Quiznos isn't an Italian place, it's fast-food subs. It's in the same market segment as Subway -- which has a shop a block away, so it is kind of curious that they'd set up here.
I don't have a good sense of how big the space is, but it's small enough that I doubt a real bistro-sized restaurant could fit in there. I also wonder whether there'd be a problem getting a liquor license in a block that already has at least two that I can think of off the top of my head (CVP and Donna's -- and does Ledo's have one too?). Might be hard to convince an upscale place to open if they can't sell booze. jf On Oct 8, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Stephen J Gewirtz wrote: > What puzzles me is why Quiznos would want to open next to another (and much > better) Italian place. The types of food are too similar. It seems like a > bad business decision. And if, as has been my impression, Ledo controls the > space, I cannot imagine why they would allow Quiznos there. > > When Ledo first opened, there was talk of an Indian restaurant but no name > for one. That would have made much more sense. > > Maybe the Ledo franchisee got tired of paying for unused space, and Quiznos, > being available to fill the space, made more business sense in so far as it > would pay some rent. That is all that I can imagine. But why would Quiznos > want to open next to Ledo? > > When I think of the places that have failed in that double space (Homewood > Deli including Silber's Bakery, P J Henry, and the burger joint whose > original are later names escape me at the moment), I wonder if we are going > to see another business failure there. Note that P J Henry failed after its > owners expanded to Towson Commons (where everything has failed) and to Bel > Air, thus presumably causing the entire enterprise to fail. > > Time will tell. > > Steve > > On 10/8/2011 2:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> This is horrible news. >> >> From: "Paul Williams" <[email protected]> >> To: "Charles Village Discussion List" <[email protected]>, "The >> Charles Village Chat List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:51:59 PM >> Subject: [Chat] New biz coming to CV >> >> We noticed that the vacant space between CV Pub and Lido’s Pizza has new >> permit signs posted….not the charming “B Bistro” like restaurant we all >> crave but an $80k renovation for yet another chain: Quiznos. >> >> >> Paul K. Williams >> Kelsey & Associates, Inc. >> WashingtonHistory.com >> 202-213-9796 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info >> archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chat mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info >> >> archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > [email protected] > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [email protected] http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
