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donkadunny t1_j9u14qg wrote

Reply to comment by TurnsOutImAScientist in Widowmaker Brewing opening new location with taproom & kitchen in former Brato Brewhouse space; just steps away from Roadrunner by ndiorio13

Their food wasn’t good enough or menu expansive enough to be a good restaurant and the beer wasn’t good enough to be a great brewery.

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TurnsOutImAScientist t1_j9u1h5f wrote

Hasn't stopped countless other places that fit that bill (and don't have the city's hottest music venue virtually next door) from staying open for years.

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Anustart15 t1_j9u2kxm wrote

It's also in a weird slightly out of the way location. The mediocre places are normally at least located somewhere very central so they are still always the "good enough" option to people that are nearby. With their location, they really needed to be a destination

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TurnsOutImAScientist t1_j9u2ym5 wrote

Yeah, trouble for that spot is what do you do on nights when there's no Roadrunner crowd. Brighton Center in general is pretty sleepy, although that might change as more and more big residential projects pop up.

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donkadunny t1_j9u32yg wrote

Sure but that area is weird and Roadrunner isn’t just gonna carry a place to success. Roadrunner (a) isn’t that big (b) doesn’t have shows every single night (c) isn’t actually next door to brato location (d) has several other better options for food and drink actually next door.

City’s hottest music club is MGM though.

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scarylarry2150 t1_j9umz5e wrote

I live nearby and tried to talk myself into giving it a shot numerous times over the past year or two, but whenever I pulled up the website it just seemed... underwhelming on all counts. Food options didn't really appeal to me, beer options sounded pretty meh, and the outdoor seating area was essentially just a fenced off parking lot. There's also not really anything else in the area, so it's not like you can just stop in for one and head somewhere else.

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donkadunny t1_j9uqkr2 wrote

That sums it up well. The brew operation set up looked unnecessarily large to boot.

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TurnsOutImAScientist t1_j9utksr wrote

Yeah I think the most obvious theory is that they blew too much cash building out their brewing op and along with the pandemic it was a two punch knockout.

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Workacct1999 t1_j9uj9ai wrote

The beer was absolutely terrible. I will never understand why places like this insist on brewing their own beer.

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