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Thai Kitchen moving - What's up with Southdowns Village?
Posted on 1/6/15 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 1/6/15 at 5:22 pm
Why are all the restaurants in SV closing or moving? I wonder if this is a good move for Thai Kitchen - that's a lot of $$ to invest....
Daily Report - Thai Kitchen moving to Bennington
Daily Report - Thai Kitchen moving to Bennington
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Posted on 1/6/15 at 5:56 pm to Tlclsu
Fourth time that location has been a restaurant. I always wonder why owners think they can make it when no one before them did. Really bucking the odds there.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 7:19 pm to jbgleason
Seems like Thai Kitchen wants to own their building. I heard he's totally redoing building inside and out! It will work there if he does that! He will be next door to one of the most successful restaurants ever in BR, Gino's! 
Posted on 1/6/15 at 7:23 pm to Tlclsu
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What's up with Southdowns Village?
Nothing but the rent.
And he will make it because he's a destination restaurant and he's damn good.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 7:30 pm to Martini
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Nothing but the rent.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 7:43 pm to jbgleason
quote:Valid concern, but the difference is all the other restaurants were unknown start-ups and they sucked. Thai Kitchen is known and has a following, which in addition, will help with the poor visibility for that location. I don't think it's a slam dunk, but if they fix up the place nice and put out a good product, they should do fine. Hopefully they will get some hotel customers as well. God knows Ninfo's get its share.
Fourth time that location has been a restaurant. I always wonder why owners think they can make it when no one before them did. Really bucking the odds there.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 8:20 pm to Tlclsu
quote:
I wonder if this is a good move for Thai Kitchen - that's a lot of $$ to invest....
"Sam Sanguanruang says he plans to spend $740,000 on the building and another $500,000 or so renovating the 5,600-square-foot space"
That's a total of $1,240,000. With a 5,600 sq.ft space they will do around $1,500,000 or more in annual sales. There's a restaurant rule of thumb that says for every $1 you spend on the property and building, you need to make $1 in annual sales. That's a 1:1. They're spending 82 cents for every dollar of sales, so they should be good.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 9:49 pm to Langland
I hope they do well - been going to TK for many years and I'm a big fan.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 8:51 am to jbgleason
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Fourth time that location has been a restaurant
To be fair Komado's was a pretty successful sushi restaurant until 2005-ish, when sushi became really popular and the owners decided to open Hello Sushi.
The owners focused more on Hello Sushi, because of its potential franchising and let Komado's go to shite. Plus all of the good chef's left to start their own restaurants or work at new restaurants, i.e. Sushi Yama, Wahada, Drunken Fish.
The location was never a problem it was management. Thai Kitchen will do fine, because they have a following and the new bigger nicer building will benefit them more in the long run.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 8:54 am to Tlclsu
Mmmm Thai food then gold club!
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:07 am to Tlclsu
Hate the new location even more than the old one.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 10:19 am to akimoto
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new bigger nicer building
The article says it's actually smaller than the current space.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 12:15 pm to akimoto
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To be fair Komado's was a pretty successful sushi restaurant until 2005-ish,
Komado's was at 4612 Bennington Ave, right next to the Gold Club. The new Thai Kitchen will be at 4564 Bennington Avenue, next to Gino's.
So if you're driving down the street, you see Gino's, New Thai Kitchen, The Station Sports Bar, Old Kamado's, and then the Gold Club.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 12:19 pm to Langland
Yeah, I think the place they're moving into used to be a Mexican joint.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 12:32 pm to LouisianaLady
quote:Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was. The first place was a seafood restaurant. I went there to apply as a cook while they were finishing up on the building's construction. I asked the interviewer what will set their seafood restaurant apart from all the other seafood restaurants in Baton Rouge. He said something about the chef or something then he mumbled a little. Let's just say I didn't bother completing the application.
Yeah, I think the place they're moving into used to be a Mexican joint.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 12:48 pm to kingbob
quote:With 500k in renovations, I'm interested in seeing it.
Hate the new location even more than the old one.
Thai Kitchen has some very good dishes.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 1:19 pm to LouisianaLady
It must have been sarita's Mexican buffet
Posted on 1/7/15 at 1:21 pm to lsucoonass
And if so then I think they relocated to prairieville and their family owns el magey if I'm not mistaken. But there was also another Mexican place called Maria's by the station
Posted on 1/7/15 at 2:07 pm to lsucoonass
I think they could have major problems. Going down college any time during the day is about impossible. It takes forever to get from Perkins to the Interstate. No way in hell am I going to sit in that traffic for their buffet lunch, as much as I like it. Dinner, maybe I would go for a late dinner when traffic has died down. Sure, they have a following and an established name but it will only take one nightmare trip for someone to quit going back. Too many other good places in town and Thai Kitchen isn't even close to being the best Thai food in town.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 2:50 pm to BigB0882
I only know of Thai pepper and Rama. That is if Rama is still open
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