Does anybody know what's going into the old Ruby Tuesday building in Taylors? (Wade Hampton: zoning, restaurants)

[Made_it_To_the_Metroplex]

Originally Posted by Carolina Knight

A rule in business is not to close better operating locations. If you close them, your doors will close elsewhere.

It's just amazing how many businesses DON'T take this common-sense approach.

[g-man430]

I don't see anything going in the old Ruby Tuesdays.

[Carolina Knight]

Originally Posted by tylerSC

Ruby Tuesday used to have an outstanding salad bar, where most salads and items were made fresh in house daily. Now everything comes premade in a plastic bag. Not sure if they have any kind of signature item to distinguish them from Applebee's, Chili's, and Friday's etc. I thought they were better back when owned by Morrison's, and I remember when they started out mostly in malls such as Haywood. I guess the Taylors store did not attract the right type of business.

Originally Posted by gsupstate

The entire Ruby Tuesday chain has been in trouble for some time. Sad. I remember in my younger days, Ruby Tuesday was a place you could always count on in any city to be open late, get a good drink and a decent meal (not healthy, but decent) in a pub type atmosphere. This reinvent they tried to do a couple of years ago....going more modern....getting away from their original pub type atmosphere has not worked. Ruby Tuesday now seems like a confused company....all the parts and pieces just do match up and do not create a strong brand image.

Ruby Tuesday thrives as a neighborhood pub-like restaurant serving American cuisine. The recent trend to becoming more upscale than it needs to be is not working in some areas.

The Taylors store did attract the right type of business and clientele. Ruby Tuesday made a mistake by throwing in the towel on a successful location. If it was still open, I would be dining there instead of Texas Roadhouse.

[tylerSC]

Originally Posted by furmanpals

First, it is Taylors, not Taylor's. Second, what is your definition of the right kind of business? Are you talking about people like me, that visited there often? Strange choice of words.

Not talking about you. But I have seen restaurants close due to declining demographics. If you are attracting a low income clientele that refuses to tip properly, and tries to get out of paying their bill, then the overall success of the restaurant becomes jeopardized. Too many people often try to get their check discounted for deliberately bogus reasons. So profits decline. And servers and bartenders at these type establishments pay each other's salaries through tip outs, so it could have been a problem of finding good help when tips are low. Or the volume of business just declined so that it was not economically viable to remain open, as food costs are rising. But I am truly sorry to see this location close and the overall chain decline from what it once was. But I believe they still have Cherrydale, Pelham, and Woodruff Rd. locations.

[tylerSC]

And I do realize it is Taylors, not Taylor's. That was an absentminded typo.

[Mohtalim]

Unless you know the exact numbers each location was pulling in, complaining about their closing is useless. RT stock info / annual summary is available if you want to see the business end of why you favorite location closed.

[Valien]

I miss the Taylors RT. Enjoyed it as they had some good food, never super crowded, always reasonably clean. That corridor needs so much revamp - WalMart, Bi-Lo, etc. Horrible until you get to Target area in Greer then it picks up again.

[ausrutherford]

Originally Posted by furmanpals

It must have closed after lunch today, because it was packed at noon. Where in the world did you come up with this one?

Weird, I noticed the sign when i was by there was glossed over so I thought it had closed.

I personally never like Ruby Tuesdays. There steaks never had flavor and their burgers were over-spiced.

Id like to see a Chile's on the Cherrydale side of town.

[drfranklin]

Originally Posted by Valien

That corridor needs so much revamp - WalMart, Bi-Lo, etc. Horrible until you get to Target area in Greer then it picks up again.

I completely agree - I had to endure a commute to Greer (from Greenville) via Wade-Hampton daily (just a year ago) - that corridor has some of the worst, most unsightly sprawl in the Upstate: billboard after ugly billboard, dilapidated strip centers, & unsynched traffic lights.

[PhotogGal]

I only went to the Ruby Tuesday in Taylors once or twice. Never liked it as much as the one on Pelham and the one on Woodruff Road. I'm a regular diner at the one on Pelham as it's close to home. I sure hope they don't close that one anytime soon!