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Originally Posted by esquire
The Grapes was there for quite a while... that one seemed to do OK. The rest, not so much. Every time I went into Danny's Whole Hog it was nearly empty.
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Pretty sure towards the tail end The Grapes on Ellice was competing against Tony Roma's (old Earl's location), Montana's, Kelsey's, Boston Pizza, and maybe even Joey's and Moxie's. Say what you want about the some of those chains in terms of "quality" but that they are successful speaks volumes as someone must be eating there.
One of the negative comments I saw about Danny and Bucks was they presented as a southern style BBQ place (aka smokehouse) that had no on-site smoker. That turned off a good chunk of their audience. That Winnipeg has long had very few southern style bbq places and others that have opened have failed or moved away from that focus also speaks volumes of the interest here in that type of food.
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In terms of Satay Express Vietnamese at Polo, a quick search seems to suggest it is a chain but a rare one that is not yet part of the MYT Group.