Carlos O'Kellys is Closing!

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bos

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Wont miss it. Hate to see more unemployment, but its average food.
 

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I have no idea how the one on Westown Parkway stayed open so long. It's such a bad location.
 

cyrevkah

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The article says that most employees can transfer over to Applebee's, but who knows if their hours will be the same.
 

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$10-$15 chain Mexican when you can go to places like El Rodeo, El Monterrey, etc for half the price with better food. Not real surprising.
 

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Not getting into the whole chain food thing (knowing we will) Applebee's at least has a lot better quality food and I eat there more than once every few years.
I like lots of chain restaurants, Applebee's not being one of them. I actually don't mind Carlos O'Kellys, but it's very average, would much rather go to La Fuente or El Azteca.
 

cyrevkah

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I like lots of chain restaurants, Applebee's not being one of them. I actually don't mind Carlos O'Kellys, but it's very average, would much rather go to La Fuente or El Azteca.


I meant we as in the board in general :smile: I can't eat at La Fuente, it causes stomach problems every single time.
 

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Not getting into the whole chain food thing (knowing we will) Applebee's at least has a lot better quality food and I eat there more than once every few years.

I'm not an Applebee's fan at all, I always felt like Carlos O'Kelly's at least did a few things passably and that were sort of unique. Awfully hard to justify going there over Azteca, however.

Between CO'K and LJS closing, it's sort of a ghost town at the corner of Grand and Lincoln Way.