A California chain called Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom plans to open a new
store in Circle Centre Mall. The restaurant calls itself "Home of the Haut Dog" and serves gourmet sausages and hot dogs.
It will take the place of Le Petit Bistro in the Circle Centre food court. The chain already has a location at the airport.
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I love King David's but they are stupid for not staying open until at least 8 or 9pm.
Some people can see no side other than the negative....
The halloween store usually goes into a suburb, like castleton. It's interesting to see that an owner feels there's enough of a market in the downtown neighborhood to make business successful.
KDD is just fine as they are. I've always thought it was very clean, the dogs are delicious and the service is really friendly. I enjoy the restaurant and I'm glad they're there!
Okay so I'm wondering why we have people from L.A. and Phoenix on here. Why would you care what happens here?
I agree with calicali. The Halloween store fills a space for now and the owner is getting some rent. I don't mind it really and it is only temporary.
Seriously, no shame in a short term lease where the property is vacant. I would hope that the rates for such a prime location would be prohibitive for a proprieter of this nature to sign long term.
KDD should seriously consider Saturday afternoon hours and going mobile. Boston's Sausage Guy started out w/ a cart outside of Fenway and then opened a successful storefront. Perhaps KDD should consider getting a peddlers permit from the city and take advantage of the numerous events in the CBD.
Side note: Front Page on Mass ave is doubling its capacity however has hit construction delays, should be open again in a couple of weeks and is a great destination.
KDD may have tried dinner hours, but I was specifically told by the owners that downtown was dead after 5pm.. Obviously they don't spend much time downtown after they close their shop.
Front Page - ALWAYS smoky, and not just a little - anything and everything you take in there with you reeks when you leave.
Misc.- Does anybody know if anyone has tried anything developmentally with the old Central Restaurant Supply building downtown? It's an awesome building and would make great lofts!
And JDC, I totally agree about the CRS building being a great place for a loft conversion!
Bet it will not last tho... :)
you beat me to the punch. I heard that Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago was going to open up 6 locations here...
Great pull - Save Ferris!
If you like a serious dog they're the best in the city BY FAR. And their an original so we should all do our best to support them (this is chain city after all).
I would if they had decent hours.. I don't work downtown.. I live downtown. I hardly ever get the chance to eat there and they are closed on the weekends.
I enjoy hot dogs in the evenings and on the weekends, your defense is pretty lame.
Perhaps I overstated my hot dog eating hours. Some crave dogs for dinner and I certianly didn't mean to offend. Some early evening hours probably wouldn't hurt, but without a ton of residential development at their doorstep I could see how they would struggle. Foot traffic is the key to a place like KD and there just isn't enough in the evenings.
Carve out some time on the weekend and enjoy.