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Started 4 months ago by jimmyking
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jimmyking
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Feel bad for all of those who just lost their jobs:

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Hoggy's Closes All But One Columbus-Area Restaurant
Tuesday January 10, 2012 10:56 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio - All but one Hoggy's restaurants have closed in central Ohio, 10TV News reported on Tuesday. According to the restaurant chain's corporate office, five Columbus-area locations closed, along with restaurants in Cleveland and Kentucky.

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/01/10/columbus-hoggys-restaurants-closing.html

Posted 4 months ago #
rus

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Crap.

Hardly my favorite place, but I know a number of people who like them.

Posted 4 months ago #
mrpoppinzs
Arena District
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Hopefully something will take their place and hire, some of those have pretty good locations.

Posted 4 months ago #
NerosNeptune
Goodale Park
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Sucks for the people who work there.. but it wasn't very good food.

Posted 4 months ago #
ohiogirlie74
Short North/ Italian Village
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Shocking... that was a LOT of locations, including some outside Columbus, toward Cleveland, I think. Agree on the less-than-tasty aspect, but, bummed to see a business that started locally and then hit a huge boom just go *poof* like that.

However... I'm silently chanting "no whammies, no whammies" for whatever goes into the spot at 5th & Grandview. Man, I love a new restaurant.

Posted 4 months ago #
catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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Any chance Ray Ray's could snap up one of these locations? That seems to be a business that's fit to move in immediately to a building with that kind of setup.

Posted 4 months ago #
bayrea
Dublin, Oh
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You know what would be awesome in the Grandview location... an Olive Garden.

ik

Posted 4 months ago #
GCrites80s
5xNW
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Maybe a KFC will open up where Hoggy's was. There will be the Old KFC, the Old Old KFC and the Main KFC. Just like the post offices.

Posted 4 months ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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I'm not sure if I've ever been to a Hoggy's... Hrm. Sad to hear they're closing though...

Posted 4 months ago #
fluffy1972
Clintonville
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i think city bbq killed them in columbus, better food, where there really wasn't any competition before they showed up.

Posted 4 months ago #
rus

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bayrea said:
You know what would be awesome in the Grandview location... an Olive Garden.

ik

For a firebombing, perhaps.

Posted 4 months ago #
bayrea
Dublin, Oh
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I actually enjoyed Hoggy's for lunch when I worked in Grandview. I do remember going there for dinner and them royally messing up our orders. I haven't stepped foot in an Hoggy's in 7 years.

Posted 4 months ago #
Mister Shifter
Lewis Center
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Hoggy's had some damn good mac & cheese. I'm glad I've got a copy recipe on hand.

Posted 4 months ago #
Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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catnfiddle said:
Any chance Ray Ray's could snap up one of these locations? That seems to be a business that's fit to move in immediately to a building with that kind of setup.

I had to pause, and bask in the glory of this idea for a moment.

Posted 4 months ago #
Andrew Hall
Dennison Place (The Circles)
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Twixlen said:
I had to pause, and bask in the glory of this idea for a moment.

I believe he has zero interest in doing a brick-n-mortar restaurant again.

A.

Posted 4 months ago #
joev
Merion Village
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Maybe it was the name?

Posted 4 months ago #
geedeck
Witalian Willage
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I thought the point behind RayRay's was that he didn't want to eff w/ a brick & mortar store

Posted 4 months ago #
catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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It was just a thought, apparently a silly one...

Posted 4 months ago #
futureman
Grandview Heights
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I'd prefer Barleys Smokehouse (House No. 2) move up the hill and take over Hoggy's at 5th and Grandview Ave.

Posted 4 months ago #
0Angle
A brewery or my kitchen or my bicycle.
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Ingress/egress at the current location?

Posted 4 months ago #