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Metro Grill Closes

Posted on September 3rd, 2008 9:18am by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Closings, Restaurant News

Ding, dang. Are we headed for another rash or restaurant closings? August isn’t the greatest month of the year for restaurateurs, but September is usually the toughest. This morning comes word from a frustrated diner who showed up for a business lunch yesterday, that Metro Grill closed after service on Monday night. I called the restaurant to confirm and got voice mail.

13 Comments to “Metro Grill Closes”

Nate @ September 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 am

Well, there’s been a “lease” sign right in front of them for a few weeks now. I also saw some moving vans there over the weekend. The writing was on the wall when I had lunch there a couple weeks ago. The crowd at noon was still sparse, and the quality of food had been dropping for months before that.

Sad to see, but the Shafers just did not plan enough parking to sustain that side of the Knox developments.
Jennifer Chininis @ September 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 am

I won’t miss it. I didn’t have one good meal there. One time I asked the waiter if the desserts were homemade, and he told me they came from Sysco.
JB @ September 3rd, 2008 at 11:35 am

I parked and met a friend on that Shafer property to go to that “Busters” Mexican place that was on the corner, only it had a closed sign when we got to the door. So we walked around to Chuy’s. When we came out… both of our cars were towed, one of them was parked down below where there were lots of empty spaces. I cursed that property that day and I am not sorry to say that I am glad to see my curse is working. My next hope is for that mattress store (1 of what seems like a dozen) to leave. I will gladly take the curse off when I get $400 dollars back for me and my friend. Ha Ha, oh ha ha HA Ahhhh!
Kitchen Confidential @ September 3rd, 2008 at 11:35 am

They never had a real chef in charge of the kitchen and it showed.

Restaurant 101: No Chef = Stupid Food******

* Kitchen with no direction
* Inconsistant food — way up & down quality
* Line cooks without supervision/training
* Waitstaff without proper food knowledge
* Front house mgt. inept in back house
* Bull-headed owners who got exactly what
they deserved
Mother Earth @ September 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm

Is this the same restaurant that was Jaden’s?
Nate @ September 3rd, 2008 at 1:56 pm

Update: I drove by there after lunch. It appears that someone has already taken over the space, as that lease sign has been taken down and contractors are doing something inside.
Jason @ September 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm

It is the same place as Jaden’s.. In fact, same owners. Any chance they’re just going to redo the place and open with another name and new menu?
LM @ September 3rd, 2008 at 2:54 pm

Good riddance to a mediocre place. Try Alo across the parking lot. Yum!
JT @ September 3rd, 2008 at 3:53 pm

I’d argue the chef comment above. Ken was handcuffed the entire time he was back there and didn’t get a real shot to change the menu up and put his mark on it.
cbs @ September 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm

hate to see it. actually enjoyed it for a quick lunch or food during football season. Hopefully, it is a flip and reopen…again.
RL @ September 16th, 2008 at 11:19 am

Why do independently-owned restaurants try to mimic mediocre chain restaurants? Because Sysco makes it Oh So Easy:
http://www.slate.com/id/2160284/
AD @ October 20th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

I am not surprised. They were running a brothal. The managers were young and I waited while a female manager and a waiter planned out their evening. Get some adults and some real management and they might be able to make a run.
DK @ November 10th, 2008 at 5:14 pm

The writing is on the wall when an establishment’s sandwiches are more bread than meat.