Comments on: Metro Grill Closes

By: DK

DK — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:14:19 +0000

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

By: AD

AD — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:06:40 +0000

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.

By: RL

RL — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:19:09 +0000

Why do independently-owned restaurants try to mimic mediocre chain restaurants? Because Sysco makes it Oh So Easy:
http://www.slate.com/id/2160284/

By: cbs

cbs — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:06:47 +0000

hate to see it. actually enjoyed it for a quick lunch or food during football season. Hopefully, it is a flip and reopen…again.

By: JT

JT — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:53:47 +0000

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.

By: LM

LM — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:54:42 +0000

Good riddance to a mediocre place. Try Alo across the parking lot. Yum!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:05:44 +0000

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?

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:56:43 +0000

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.

By: Mother Earth

Mother Earth — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:53:56 +0000

Is this the same restaurant that was Jaden’s?

By: Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:35:29 +0000

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

By: JB

JB — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:35:15 +0000

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!

By: Jennifer Chininis

Jennifer Chininis — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:00:01 +0000

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.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:29:40 +0000

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.