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Started 4 years ago by shmack
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shmack

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a friend and i were in some serious need of wings so we headed to polaris only to find the entire location cleared out. sign was still up but everything, including the furniture, was gone!
fine, so we head to the arena district location, next to north market, and it TOO was dark! on the door was posted a legal order for the business to immediately vacate the premises. did gibby's fail to pay rent?!?!
is this something that i missed in my own backyard or does someone have the dish on what happened?

Posted 4 years ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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From the article linked here: http://www.columbusunderground.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11396
Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Eric Johnson and Brian Gibson had run Gibby's at 1433 W. 3rd Ave. for a decade, but Gibson has opened Gibby's Too at 1081 Gemini Place in the Polaris area, and Johnson has reopened the original store as E.J.'s Canyon Cafe.

Posted 4 years ago #
jpizzow
580 N. Park St.
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i don't know how the one next to the north market stayed open so long. they're was never anybody in there, even on the weekends. me and a few buds would go in all the time because it was an easy place to grab a drink or two.........before we went somewhere else.

Posted 4 years ago #
dru
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jpizzow wrote i don't know how the one next to the north market stayed open so long. they're was never anybody in there, even on the weekends. me and a few buds would go in all the time because it was an easy place to grab a drink or two.........before we went somewhere else.
plus it had a food health violation a couple of months ago, hey forced it to close for a couple of days and then they reopened with a white health sticker on the door declaring their violations. probably not good for business.

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wildgoose77
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Dispatch wrote The downfall, [Gibson] said, was the decision to build in the Polaris Fashion Place area.
Gibson and his new partners had been Ã¢â‚¬Å“looking at a Polaris location next to the Rave movie theater,Ã¢â‚¬Â and with the traffic in the area, Ã¢â‚¬Å“sales projections were high.Ã¢â‚¬Â They got going at Polaris, he said, Ã¢â‚¬Å“and financially we were a little behind the eight ball. But we got so far into it.Ã¢â‚¬Â
Sales projections, he said, were far too high. The restaurant never came within 40 percent of the expected profit. Gibson thought the restaurant was ahead of its time and, given another six months or a year, would pan out.
But neither the landlord at 1081 Gemini Place nor the new partners were having any of it. Gibson gutted his own bank account and went without salary for a time, with hopes of outlasting the slow start.
Ã¢â‚¬Å“Investors didn't quite come through, and sales didn't come through as we needed them to be,Ã¢â‚¬Â Gibson said, Ã¢â‚¬Å“and the downfall kept eating away at us in the Arena District.Ã¢â‚¬Â
The fact that the Arena District store was closed for three days in November by the Columbus Board of Health for 12 violations of food-handling rules didn't help.
In the end, which came a few weeks ago, Gibson had to close the Polaris and Arena District restaurants. He is left with only a small stake in the New Albany store and a job, thanks to a friend, in the automotive aftermarket business.
http://dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/01/15/gibbys.html?sid=101

Posted 4 years ago #
wizard
Capital Crossroads
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Looks like demo/construction has started on the old Gibby's in the Arena District. Anyone know whats moving in there?

Posted 3 years ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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I'm checking around right now. Haven't heard anything yet...

Posted 3 years ago #
brandonphoto
German Village
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They're also doing some demo/construction at Gibby's / Canyon Cafe in Grandview as well.

Posted 3 years ago #
SJT

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brandonphoto wrote >>
They're also doing some demo/construction at Gibby's / Canyon Cafe in Grandview as well.

I heard that location was going to be a Northstar...??? Yes? I hope so anyway!

Posted 3 years ago #
brandonphoto
German Village
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Looks like there may be some truths behind that rumor.

Posted 3 years ago #
veracity
Clintonville
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Anyone know what's going into the RJ Snappers location at Lincoln & High?

Posted 3 years ago #
Mercurius
First Avenue
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veracity wrote >>
Anyone know what's going into the RJ Snappers location at Lincoln & High?

I did see the construction in there too?

Posted 3 years ago #
Walker
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SJT wrote >>
They're also doing some demo/construction at Gibby's / Canyon Cafe in Grandview as well.
I heard that location was going to be a Northstar...??? Yes? I hope so anyway!

The new restaurant concept there is coming from the owners/creators of Northstar, but it will not be another Northstar.

Posted 3 years ago #
samtastic

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walking past today and got a peek inside, the door was open..place was completely gutted and looks like they were framing some stuff out. something was framed in the middle of the room, looked kinda like a bar but who knows...someone was also messing with the windows..like getting ready to remove them or replace them or something..even tho theyre in great shape.

Posted 3 years ago #
stang11

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that old gibbys location is great, i hope something cool finally goes in there...

Posted 3 years ago #
BreakfastwithNick
Clintonville
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At the Wild Goose Too Many Cooks earlier this month, Kevin Malhame confirmed that the team from Northstar is indeed opening a restaurant in the old Gibby's space in Grandview. He told us the name, but I completely forget it now. It's definitely not a Northstar, but it's based on some of the same concepts.

Posted 3 years ago #
The Hegemo
Delusions of Grandview
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Somebody I work with said it's supposed to be a Northstar-esque sports bar, whatever that would mean.

Posted 3 years ago #
stang11

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Im hearing upscale lounge, i guess we will see.

Posted 3 years ago #
futureman
Grandview Heights
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I walked by the other day and the other day spoke with a manager. It's a upscale take on Northstart with table service and a bar.

Also, they are hiring. I think the e-mail address on the door was hopeandthird@gmail.com (or yahoo.com), not sure.

Posted 3 years ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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FYI: This thread was originally talking about the Arena District Gibby's Location.

The new Kevin Malhame restaurant is going into the old Gibby's Grandview location.

Unless he is also doing something with the AD location. That I have heard little about.

Posted 3 years ago #