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You guys should calm down on the spelling thing.

I would assume thats Mark Winfield. One of best guys

on the bar side of the world that you'll ever meet.

If Tim McLaughlin is handling the food side, you have

a real powerful combo. I can't think of a concept

that opened in town with two better guys. This place

might just be that place that gets good revenue on

both sides of the playing field.

I have to say one place that is doing serious revenue on both sides

of the field is Lester's. If they had more parking they would do even more.

marc buxton wrote:You guys should calm down on the spelling thing.

I would assume thats Mark Winfield. One of best guys

on the bar side of the world that you'll ever meet.

If Tim McLaughlin is handling the food side, you have

a real powerful combo. I can't think of a concept

that opened in town with two better guys. This place

might just be that place that gets good revenue on

both sides of the playing field.

That's great. The spelling is obnoxious.

The Central Scrutinizer wrote:

marc buxton wrote:I have to say one place that is doing serious revenue on both sides

of the field is Lester's. If they had more parking they would do even more.

Never been there, but I thought about it while passing the Clayton Rd exit from 40 last week. It's right there, correct?

Yeah. It used to be Blue. Now the whole plaza is called Lesters Plaza. Lester Miller bought the whole thing. Real good bar food (and I don't say that often). Rumor around town is that more locations are in the offing either in town or in other locales.

^ It's not that I'm not grateful - it's just a suggestion. Sheesh - leave your sensitivities at the log-in!



Is Lester still considering the Hi-Pointe area? There are some GREAT areas in the city where he would do a killing! It's good that he seems somewhat cautious - his endeavors are succeeding wildly!

From http://www.insidestl.com/



The insideSTL.com Second Anniversary Party will take place at Jim Edmonds' new steakhouse/lounge F15teen. The newly renovated building is at 1900 Locust. This will be the first time F15teen is open to the public. Doors open at 9:30.

Grover wrote:^ It's not that I'm not grateful - it's just a suggestion. Sheesh - leave your sensitivities at the log-in!



Is Lester still considering the Hi-Pointe area? There are some GREAT areas in the city where he would do a killing! It's good that he seems somewhat cautious - his endeavors are succeeding wildly!

Ok. Just don't want to scare anybody from coming on and sharing...



If I were Lester, I'd open the next one with a 3 am. Just far enough to not compete with the first one, but close enough for the original crowd to have one more. Isn't the Cheshire a 3am space? He should just buy the place.

marc buxton wrote:

Grover wrote:^ It's not that I'm not grateful - it's just a suggestion. Sheesh - leave your sensitivities at the log-in!



Is Lester still considering the Hi-Pointe area? There are some GREAT areas in the city where he would do a killing! It's good that he seems somewhat cautious - his endeavors are succeeding wildly!

No, Lester backed out after somebody wrote something bad about him in the Post and he reacted like a spoiled child by killing the deal.

marc buxton wrote:

Grover wrote:^ It's not that I'm not grateful - it's just a suggestion. Sheesh - leave your sensitivities at the log-in!



Is Lester still considering the Hi-Pointe area? There are some GREAT areas in the city where he would do a killing! It's good that he seems somewhat cautious - his endeavors are succeeding wildly!

Ok. Just don't want to scare anybody from coming on and sharing...



If I were Lester, I'd open the next one with a 3 am. Just far enough to not compete with the first one, but close enough for the original crowd to have one more. Isn't the Cheshire a 3am space? He should just buy the place.

The part of the Cheshire Inn on the city line was 3am. The Fox and Hounds bar that's in the hotel is on the county side of the line and closes at 1am.



The old Hi Pointe Bar tried to get a 3am license but the Cheshire bar owners would get all the area residents to block their request.



The old Cheshire Lodge bar used to do killer business because it was a place for county kids to get a after 1am drink without having to go downtown and pay for parking. But when Halo Bar and Pin Up Bowl opened some of the Cheshire Lodge's business went there.

Isn't there a commercial development going into the northwester corner of McCausland/40? Is that the city or county?

Grover wrote:Is reddragon running F15teen? By the way, that's just damn hard to read. I will not lament the demise of restaurant names like this.

trent wrote:I read that as F1 Steen!



Are they going to feature racing?

Wow, I read it as F15 Teen! I had surmised a theme of pubescent pilots.

Grover wrote:^ It's not that I'm not grateful - it's just a suggestion. Sheesh - leave your sensitivities at the log-in!



Is Lester still considering the Hi-Pointe area? There are some GREAT areas in the city where he would do a killing! It's good that he seems somewhat cautious - his endeavors are succeeding wildly!

You referring to the Cheshire Inn? No, he apparently backed out of it as a result of hyper-sensitivity. He heard some critiques on a radio program he didn't take a liking to, and backed out. This from the guy that posted a full-page ad in the PD after receiving a less than stellar initial review for Busch's Grove. I suppose you can do that when you're a multi-millionaire.



BTW, Lester's is fantastic and full of Cougars.

innov8ion wrote: This from the guy that posted a full-page ad in the PD after receiving a less than stellar initial review for Busch's Grove. I suppose you can do that when you're a multi-millionaire.

Really? I thought he was just complimenting me on my reportorial skills.

^ Hey, apparently it's a great way to increase the bottom line in advertising revenue. Great thinking!

^That's funny.



Also, I wouldn't call the food at Lesters 'Bar Food'. To me, bar food is what Flannery's serves. It's unspectacular, something that puts sustenance in your stomach. Nothing more.



Lesters food is really good.

15 was pretty packed on Saturday night. very cool space, I really enjoyed the outdoor area. The place is huge, but is broken into individual areas nicely. I met one of the munchkins from Wizard of Oz, random. He told me his movie line, pretty cool stuff.

I was by as well Sat. night .. great for Midtown ( east ) ..need more

people looking to this area as a destination and this is the type of establishment will help!



i look forward to many more visits!

This is a start, along with Simply Fondue, Nectar, Pepper Lounge and Schlafly Tap Room, as well as the new residences, to connect downtown to midtown.

Fifteen is getting ripped for having a dress code that doesn't allow any sports team apparel.



http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=485587

dweebe wrote:Fifteen is getting ripped for having a dress code that doesn't allow any sports team apparel.



http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=485587

on a weekend night, i have no problem with this. I hope they ban jorts too!