Development in and Around Syracuse Discussion

[JeremyCuse]

JeremyCuse has to be all over this one: Buried Acorn Brewing: Coming soon to Syracuse's Inner Harbor

Sorry for some reason I am not getting alerts again, thought I cleared this issue up yesterday, guess not. On Buried Acorn, yes I have heard some really good things about them and seen a few things posted about there beers in the beer group I belong to. Really looking forward to them opening, the sours are supposed to be out of this world.

 

[orange79]

The Department Store Museum: Dey Brothers, Syracuse, New York

When I first got married, we bought a chair/sofa/love seat set from Dey Bros. It was the very first thing I had ever bought on credit. I was scared beyond belief. Credit???? OMG!

 

[IthacaMatt]

Hope it speeds up the process a bit as well. Kinda of an act now or face the consequences. This should have been decided and in motion 3 years ago.

If it's anything other than the street level boulevard/grid, then it's a failure before it ever gets started.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[nzm136]

The Great state of New York has the best food in the world, whether it's the legendary restaurants in NYC, or the rich traditions upstate, and opening a Chick Fil-A is exciting enough to necessitate cops.

...God help us.

 

[TexanMark]

The Great state of New York has the best food in the world, whether it's the legendary restaurants in NYC, or the rich traditions upstate, and opening a Chick Fil-A is exciting enough to necessitate cops.

...God help us.

Yup...Sonic was a huge too when it opened. LOL

CNY still has to get Zaxby's and Raising Cane's...the cops need their overtime.

 

[HtownOrange]

CNY still has to get Zaxby's and Raising Cane's...the cops need their overtime.

Affirmative on both counts!

 

[HtownOrange]

The Great state of New York has the best food in the world, whether it's the legendary restaurants in NYC, or the rich traditions upstate, and opening a Chick Fil-A is exciting enough to necessitate cops.

...God help us.

The inventors of fried chicken for breakfast may need protection once it catches in the north. Seriously, this New Yorker wouldn't dream of eating fried chicken for breakfast. Eggs - yes, chicken - no! At least until my boss brought chicken biscuits one day and shamed me into eating one.

 

[sutomcat]

Yup...Sonic was a huge too when it opened. LOL

CNY still has to get Zaxby's and Raising Cane's...the cops need their overtime.

True. There was a similar commotion when Tasty Creme opened a restaurant on Erie Blvd on the east side of town. Huge crowds, insane business.

I believe it closed within a year; two tops. People in CNY might be anxious to try something new but they aren't stupid. If the product and price aren't up to snuff, it won't last here.

That being said, Chick-Fil-A is good. They should do very well. This marks the official baptism of Syracuse as an ACC town.

Can Waffle House be far behind? Their invasion has made it to Clark's Summit, so they aren't far away.

 

[TexanMark]

Skip waffle house, add Zaxby's

 

[storange]

Wegmans is in Cary, I guess turnabout is fair play.

 

[Noexcuse]

True. There was a similar commotion when Tasty Creme opened a restaurant on Erie Blvd on the east side of town. Huge crowds, insane business.

I believe it closed within a year; two tops. People in CNY might be anxious to try something new but they aren't stupid. If the product and price aren't up to snuff, it won't last here.

That being said, Chick-Fil-A is good. They should do very well. This marks the official baptism of Syracuse as an ACC town.

Can Waffle House be far behind? Their invasion has made it to Clark's Summit, so they aren't far away.

Mellow Mushroom. Man.

 

[TexanMark]

Mellow Mushroom. Man.

They aren't bad...but, NY Indy Shops have better pizza. However, they would help make us more ACC.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Skip waffle house, add Zaxby's

I went to one waffle house in my life while traveling through Arkansas. I believe once was enough for me.

My one experience with Chick Fil-A was that I didn't get it. It was tasty, but not anything that I'd love to go back to. As far as fast food addictions, give me Popeye's and Five Guys any day of the week.

 

[shandeezy7]

True. There was a similar commotion when Tasty Creme opened a restaurant on Erie Blvd on the east side of town. Huge crowds, insane business.

I believe it closed within a year; two tops. People in CNY might be anxious to try something new but they aren't stupid. If the product and price aren't up to snuff, it won't last here.

That being said, Chick-Fil-A is good. They should do very well. This marks the official baptism of Syracuse as an ACC town.

Can Waffle House be far behind? Their invasion has made it to Clark's Summit, so they aren't far away.

