re: Saltgrass steakhouse coming to old Coyote Blues location off Acadian

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Maybe I'm wrong, but you would think that particular location would do well. It's near several hotels (just up the road off of College) and a nice part of town (Southdowns). However, this marks two restaurants that haven't made it there (Lone Star and Coyote Blues). Admittedly, I've never eaten at a Saltgrass, but is there any reason to think it will make it there when a similar style restaurant, Lone Star, couldn't?

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I think Saltgrass may outperform Lone Star just by being a up and coming chain instead of a somewhat outdated chain. That may be able to pull in some of the random traffic along I-10 throughout the week.

There's a decent chunk of low/mid range weekday steak demand that comes from truck drivers though, and those drivers will still end up at Texas Roadhouse - there's just no way to deal with an 18-wheeler in that parking lot or anywhere close.