I just heard yesterday, Meridian Room is no longer. I'm just saddened. I don't know who to blame. I don't know who to be upset with.
I have friends using DART's name in vain. They believe that the streets being all ripped up contributed to lower patronage and the closure. I myself have driven down Exhibition at night trying to figure out where the lanes were and how exactly I turned into the parking lot without taking my car into a ditch. But, that didn't keep me from going.
Others blame the State Fair. I guess the fair goers fill up the parking lot, and Meridian patrons just don't feel like dealing with the crowds. But, the Fair just started last weekend. One weekend doesn't close a bar.
I blame Dallas fickleness. People fall in love with a place and go there constantly. It becomes their place until they tire of it and move on. Therefore, each restaurant and bar has to keep constantly appealing to new and different crowds. If this doesn't happen. If the crowd goes stale, you end up having a spiral downward.
I will miss Meridian. I had a couple of good first dates there. I had a number of fantastic half priced Wednesday nights there.
My favorite night. Elizabeth's pooch Bradley passed away. We decided to have a good old fashioned wake. I told her to meet me at Meridian at the bar at 7, and she needed to dress hip. She shows up in jeans and points out that she is wearing leopard print pumps. God bless her. I told her yes, her pumps were hip. We spent the evening just talking and toasting the memory of Bradley. Somehow, everytime I went to the bathroom Elizabeth would get hit on by an old toothless man. I promised her I would no longer leave.
I'm just saddened that something a bit different, a bit not of the norm, a bit funky is gone. I'm ok with some conformity, but let me have my little fun spot. My little hole in the wall.
Anyway, Libertine the sister restaurant is open on Greenville. Half priced food on Sunday night. Hopefully, I will see some of you there.
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I don't know if it had to do with fickleness. That place has been packed every time that I have ever gone in. Maybe on a Tuesday at 5, but other than that they brought the crowd.
I'll agree on the flippancy and fickleness of the Dallas diner in general, but I highly doubt poor sales were the reason for the Meridian Room's closure.
Actually, I have been there on a couple of Wednesday and Thursday nights where the place was half empty.
Not to mention Saturday nights were you could get a seat. Not so great on at midnight on a Saturday.
I was at Libertine last night and our waitress said that the Fair was going to kill them. No one comes in because they have to pay to park.
I just have a hard time believing that three weeks of subpar business from the fair can kill any viable business. Most restaurants go through very slow times in summer and early fall but they can sustain. Good places know how to ride out slow times that are planned for. It's hardly a secret to them the fair was coming.
Sounds to me that the fair might just be a catalyst for a business already on shaky ground. Bummed that it's gone, but using the fair as an excuse seems weak on their part.
Whoa! Thanks for the news. Hell, I never got to take Shaner there. The last time I ate there was before I found out I was pregnant, and I asked them to serve me the tuna as rare as they could make it. YUM! I will miss that place, too!
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