Krispy Kreme is what you were looking for there. And yeah, that opened with much hoopla and didn't last very long at all. I think part of it had to do with corporate more than lack of success at their Syracuse shop. They expanded so rapidly that they obviously missed projections and couldn't keep stores open that weren't super successful.

 

[OttoMets]

Krispy Kreme is what you were looking for there. And yeah, that opened with much hoopla and didn't last very long at all. I think part of it had to do with corporate more than lack of success at their Syracuse shop. They expanded so rapidly that they obviously missed projections and couldn't keep stores open that weren't super successful.

Could be misremembering the timeline, but I think Krispy Kreme was one of the chains that got clobbered by the popularity of Atkins. Carbs were falling out of favor right when some carb-heavy chains were undergoing national or regional expansions and they took a big hit. Montana Mills, an Upstate bread store, was one of the casualties.

 

[shandeezy7]

Could be misremembering the timeline, but I think Krispy Kreme was one of the chains that got clobbered by the popularity of Atkins. Carbs were falling out of favor right when some carb-heavy chains were undergoing national or regional expansions and they took a big hit. Montana Mills, an Upstate bread store, was one of the casualties.

Yeah that sounds about right. Seemed to be around the same time that Dunkin Donuts started to offer more than just donuts and coffee as well.

 

[sutomcat]

Krispy Kreme is what you were looking for there. And yeah, that opened with much hoopla and didn't last very long at all. I think part of it had to do with corporate more than lack of success at their Syracuse shop. They expanded so rapidly that they obviously missed projections and couldn't keep stores open that weren't super successful.

Thanks for the correction, you are right. They lied about profits to the tune of $25.6 million dollars.

But I went to the store once a week (my employees loved their doughnuts), drove by it a lot and it wasn't closed down just because of corporate. Sales deteriorated dramatically. Maybe OttoMets has the reason; though Dunkin Donuts never seemed to be hurt by this (they have been adding stores around CNY for a long time with no end in sight).

Anyway, good to see this franchise arrive in CNY. I hope they do well.

 

[orangezen]

just keep Mellow Mushroom and waffle house out

 

[orangezen]

MM commercials are bad enough on ACC feeds .. dont want more on local stations .. and nothing beats NY pizza

 

[OrangePA]

I went to one waffle house in my life while traveling through Arkansas. I believe once was enough for me.

My one experience with Chick Fil-A was that I didn't get it. It was tasty, but not anything that I'd love to go back to. As far as fast food addictions, give me Popeye's and Five Guys any day of the week.

I heard the founder of Five Guys interviewed on the radio - a former financial advisor, who along with his sons, opened a single hamburger joint.

I have to get there and try the burgers and fries.

 

[xc84]

The only thing that really needs to be replaced is the overhead part of the highway. You can have the highway end at roughly Oakwood Cemetary northbound and turn into a street grid. The grid would only have to go as far as about St. Joe's Hospital / Butternut Street, and then you could keep the existing northbound highway.

Southbound, you can keep the current 81 South all the way to the downtown exits on Salina and Clinton Streets, and then resume Southbound traffic on the opposite side of the Dome, with on ramps to match the off ramps that will be staggered off of State Street.

That stretch would only be about 1.7 miles.

That's the planned grid option. The non-highway part is only 1.4 miles long. Otherwise, it's all highway to and from downtown.

 

[OttoMets]

Thanks for the correction, you are right. They lied about profits to the tune of $25.6 million dollars.

But I went to the store once a week (my employees loved their doughnuts), drove by it a lot and it wasn't closed down just because of corporate. Sales deteriorated dramatically. Maybe OttoMets has the reason; though Dunkin Donuts never seemed to be hurt by this (they have been adding stores around CNY for a long time with no end in sight).

Anyway, good to see this franchise arrive in CNY. I hope they do well.

I do think diversification of menus helped places like Dunkin' (why people buy their lunch food I don't know...my one late-night purchase of a tuna sandwich there was an epic disaster). More than that, though, they make their profit on the backs of 5-day-a-week customers who are hooked on coffee and then add another high-margin item to their purchase here and there. In addition to Atkins, I assume KK was hurt up here by its inability to reach that customer. Once a week is plenty for their product, it's tough to expect a customer to come in more often than that.

 

[dooey139]

Could be misremembering the timeline, but I think Krispy Kreme was one of the chains that got clobbered by the popularity of Atkins. Carbs were falling out of favor right when some carb-heavy chains were undergoing national or regional expansions and they took a big hit. Montana Mills, an Upstate bread store, was one of the casualties.

Off topic but Montana Mills had the best cinnamon bread

 

[nzm136]

Mellow Mushroom. Man.

Good joke