRod
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Brazilian style steakhouse: possibly "coming," apparently.

Verified "coming": Taqueria Esmeralda, downtown Bryan.
DigDogDoo
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Thanks! The last link I was looking at was the new Speedway neighborhood.
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When is Aldi opening?
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When is Aldi opening?
Seeing as how the building is an empty shell, I'm guessing it will be a good while.
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Been hearing rumors that Halo might not be coming back. Anybody know anything about that?
FlyRod
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It seemed like a pretty popular and successful business. Why don't you want it to re-open?
TsunamiVox
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Heard they are remodeling and expanding.

Can't understand why anyone wouldn't want the place to re-open. Takes all kinds I guess...
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Heard they are remodeling and expanding.

Can't understand why anyone wouldn't want the place to re-open. Takes all kinds I guess...
And two people have starred his reply too.
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Heard they are remodeling and expanding.

Can't understand why anyone wouldn't want the place to re-open. Takes all kinds I guess...

Nothing seems to be moving over there. I hope it will be back eventually, but haven't heard anything positive recently.
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It's my understanding that with Halo closed, the "defacto" bar for that market is (or was last spring) Bar 12 on northgate.
This comes from bar staff on northgate and others with ties to that demographic.

I knew a lot of "straight" people (particularly females) who enjoyed Halo.
I hope it opens back up.

I also think we should have another teetery since the sock is closed. I don't patronize those places, but there are plenty of people who would and that means money being spent.
FlyRod
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Guessing the (as of now) 8 people who starred the anti-Halo post are trolls from the Politics Board who decided to slither over from that open sewer.

In other news, anyone know when Twisted Noodle is opening? And yes I realize the potential for jokes connecting this and the Halo posts...
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Twisted Noodle has opened. They don't seem to be doing the hours their website says yet though.
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Twisted Noodle has opened. They don't seem to be doing the hours their website says yet though.


http://twistednoodlecafetx.com/#!/page_About

That link has the hours. Mon-Sat 11am-10pm. Sunday 12-10.
FlyRod
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On Highway 21, near 2818, there appears to be a new barbecue place called Big Easy.
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The reason I say they are not doing those hours yet is that I saw it was already closed by 9 p.m. Friday and did not look like it had just closed, and the website says they are open until 10 on Friday. So, I do not know what hours they are actually doing, but the "coming soon" sign is gone, and it looks like it had opened.
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The reason I say they are not doing those hours yet is that I saw it was already closed by 9 p.m. Friday and did not look like it had just closed, and the website says they are open until 10 on Friday. So, I do not know what hours they are actually doing, but the "coming soon" sign is gone, and it looks like it had opened.
Oh my bad. I misread your original post. I read it as you didn't see their hours posted on the website.
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Twisted Noodle has opened. They don't seem to be doing the hours their website says yet though.


http://twistednoodlecafetx.com/#!/page_About

That link has the hours. Mon-Sat 11am-10pm. Sunday 12-10.


Lamb meat noodle. WANT!
FlyRod
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[edited for pointless kvetching]
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Twisted Noodle has opened. They don't seem to be doing the hours their website says yet though.


http://twistednoodlecafetx.com/#!/page_About

That link has the hours. Mon-Sat 11am-10pm. Sunday 12-10.


Lamb meat noodle. WANT!


They make noodles from meat?
That's awesome!
ZoneClubber
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Budget Brazilian steak house? What could go wrong?

AggiePhil
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Oh please God no. Fogo de Cho is bad enough as is.
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Oh please God no. Fogo de Cho is bad enough as is.
we are all entitled to our own opinions of course but are you just not a fan of beef?
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Twisted Noodle has opened. They don't seem to be doing the hours their website says yet though.
We went by there yesterday and they aren't open until this coming Saturday, Sept. 10. The little Open sign is in the window of the Subway next door, not the Twisted Noodle window.
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Oh I love beef. Maybe I just caught them on an off day. All but one cut was incredibly tough. This was at the downtown Austin location.
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I get ya. The dude that was sitting next to me at Schlotzsky's a million years ago told me that he was opening a place to view Christmas lights....Santa's Wonderland. Yah, right?

This kind of place would make the husband very happy.
FlyRod
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There appears to be a new BBQ place on Hwy 21, not that far from Shannon's. Sign out says "Big Easy Pit BBQ." Could find no information about it.


[and CDub06, I haven't tried it, so your opinion doesn't have to be tainted by my experience!]
bcstx06
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711 University Dr., College Station

95_Aggie
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Kind of dwarfs Notes & Quotes
WildlifeAg02
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Aeropostale is closing. Looks like the company filed for bankruptcy.
summergal
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Okay, why are they moving dirt again by Wheeler Ridge?
 
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