Another restaurant has closed. This time it was the winner of America’s Next Great Restaurant. It just closed it’s New York City location leaving only it’s Minneapolis location left. Here’s what the PR team says:
The realities of running a restaurant are very difficult, more so with multiple locations in multiple cities. After a careful review of the business model and the performance of the restaurants, we have decided that our best opportunity for Soul Daddy’s success is to focus our efforts on establishing a solid footing in one location, building the brand, and developing the operations from there. We have decided to close our restaurants at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles and the South Street Seaport in New York, effective June 14, and focus on developing the best restaurant we can at the Mall of America restaurant in Bloomington, Minnesota. While it has certainly been a difficult decision, we believe this is the best approach as we work towards ongoing success for Soul Daddy.
I couldn’t agree more. Get your core location on its feet. Build the brand. Recruit loyalists and evangelists for your brand. Justify the expansion before opening locations across the country. This is restaurant 101.
You have your focus Soul Daddy, now get on it! FIRE IT UP!
