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re: So why did Marcellos close?
Posted on 2/19/13 at 2:25 pm to CarRamrod
Posted on 2/19/13 at 2:25 pm to CarRamrod
The story I heard was the lease was up for Marcellos and they decided to take it all back to Lafayette.
Cuban hired the guy who did all the ordering for Marcellos. I'm not sure who exactly pitched the idea to Cuban after Marcellos closed but they decided to give it a go.
Good call because Marcellos probably got $100 a month on retail beer purchases from me when they had homebrew supplies. Before the homebrew supplies I never went to Marcellos.
Cuban hired the guy who did all the ordering for Marcellos. I'm not sure who exactly pitched the idea to Cuban after Marcellos closed but they decided to give it a go.
Good call because Marcellos probably got $100 a month on retail beer purchases from me when they had homebrew supplies. Before the homebrew supplies I never went to Marcellos.
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Posted on 2/19/13 at 2:46 pm to BeerMoney
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Good call because Marcellos probably got $100 a month on retail beer purchases from me when they had homebrew supplies. Before the homebrew supplies I never went to Marcellos.
Same here. I almost always left with a few beers when I went to get supplies.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 3:36 pm to titmouse
quote:that's a restaurant unless it already closed.
One is opening in the old Calendar's location on Perkins near Essen; looks to be done very soon. Sign is up.
Nevermind I'm thinking coursey. Where was there a calendars there?
This post was edited on 2/22/13 at 8:11 am
Posted on 2/19/13 at 4:03 pm to CarRamrod
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Nevermind I'm thinking coursey. Where was there a calendars there?
I think he's talking about the old calendars that was across from the albertsons on Perkins
Posted on 2/19/13 at 7:31 pm to CarRamrod
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that's a restaurant unless it already closed.
And it was a Mexican restaurant for a year or so but it closed up too.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 8:35 pm to s14suspense
That's an Italian restaurant going in there called Frankie Marcello's. not the same people and no beer supplies
Posted on 2/19/13 at 8:56 pm to CarRamrod
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BR needs a full beer equipment store.
And someone brave enough to open one
you need more than just beer supplies bringing in income to keep the business up. Posted on 2/19/13 at 9:10 pm to CarRamrod
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BR needs a full beer equipment store.
The Baton Rouge home brewing scene has been growing in recent years. The Jones Creek store survived for a while despite what appeared to be a pretty half arse effort. If whomever opened a store got the attention of the three clubs in town and worked it hard I'm sure they would have a shot. Brewstock appears to be doing a pretty good job of drumming up biz from Baton Rouge.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 9:15 pm to emboslice
Overheard one of the owners of Calandros talking to CJ the other night about going into the beer equipment business. Seemed like a serious conversation.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 9:17 pm to LSURJP
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Overheard one of the owners of Calandros talking to CJ the other night about going into the beer equipment business. Seemed like a serious conversation.
Hmm. I believe it. I know Cuban is jumping on it, won't be surprised to see Calandro's do the same. And why not?
Posted on 2/20/13 at 7:38 am to LSURJP
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Overheard one of the owners of Calandros talking to CJ the other night about going into the beer equipment business. Seemed like a serious conversation.
They had a little grocery store in SD that had a shite ton of good beer and its own little homebrew section off to the side like this.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 7:47 am to emboslice
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won't be surprised to see Calandro's do the same
I'm not so sure of this. Assuming Calandro's does this in store, where would they possibly have room?
Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:24 am to Motorboat
isn't making your own beer a pretty expensive start up proposition and pretty easy to suck at if you don't know what you are doing ?
Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:27 am to TigahRag
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isn't making your own beer a pretty expensive start up proposition and pretty easy to suck at if you don't know what you are doing ?
<$100 bucks in equipment and some light reading should have you brewing a decent beer.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 8:32 am to TigahRag
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isn't making your own beer a pretty expensive start up proposition and pretty easy to suck at if you don't know what you are doing ?
The basic start up for extract brewing isn't expensive. Like most hobbies, it gets much more expensive the deeper you get.
And I agree...Calandro's would have to take on new space to do that.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 9:25 am to s14suspense
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They had a little grocery store in SD that had a shite ton of good beer and its own little homebrew section off to the side like this.
Ha, that's so clean. I'm used to Brewstock where you almost need a dust mask to walk in there, but I love it.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 9:33 am to BottomlandBrew
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you almost need a dust mask
What was the name of the place in Baton Rouge on Dallas maybe? I think just "The Homebrew Shop?" What a dump. I spend a lot of time and money in that dump.
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