The Official Saint John, NB Project Thread - Page 457

CdnEh · #**9121** Posted **Sep 10, 2013, 4:12 PM**

KV needs a Burger King and a Wendy's.

ASAP.

GUB · #**9122** Posted **Sep 10, 2013, 6:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by CdnEh

KV needs a Burger King and a Wendy's.

ASAP.

I politely disagree...
A more pedestrian friendly Main St (in biz district) would be much better IMO

JHikka · #**9123** Posted **Sep 10, 2013, 10:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by CdnEh

KV needs a Burger King and a Wendy's.

Well...See:

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Originally Posted by thefishingnut

I don't think there is much remaining market for a semi-fast food restaurant there, as I don't think there can be much of an unfilled lunch capacity, and it's not good enough to be a destination sit down restaurant.

How many people are floating around the Valley through the day (Lunch) to make a Fast food chain profitable? I'm sure there may be people that stop by there after work but if the majority of people out there are young families I can't imagine that being a frequent choice. The market for fast food in the Valley is very small.

Sabien · #**9124** Posted **Sep 10, 2013, 11:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

Well...See:

How many people are floating around the Valley through the day (Lunch) to make a Fast food chain profitable? I'm sure there may be people that stop by there after work but if the majority of people out there are young families I can't imagine that being a frequent choice. The market for fast food in the Valley is very small.

If we're talking lunch crowds - there are approximately 500 high school students within a 5 minute walk. I'm the father of 2 of them and I know that at noon there is a flood of students going to all of the nearby places: Greco, Deluxe, Tim Hortons, Vito's, Java Moose, Pomodori's and, for the past year, St.Hubert's. Many will even walk the 20mins it takes to get to A&W, Dairy Queen, McDonald's, Pizza Delight and Jungle Jim's.

I live and work in Rothesay and when I'm out running errands at different times throughout the day, I'm persistently perturbed by the amount of traffic - mid-morning, mid-afternoon, anytime - there's always a lot of traffic.

I really believe Wendy's would do well in that location. I would think even better than the University Ave. Wendy's.

JHikka · #**9125** Posted **Sep 11, 2013, 12:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sabien

If we're talking lunch crowds - there are approximately 500 high school students within a 5 minute walk. I'm the father of 2 of them and I know that at noon there is a flood of students going to all of the nearby places: Greco, Deluxe, Tim Hortons, Vito's, Java Moose, Pomodori's and, for the past year, St.Hubert's. Many will even walk the 20mins it takes to get to A&W, Dairy Queen, McDonald's, Pizza Delight and Jungle Jim's.

Summer months when school's out? Winter months when walking is difficult? It's not a constant and assured clientele, at least from what I can tell you about being a high school student in the Uptown. (We certainly couldn't help places like Reggie's from being run into the ground, that's for sure)

I'm not trying to battle you in regards to the business legitimacy of restaurants in the Valley, i'm simply stating that basing your revenue on high school students would be a perilous, and unreliable, cliff to sit on.

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Originally Posted by Sabien

I live and work in Rothesay and when I'm out running errands at different times throughout the day, I'm persistently perturbed by the amount of traffic - mid-morning, mid-afternoon, anytime - there's always a lot of traffic.

That probably has to do with the municipalities having outdated infrastructure. That is to say, the Valley hasn't built up their roads enough to handle the influx of traffic (residents). In regards to restaurants, people in cars does not necessarily relate to people in restaurants. It's typically Work->Home.

I'm sure stores like Sobey's and Shoppers do very well.

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Originally Posted by Sabien

I really believe Wendy's would do well in that location. I would think even better than the University Ave. Wendy's.

I'm sure the University Ave. location does just as well as the other Wendy's locations throughout Saint John.

Wolkenkratzerliebhab · #**9126** Posted **Sep 11, 2013, 2:27 AM**

A few shots of a new four-story addition to Loch Lomond seniors complex:

IMGLoch Lomond Expansion1272 by I'm Me, Who are You?, on Flickr

Loch Lomond Expansion by I'm Me, Who are You?, on Flickr

CdnEh · #**9127** Posted **Sep 11, 2013, 8:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by GUB

I politely disagree...
A more pedestrian friendly Main St (in biz district) would be much better IMO

What does that have to do with building a Burger King?

hebertovich · #**9128** Posted **Sep 11, 2013, 11:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by CdnEh

What does that have to do with building a Burger King?

