vacant stores/businesses/restaurant blog

Thanks you so much for this.

Some of these are old.

The old Gumbo location in J-Town is now a dentist office while the Gaslight Inn is a BBQ place.

Decent site though...

I just read an article in the Minneapolis newspaper yesterday about how the commercial real estate "bubble" is in the process of going "bust"...A lot of small banks who were on the bench for the housing bust are now finding themselves very exposed as these comparatively "safe" loans go into default.

Since we moved to L'ville I've heard rumors of several instances of ridiculous rents driving restaurants (etc) out of business (Pig City BBQ comes to mind as the most recent)). While greed might be the primary cause for these (rumored) exorbitant rents, I'm wondering if perhaps some of these owners/developers aren't just mortgaged to the hilt...the end result being that they are passing their crisis on to the small business owner.

I dunno...just thinking out loud.

I have been scouring this site at least once a month. I found it right about the time that "Police Donuts" went out! It is a good site, but a shame to see so many vacant spaces.

The old Bahama Breeze building is the place I can't believe is still empty. With Fox and Hound and Bravo! seeming to be making it and the volume of traffic in that area I can't believe some big shot hasn't made a go at the Bahama Breeze location.