FlyRod said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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And has a drive-thru. And is closer to a population center and has much more traffic driving by.

Also, the two concepts aren't similar. Totally different vibe and menu.

Hullabaloo has 20 years of sales history to know what days are profitable and what times on those days. And even what days or weeks in which months they can expect sales.

Mojo has, what, seven months? Let's see how it looks in 20 years I guess.

The area near the diner has grown in 20 years, but it still isn't the same amount of population and potential customers of something closer to 6 or Texas and north of Rock Prairie or even Fitch.

There isn't an anchor for them like a Tower Point or a Century Square so you can't use those comparisons either.

Try comparing it to all of the other rustic diners (non-chain) in B/CS and get back to me if you want to make comparisons.

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I can see it now, if we had TexAgs back in 2000 you'd be arguing that the Texan Restaurant (South College and Villa Maria) is totally fine and in no danger of closing, despite cutting back service to three days a week (from six) and that they must know what they're doing because, after all, they were open for 30 years.

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The Texan closed in the 90s if I'm not mistaken. Never got to try it. I remember that first wave of bbq places though: Tom's, Pop's, Randy Sims. Gone with the wind…

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It closed in May 2000 (link) and while the hours did EXPAND before closing, it doesn't necessarily disprove my point, but they made cost-cutting measures, cutting expensive items from the menu, and so forth.

I should also mention that the Hullabaloo Diner from 20 years ago was nothing like what it was today, or even 10 years ago. It served desserts and coffee--no real food, they had a retail component selling crafts and antiques, and it was run directly by the Schulte family, who still own the restaurant and the land it sits on.

There are times when a business was marginally successful and only killed when the powers that be decided that the land was too valuable or rent was too low, but I don't think that the current state of Hullabaloo is one of those cases.

Never had the pizza, but I haven't ever been impressed with anything I've ordered at Hullabaloo.

The Texan closed because Mr. Tarpley (the chef/owner) passed away and the food was never as good with his son and wife running things. We frequented The Texan and had all of our special occasion dinners there.