Someone wrote: > During the weekend, I was down in the hotel and > got a ride from one of the staff of the new >Lombardi Steak House in the Paper Valley Hotel. > > > In the course of the talk in the car, he said that > the place makes about $1.00 (US) on each steak > they serve. > > > This made me laugh and I responded by saying, "Then >you must make a killing on the fries!." :-) > > > I filed a guess at the cost of meal in there at about >$22.00/pp. The joe said that the average guest check >per person was about $34 US balloons. > > > So my question is: "Is Appleton and the Fox Valley >becoming too gentrified for it's own good?" In other words >is money driving out local business of a more moderate sort? Highly unlikely. Ever try to get a weekend reservation at George's, still among the best steak-oriented supper clubs in Ap'ton (and maybe still the top o' the heap)? Man, last time I tried for a reservation there, had to settle for the Blue Ox, or whatever the former "Alex's Crown" is now called. A place like "Lombardi's" will be fun on rare occasion for the typical Valley resident, but most of us still look toward bang for our buck, ya' know. A more expensive restaurant just makes George's look that much more reasonable. Plenty of room for everyone, but let's just hope Lombardi's cranks their prices about 250% when they have a Packer opponent staying at the Valley Inn, eh? ;-) - John Foote; Once of Ap'ton
Appleton, WI
Is The Valley becoming Gentrified?
> From: [email removed] (Footejf) > Reply to: Footejf [comments follow...] >> So my question is: "Is Appleton and the Fox Valley >>becoming too gentrified for it's own good?" In other words >>is money driving out local business of a more moderate sort? > >Highly unlikely. Ever try to get a weekend reservation at George's, still >among the best steak-oriented supper clubs in Ap'ton (and maybe still the top >o' the heap)? Man, last time I tried for a reservation there, had to settle >for the Blue Ox, or whatever the former "Alex's Crown" is now called. A place >like "Lombardi's" will be fun on rare occasion for the typical Valley resident, >but most of us still look toward bang for our buck, ya' know. A more expensive >restaurant just makes George's look that much more reasonable. Plenty of room >for everyone, but let's just hope Lombardi's cranks their prices about 250% >when they have a Packer opponent staying at the Valley Inn, eh? ;-) > >- John Foote; Once of Ap'ton Thanks John, at least we got the ball rolling. My pick for a bang for the buck place is The Legacy on '47. Also The Pine Tree out on '54 has a lot of fans around here. I try to keep up on what's going on with restaurants and for those with similar interests, check out the magazine called _Wisconsin New Month_. Just recently, Simpson's Red Ox was reviewed in there by Ken Melchert, owner of the Harp Gallery just off Hwy '41 at Prospect St. Ken does a fine dining restaurant review for each issue of New Month. It seems that the menu at The Red Ox has become quite special... check out Ken's notes on it. lon
Someone wrote: > > > From: [email removed] (Footejf) > > Reply to: Footejf > > [comments follow...] > > >> So my question is: "Is Appleton and the Fox Valley > >>becoming too gentrified for it's own good?" In other words > >>is money driving out local business of a more moderate sort? > > > >Highly unlikely. Ever try to get a weekend reservation at George's, still > >among the best steak-oriented supper clubs in Ap'ton (and maybe still the top > >o' the heap)? Man, last time I tried for a reservation there, had to settle > >for the Blue Ox, or whatever the former "Alex's Crown" is now called. A place > >like "Lombardi's" will be fun on rare occasion for the typical Valley resident, > >but most of us still look toward bang for our buck, ya' know. A more expensive > >restaurant just makes George's look that much more reasonable. Plenty of room > >for everyone, but let's just hope Lombardi's cranks their prices about 250% > >when they have a Packer opponent staying at the Valley Inn, eh? ;-) > > > >- John Foote; Once of Ap'ton > > Thanks John, at least we got the ball rolling. > > My pick for a bang for the buck place is The Legacy > on '47. Also The Pine Tree out on '54 has a lot > of fans around here. > > I try to keep up on what's going on with restaurants > and for those with similar interests, check out the > magazine called _Wisconsin New Month_. Just > recently, Simpson's Red Ox was reviewed in there > by Ken Melchert, owner of the Harp Gallery just off > Hwy '41 at Prospect St. Ken does a fine dining restaurant > review for each issue of New Month. > > > It seems that the menu at The Red Ox has become quite > special... check out Ken's notes on it. > > lon The Pine Tree is ok, if you do not mind waiting for at least an hour. Be sure that the wait staff bring out everything you ordered and that it is the correct temperature. My husband and I have stopped going there as things are going downhill. Karen- New London