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Expendable_Red_Shirt t1_iw3xu30 wrote

In the pandemic in Hampden I feel like I saw a lot of stores close down and restaurants open up in their place. It seemed like nobody was going out for things they could buy online but food wasn't that, so restaurants spouted up. Now things might be oversaturated?

Restaurant fail rates are also super high in general.

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Whatwouldahoneybeedo t1_iw4dg16 wrote

I gotta think the rent has something to do with it. These restaurants typically don’t own the building and rent isn’t cheap, commercial or residential.

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Timid_Teacher t1_iw57dyu wrote

I'm kind of disappointed with the things that have gone in on the Avenue lately. I live in Hampden and I am not interested in any of the new places. Ever since Trohv went out several years ago, it seems like the Avenue is not as much of a hot spot as it used to be.

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daxophoneme t1_iw5ocoi wrote

David's furniture store leaving was the sign of the end times for me

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Timid_Teacher t1_iw6zacw wrote

That was before my time. I've lived here for 7+ years and the Avenue has slowly gone downhill during that time.

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YoYoMoMa t1_iwdhjdw wrote

This is what everyone says about every time period of the avenue though. People just fall in love with what they first knew.

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Timid_Teacher t1_iwefawe wrote

I guess that's true, but I know Trohv leaving The Avenue was a huge travesty.

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DfcukinLite t1_iw5g7yx wrote

There’s so many cool boutiques and shops on the avenue still I was just bopping around them with a friend that lives there couple weeks ago when it was a beauty day. Lots of people out.

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brocialism t1_iw71nlb wrote

Spring Cafe, Tia's (the water ice place), and Jerk Taco were great additions IMO

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Timid_Teacher t1_iw9fp46 wrote

Spring Cafe looks cool, but I always worry that it's going to go under because I never see anyone there. The new hot dog place looks like it won't last. Then there's a bunch of empty storefronts because of Waffie, the Middle Eastern place that looks like it might finally open soon, the Urban Oyster sign that's been sitting there for almost a year, etc. Also, that Bar Fusion that used to be Bella Italia is a pain in the butt. They blast music halfway down the street and it's obnoxious.

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Typical-Radish4317 t1_iw53ck4 wrote

I always try to check out new places because of that initial fail rate. I wish Baltimore had more just restaurants though - i don't know why almost every restaurant in Baltimore has to center around a bar. Like, mentally, I'm not going to grab lunch in a bar

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YoYoMoMa t1_iwdhrc4 wrote

>i don't know why almost every restaurant in Baltimore has to center around a bar

Because so much of the building stock in Baltimore are long and narrow spaces that do not set up well for a restaurant only.

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