The truth of the matter is you won’t be able to pay your bills if your concept doesn’t bring in the revenue. Can anyone guess what the rent is in CityPlace (even on Rosemary)? How many guests have to walk through the door to pay $10-20k/month in rent…alone.

Sad truth is the Italian Oven would survive if they re-located somewhere else quick. The concept isn’t appropriate for the location, and/or the market.

Write this down…they will be out of business next summer, if not before. It’s sad, because the food is really good. Relocation to an area that is more price sentitive in a normal neighborhood would be better. Who did their market research?

I’ve been consulting for years in many capacities, and the truth of the matter is:

-Having money to throw around doesn’t guarantee success,
-Having a great concept doesn’t,
-Having great food doesn’t,
-Having cheap prices doesn’t,
-Having anything trendy doesn’t,
-Having experience doesn’t,
-Even having ‘a great location’ doesn’t.

However, great service offers the best possibility of success. Too bad so many area managers and servers just don’t get it. Neither do we, the customers, for that matter.

DO NOT FREQUENT ANY BUSINESS THAT OFFERS POOR SERVICE FOR WHATEVER REASON. LET THEM GO OUT OF BUSINESS. GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO BUY FROM THOSE THAT CARE ABOUT YOU, AS A CUSTOMER, AS A PERSON.

Indifferent staff and management is the quickest way to never see me again. And if I don’t see the value, what else is there?

If we continue to settle for poor service an high prices, just to impress our friends or live lifetyles we can’t afford; that is what we will be left with.

you want the best deli in south florida for a reasonable price? three g’s in delray…..but expect to wait……they do business like to food is free.

best corned beef in south florida? jacob’s deli in boynton beach….also unbelievable vegetable soup…..

bon appetite….

The managers were sitting in back hanging out with the waiters – we had to get up three times to get our own mayo, silverware and drink refills from the bar – won’t be back anytime soon

Boca on the other hand is a joke. Companies saw growth potential without doing their research. Consumers in this town live on credit, now that has had dried up, the restaurants will. As for the steakhouses they are forgetting about the private one in that big pink building, the total is actually 8 within a 5 mile radius.

Bova just shot themselves in the foot, we will see this article in a year or two titled, “We just couldn’t get our price points back up”

Their steaks have always been the best but pricey, but now they’ve got a $30 three course dinner special.

I was sorry to see their longtime maitre de Danny Winters leave. He made an incredible Banana’s Foster at your table. But the new guy, Alex, seems friendly and capable.

We did return a few months later after trying every single one of the restaurants that I mentioned above. All were better than New York Prime, with Abe and Louis being the best by far. Friendly bartenders and excellent perfectly cooked steaks every single time. Mortons used to be a favorite, as we have dined in them throughout the USA. The one in Boca leaves much to be desired as they have certainly gone way downhill, but still are much better than NY Prime. Our second visit to NY Prime was almost identical to the first…very bad service and overpriced lousy steaks. If that place is suffering it is because people may finally be wising up and avoiding an overpriced lousy establishment. I am glad to hear that they are seeing a downturn in business. I hope that they are not foling themselves and blaming it on the economy, because the truth is that they are obnoxious and ignoring the fact that the steaks and the service have to get better. One can not survive on a false reputation. Trainign of the service staff and taking a good hard look at what they are serving and making the needed corrections is the only course of action that will reverse the trend of an overrated restaurant like NY Prime.

-overpriced food that tries too hard to be trendy instead of tasty
-surly wait staffs who somehow think they are superior (hel-LOH..you serve food!)
-minimal opportunities for outdoor dining
-parking meters
-a sad, sad retail scene
-a fairly dead street scene

There are a couple of restaurants we frequent at CityPlace (Wild Ginger, City Pizza (and Bellagio for special occasions)because the prices are right, the food is delicious, and the servers are charming. And we often drive to downtown Lake Worth where the prices are really right, servers look like they enjoy their jobs, outdoor dining is everywhere, and the street scene is alive and vibrant. The WPB Downtown Development Authority and restaurant owners should spend some time in Lake Worth.

pbpulse.com has a picture of the eviction notice

a. Menu was all over the place. It seemed like a menu made for filling food orders for Clematis street bars who needed apps for their guests. Items did not seem to work well together if you wanted a first course, second and dessert.

b. Design of interior and menu was not appealing. Who wants to sit at a booth and look accross at a pictorial motif of local folks looking back at you as you dine.

c. Rocco’s Tacos….packed…..Clematis Social ….nottt that should be a clue that your business model is not right. Same price point totally different response.

d. Number of years in the bussss does not mean your concept is right.

Trendy anything can’t expect to be around long.