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"Dave and Busters serves food I wouldn't"

You'd never survive if you didn't serve any sort of food. I'm not even sure you can get a liquor license without selling food in NC.

11/2/2010 5:14:27 PM

Tons of places in Charlotte don't serve food

They let you get delivery from other places

11/2/2010 5:15:45 PM

until there is a lot more housing that's walking distance from hillsborough street, there's very few additional establishments that would economically viable on hillsborough st.

most of the population that lives within walking distance of hillsborough are dormrats that are, by and large, under 21. There are a relatively handful of over 21 students and young professionals that live in the various houses behind hillsborough street that keep the existing joints in business, but the bulk of over 21 students live in cheap hamster housing apartment complexes to the south of campus, which require driving to hillsborough street.

Downtown is just more convenient in terms of ease of parking and variety of bars.

11/2/2010 5:15:45 PM

^^^ I'm pretty sure you can.

^That's what I'm saying. You have to go after a large portion of the on-campus crowd. People will show up on the weekends, but you can't turn a profit running 3-4 days a week.

[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 5:17 PM. Reason : ]

11/2/2010 5:15:53 PM

you can if you are a private club, I think

serving food is a big pain in the ass because you'd need a kitchen and kitchen staff

I'd allow people to bring in their own food and I'd have take-out menus from nearby restaurants that can deliver - maybe I'd even be able to cut a deal with them

^^ you're right on the money with that
downtown would probably be a better choice - H'boro Street seems like a money pit


[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 5:19 PM. Reason : -]

11/2/2010 5:18:11 PM

a Chipotle

a) it would make a lot of money
b) we need a Chipotle near downtown

11/2/2010 6:49:12 PM

pink berry

11/2/2010 7:11:54 PM

chicken and waffles

11/2/2010 8:26:43 PM

I will open a dance club, and call it Big Kelly's Bad Wolf

11/2/2010 8:29:13 PM

i'd open a fucking gas station

there's what, two of them on the entirety of Hillsborough Street, and both of them are way down by Meredith....

11/2/2010 8:43:18 PM

a pizza place, definitely a pizza place

they need to nuke zaxbys and put a biscuitville

11/2/2010 11:59:21 PM

Well, give up that dream. Republicans now rule the land.

11/3/2010 12:03:40 AM

What about a place that specializes in cereal? It would get great business from morning students, and hipsters eat cereal 24/7. Imagine the possibilities.

11/3/2010 12:03:50 AM

cereal bar

11/3/2010 12:08:42 AM

serial bar

11/3/2010 12:17:23 AM

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"biscuitville"

I don't like chain restaurants very much, but that might work....

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"pizza"

Yes. There are NO pizza places on Hillsborough.

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"beer bar and classic/retro arcade"

...add a laundromat and you've got it.




I've always wondered where in the US would be best to open a nerd bar.
Nerds are often either...
liberal health-snob nanny-state supporters that hate booze and smoking,
or conservative tee-totaling drug-prohibition supporters that hate booze and smoking.

But where's the bar for us drug nerds?
We like booze and smoking, as well as chess, magic cards, sci-fi, etc.
Where can we go to play a nerd game, talk about nuclear physics, and enjoy a beer or hookah?

11/3/2010 12:18:03 AM

fro yo self serve place

or

a grilled cheese/sandwich/soup shop w/ bar

11/3/2010 12:18:36 AM

LA?

11/3/2010 12:18:46 AM

there is a froyo selfserve place on hillsborough though...

11/3/2010 12:24:16 AM

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"they need to nuke zaxbys and put a biscuitville"

I would get behind this.

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"a grilled cheese/sandwich/soup shop w/ bar"

Why not go full out and have a diner owned by a Greek on Hillsborough? Have it open 24 hours during exams weeks.

I miss Greek diners

11/3/2010 9:16:14 AM

I would open an apartment building with commercial space on the first floor.

Hillsborough street needs more pedestrian traffic to support more businesses.

11/3/2010 9:21:47 AM

^ YES! I have no idea why this hasn't been done in the past 40-50 years.

11/3/2010 9:23:27 AM

i know there is one high density housing project being worked on in the land behind pantana bobs. I don't know any details, but that's definitely a step in the right direction.

11/3/2010 9:59:02 AM

the strip where Jackpot and Ihop are will eventually be a housing unit with retail on the first floor

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"i'd open a fucking gas station there's what, two of them on the entirety of Hillsborough Street, and both of them are way down by Meredith...."

I've thought this same thing many times

11/3/2010 10:02:13 AM

Well if I win the Powerball tonight maybe I'll buy up one of the crappy buildings on Hillsborough and turn it into an apartment building

11/3/2010 10:02:25 AM

dry cleaners, and in the back we would sell drugs and sex slaves

11/3/2010 10:24:09 AM

There's already one of those down by Cup-a-Joe.

11/3/2010 10:30:02 AM