another restaurant change

**ryberg** · 03-18-2005

Well this should be interesting: there is some word on the street to the effect that the TGI Friday's at the corner of 5th ave & 8th street is going to become a Burger King.

Steve

03-18-2005

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Originally Posted by ryberg

Well this should be interesting: there is some word on the street to the effect that the TGI Friday's at the corner of 5th ave & 8th street is going to become a Burger King.

Steve

We did think it odd that they closed and ripped down the signs for "renovations" at the height of the season.

barbj050 · 03-18-2005

uggggggggggggggggggggh

SarahB · 03-19-2005

That's gonna be a big Burger King! What happened? TGIFridays didn't do enough business?

jwp0077 · 03-19-2005

Just when you think ... things just can't get worse.....

M2Playa · 03-19-2005

Please, please please, say it ain't so!

Headhunter · 03-19-2005

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Originally Posted by ryberg

Well this should be interesting: there is some word on the street to the effect that the TGI Friday's at the corner of 5th ave & 8th street is going to become a Burger King.

Steve

Ewwwww .. gawd .. Fridays was bad enough .. but a Burger King!!!!

How much more Americanized will 5th get????

**Heather** · 03-19-2005

My response is...so what? There's already a BK here, also 2 McDonald's restaurants. I had to deliver something last night near the Paseo Mall and while walking by the Johnny Rocket's (chain burger/fries/shakes 50's diner replica) I noticed nearly every table in the joint was full. So...somebody's eating at all these places, why wouldn't they put up another one?

It's not really like 5th avenue is this bastion of authentic Mexican culture that will be ruined now that BK is taking over TGIFriday's. If I were on vacation, I would avoid eating at these places, but hey, to each their own.

SarahB · 03-19-2005

This topic has been brought up often (find that thread about a Hard Rock rumor!). It's only fair that the locals there have plenty of choices too and it's selfish of us to not want them to have an American chain just b/c we don't want to see it while we are on vacation. I used to have similar feelings, but after seeing Playa grow for the last 10 years, I got passed it and changed my view. How upset would we be if we couldn't find a Mexican restaurant close to us at home? I'm not a TGI Fridays or a BK fan even at home, but plenty of people obviously like them.

(I'm not saying anyone who responded above is selfish by the way!)

Banzoomba · 03-19-2005

Saw the Mcdonalds but did not go in, but did wonder if they had the standard Mcdonalds menu.

**ryberg** · 03-19-2005

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Originally Posted by ryberg

Well this should be interesting...

And indeed it has become interesting already. I opened that way not with anything about the public in mind here but rather thinking of what the various reactions on the forum might be.

Steve

flugie · 03-19-2005

i smelled your bait when i read your first post

we thought it was funny that the restraunt next to the tgif had their wait staff wearing tgif type uniforms

cuffedlinks · 03-19-2005

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Originally Posted by flugie

i smelled your bait when i read your first post

No - that was the BK Filet day....

Burger King, eh?

So maybe that's where Kinz has been all this time - cutting a new BK commercial from Playa. Wonder if the Cowboys Cheerleaders will be in this one too?

Never thought about stopping when it was a TGIF...and won't while its a BK either...

Now if it were a Hooter's...or I guess that would be "Chi-Chi's" - but there's already a chain by that name....unless I have the Mexican for Hooters placed incorrectly......

**ryberg** · 03-19-2005

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Originally Posted by flugie

i smelled your bait when i read your first post

**sctx** · 03-20-2005

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Originally Posted by cuffedlinks

Now if it were a Hooter's...or I guess that would be "Chi-Chi's" - but there's already a chain by that name....unless I have the Mexican for Hooters placed incorrectly......

Hooters has already been in Playa and failed.... the cook had bigger hooters than the waitresses... gee, wonder why it failed???

03-18-2005	#1 (permalink)
ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: wandering between the Village Vanguard, NYC, 1961 and the Plugged Nickel, Chicago, 1965 Posts: 9,541	another restaurant change Well this should be interesting: there is some word on the street to the effect that the TGI Friday's at the corner of 5th ave & 8th street is going to become a Burger King. Steve

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barbj050 life=playa Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: in my mind pdc Posts: 575	burger king uggggggggggggggggggggh

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SarahB añejo Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Playa...now Iowa Posts: 2,897	This topic has been brought up often (find that thread about a Hard Rock rumor!). It's only fair that the locals there have plenty of choices too and it's selfish of us to not want them to have an American chain just b/c we don't want to see it while we are on vacation. I used to have similar feelings, but after seeing Playa grow for the last 10 years, I got passed it and changed my view. How upset would we be if we couldn't find a Mexican restaurant close to us at home? I'm not a TGI Fridays or a BK fan even at home, but plenty of people obviously like them. (I'm not saying anyone who responded above is selfish by the way!) Last edited by SarahB : 03-19-2005 at 07:19 PM.

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03-19-2005	#4 (permalink)
SarahB añejo Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Playa...now Iowa Posts: 2,897	That's gonna be a big Burger King! What happened? TGIFridays didn't do enough business?

03-19-2005	#5 (permalink)
jwp0077 way into it Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 181	Just when you think ... things just can't get worse.....

03-19-2005	#6 (permalink)
M2Playa toe in water Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Playa del Carmen Posts: 43	Please, please please, say it ain't so!

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Heather Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Playa del Carmen Posts: 8,438	My response is...so what? There's already a BK here, also 2 McDonald's restaurants. I had to deliver something last night near the Paseo Mall and while walking by the Johnny Rocket's (chain burger/fries/shakes 50's diner replica) I noticed nearly every table in the joint was full. So...somebody's eating at all these places, why wouldn't they put up another one? It's not really like 5th avenue is this bastion of authentic Mexican culture that will be ruined now that BK is taking over TGIFriday's. If I were on vacation, I would avoid eating at these places, but hey, to each their own.

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Banzoomba big sexy speedo guy Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Top of the Chesapeake Bay, Md Posts: 9,273	Saw the Mcdonalds but did not go in, but did wonder if they had the standard Mcdonalds menu.

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flugie beachaholic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: bostons north shore Posts: 347	i smelled your bait when i read your first post we thought it was funny that the restraunt next to the tgif had their wait staff wearing tgif type uniforms

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