Replacement for ill-fated Il Gatto space announced

• More of the same old same.  Nothing changes around here - either the same investors or the same chains giving the same old crap food.  We should support local family owned places.

• i was really hoping for pizza shooters, shrimp poppers or extreme fajitas....i suppose this sounds close enough.

• The point here is that ever since Uptown had it's monied 'renaissance' in the 1980s, the local haven't been able or willing to support more than 3 or 4 locally owned bars/clubs.  Williams is a pale, douchy, cheapened TGIF-ish shadow of it's former self.......

• might as well just put in a TGI fridays or applebees. good job calhoun square. thats ok. uptown has been dead since the 90's. 

• Great! I was just looking for a place with pretzel sticks, $10 chips, bbq pulled pork sandwiches, mac & cheese, fish & chips, bacon cheeseburgers and buffalo chicken strips.  Or, I could go to any of the dozens of restaurants already serving these items for less.  Once the buzz wears off on the suburbanites, this place will follow the path of il gatto. 

• What an unexciting announcement.  There's already a crappy chain based on Chicago up the street.  And there's plenty of beer pouring from the taps in the area.  What can this place possibly present to me, an Uptown resident, that does not already exist?  Nothing.  Sunday happy hour at Figlios is sorely missed.  Can't wait to see what crappy chain they open in the location once home to the Independent.  

• Why oh why can't we just get Figlios back?!

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