Month in Review: Open, Closed, Coming Soon May '11

• This list of things is fun and interesting but it is obvious that the food scene in MN is lacking. It's the same owners, same chefs, doing the same old. Crave, downtown - really? More "chain" restaurants. If wanted to eat at Crave I would have gone to the other locations. Can we please have something different.

• I predict a resturant bubble. How many joints can 20 somethings support?

• If "Brasa Viva Brazil" manages to open with that name, it means the owners of the real Brasa dropped the ball. That's a textbook trademark issue--in fact your own earlier confusion about who owned it is slamdunk evidence that the name is causing brand confusion among consumers (which is what courts look for). I wish that new restaurant the best, but they need to change that name. Fun fact: while a name that literally decribes something has little trademark strength (e.g. only calling a BBQ joint "Barbecue Restaurant") if you use the same word in a foreign language it totally trademarkable. That's how Starbucks holds onto things like "Venti". I love these monthly lists, BTW.

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