I live in KV and Agree, a Burger King, Wendys or Starbucks would do great IMO. Look at A&W it seems to do well, I think the only reason St Hubert didn't do well is 1 it was an express and 2 the quality of food seemed to have gone down hill, I normally get ribs there and when they first opened they were great, but 6 months later they were over cooked and just dry and it seemed like the staff just didn't care (no offense to anyone that worked there )

it just seemed for the price it just wasn't worth it.

I agree with thefishingnut stop by superstore get a cooked chicken for half the price and bingo bango your not running to S-H-E for 50 bucks per couple.

On the other hand I think a BK or Wendys and even Starbucks would flourish McDonalds won't be closing anytime soon ? just my opinin

DreDay · #**9129** Posted **Sep 11, 2013, 4:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by hebertovich

...it seemed like the staff just didn't care (no offense to anyone that worked there )

...

Generation Y bother

Southpaw78 · #**9130** Posted **Sep 11, 2013, 5:58 PM**

Wondering if it would be possible to save all the KV discussions for the SJ Suburbs thread??

In other news, Pascan is now running flights out of Moncton to St. John's and Q City according to CBC. I thought the SJ airport had landed something with them a while back for flights to NL and Quebec? Anyone know what happened with that deal?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/09/11/nb-moncton-nfld-flight.html

michael_d40 · #**9131** Posted **Sep 11, 2013, 7:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Southpaw78

Wondering if it would be possible to save all the KV discussions for the SJ Suburbs thread??

In other news, Pascan is now running flights out of Moncton to St. John's and Q City according to CBC. I thought the SJ airport had landed something with them a while back for flights to NL and Quebec? Anyone know what happened with that deal?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/09/11/nb-moncton-nfld-flight.html

I agree. A mod should move them to the appropriate place.

DreDay · #**9132** Posted **Sep 11, 2013, 11:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Southpaw78

Wondering if it would be possible to save all the KV discussions for the SJ Suburbs thread??

In other news, Pascan is now running flights out of Moncton to St. John's and Q City according to CBC. I thought the SJ airport had landed something with them a while back for flights to NL and Quebec? Anyone know what happened with that deal?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/09/11/nb-moncton-nfld-flight.html

Must have fell through pretty early on as they didn't even have fares on their website. There was a little cardboard sign in the airport for a couple months, but it's long gone too.

Peter_johnns · #**9133** Posted **Sep 11, 2013, 11:59 PM**

Literally no one cares about Burger King...lol

Wolkenkratzerliebhab · #**9134** Posted **Sep 13, 2013, 1:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by Peter_johnns

Literally no one cares about Burger King...lol

I do!

Peter_johnns · #**9135** Posted **Sep 13, 2013, 7:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wolkenkratzerliebhab

I do!

ok, http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/burger-king/forum

enjoy!

cdnguys · #**9136** Posted **Sep 14, 2013, 10:36 AM**

Ryan Duffy's restaurant opening soon former Boilerworks spot in Market Square

flwright · #**9137** Posted **Sep 14, 2013, 1:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by cdnguys

Ryan Duffy's restaurant opening soon former Boilerworks spot in Market Square

http://www.ryanduffys.ca/

Peter_johnns · #**9138** Posted **Sep 14, 2013, 5:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by cdnguys

Ryan Duffy's restaurant opening soon former Boilerworks spot in Market Square

for certain?

Clearly Canadian · #**9139** Posted **Sep 16, 2013, 9:56 PM**

I was walking by the Paramount today and they had a crew gutting out the inside of the building. The theatre seats were out on the sidewalk by the bus stand with a for sale sign.

I watched the crew for a bit and it looks like they are removing power lines to the building, disconnecting pipes from the outside of the building and removing all historical items like seating, curtains, etc....

We may see the building torn down before the end of the year.

kwajo · #**9140** Posted **Sep 17, 2013, 2:30 AM**

I heard it is coming down for certain quite soon, but then again that was just from someone in the city admin, not the landowner, so who knows.