Another one bites the dust-SAD!!!

Skipper · 04-27-2008, 07:42 AM

The BK was a wonderful destination by boat and will be missed.

Did the business fail or is the land more valuable than the business was?

michael c · 04-27-2008, 08:19 PM

more valuable than the restaurant...especially with all those grandfathered docks there !

cursereversed · 05-13-2008, 02:46 PM

I think a seafood restaurant could do well there...Red Lobster, or better yet a Weathervane. I think the drive thru on the water idea is terrific!

Bigstan · 05-14-2008, 09:57 AM

Please no, anything but that. No Weathervane or Red Lobster......

Laconia is becoming / has become nothing but chain restaurants. We have a couple good seafood places around, no need to add a mediocre at best chain to the mix.

I would rather see a non-restaurant go in that space, but I cannot imagine what would work. Anything but another chain....

Wolfeboro_Baja · 05-14-2008, 10:46 AM

I have to agree with Bigstan; no more chains! We need more good, local restaurants, not another chain! It would be great to have another restaurant choice that we could reach by boat though!

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Originally Posted by AC2717

Me thinks Waldo Peppers Should pull out of their deal in Gilford and Take that location so we can all get Lobster Rolls by boat and eat them right there on the docks!

Being a trailer boater, I've never been to Waldo's but they sound good! Interesting idea (to have Waldo's move there) but if a successful corporation couldn't handle the rent the landowner wanted, how could a small restaurant owner afford it?

I haven't been to that BK-Paugus in years, primarily because the docks were in such poor condition; I didn't want to have my hull get beaten/scratched to death by those docks.

beancover · 05-14-2008, 01:33 PM

What is the lure of these chains? I just don't get it. One chain closes (thankfully) and already people are looking to replace it with yet another! This will be our legacy: one empty chain store or restaurant after another. What a testament to bad taste and bad architecture. Be creative, imagine wonderful things happening in our communities, get involved.

fatlazyless · 05-14-2008, 02:39 PM

What with that 3.55/gallon price digging a hole in everyone's wallet, here's two items for LESS than a gallon of gas.

2.29lb excellent London Broil steaks: EM Heath's supermarket truckload meat sale, Centre Harbor

3.24 Meredith mcmeal at McDonald's

All the money goes to the property tax anyway so who can afford Canoe, let alone Coe House?

PennyPenny · 05-14-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by beancover

What is the lure of these chains? I just don't get it. One chain closes (thankfully) and already people are looking to replace it with yet another! This will be our legacy: one empty chain store or restaurant after another. What a testament to bad taste and bad architecture. Be creative, imagine wonderful things happening in our communities, get involved.

The lure is the lake and the chance to make money. Prime Commercial Property sitting in front of their nose. A little fixin' up, some permits and money to back it up and something will be happening there. Maybe the city should buy it and make a park and public docks like Meredith.

SIKSUKR · 05-15-2008, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by PennyPenny

Maybe the city should buy it and make a park and public docks like Meredith.

They already have the Weirs public docks and Weirs beach.

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michael c Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 94 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	the Land was more valuable than the restaurant...especially with all those grandfathered docks there ! __________________ " Wisdom does not always come with age...sometimes age comes by itself ! "

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cursereversed Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	BK Site I think a seafood restaurant could do well there...Red Lobster, or better yet a Weathervane. I think the drive thru on the water idea is terrific!

05-14-2008, 01:33 PM	#6
beancover Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Another one bites the dust What is the lure of these chains? I just don't get it. One chain closes (thankfully) and already people are looking to replace it with yet another! This will be our legacy: one empty chain store or restaurant after another. What a testament to bad taste and bad architecture. Be creative, imagine wonderful things happening in our communities, get involved.

05-14-2008, 02:39 PM	#7
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,929 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 307 Thanked 1,056 Times in 769 Posts	What with that 3.55/gallon price digging a hole in everyone's wallet, here's two items for LESS than a gallon of gas. 2.29lb excellent London Broil steaks: EM Heath's supermarket truckload meat sale, Centre Harbor 3.24 Meredith mcmeal at McDonald's All the money goes to the property tax anyway so who can afford Canoe, let alone Coe House? __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

05-14-2008, 09:57 AM	#4
Bigstan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Gilford NH Posts: 376 Thanks: 9 Thanked 163 Times in 91 Posts	Please no, anything but that. No Weathervane or Red Lobster...... Laconia is becoming / has become nothing but chain restaurants. We have a couple good seafood places around, no need to add a mediocre at best chain to the mix. I would rather see a non-restaurant go in that space, but I cannot imagine what would work. Anything but another chain....