Ruby Tuesday on Whitesburg Closed? (2014, houses, neighborhood)

[Hsvmama]

Was over on Airport and Whitesburg last night and every light was out at Ruby Tuesday's. On a Saturday night @ 8:30 p.m. that probably means only one thing. Anyone heard that it closed or what plans are for that spot now?

[DaMadHatter]

Doesn't surprise me as Ruby Tuesday's prices are outrageous and the food is blah.

[I_Forgot]

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....=2014301090126

[Maya Blue]

I wish Little Rosie's would move into that spot. Larger dining room and more parking.

[jasonhsv]

I wonder if this location struggled due to the large number of restaurants at the Whitesburg/Airport intersection.

[YNVVA]

Originally Posted by DaMadHatter

Doesn't surprise me as Ruby Tuesday's prices are outrageous and the food is blah.

I agree. If I want to pay for overpriced burgers, I will just go to Red Robin.

[dijkstra]

Originally Posted by jasonhsv

I wonder if this location struggled due to the large number of restaurants at the Whitesburg/Airport intersection.

No, it is actually an excellent location. The problem has been poor management along with a company that has no difinitive direction or identity anymore. We used to go that particular location all the time, a lot of the time meeting a bunch of friends there. The menu kept changing and they were putting cheaper products such as hamburgers on there but at a premium price. They took the salad bar away for a while along with a lot of the top selling entrees and then someone said uh-oh, nobody is coming here anymore..... Then they flipped and stopped pushing the hamburgers and brought back the entrees and salad bar again. They also moved away from the "neighborhood bar" sort of setup and either took down the tv's that showed sports or the ones they have are often blocked by these huge tacky lights. There is rarely anyone at the bar anymore so that is a huge revenue loss. Basically, they are just a mess.

Originally Posted by YNVVA

I agree. If I want to pay for overpriced burgers, I will just go to Red Robin.

When Ruby Tuesday started the whole "Gourmet Hamburger" thing, I said well they are going down the tubes. I don't know why some of these chain restaurants think we want $12 hamburgers. When the majority of us go out to a sit down/waiter type restaurant we don't think "man I sure would like an overpriced hamburger." In reality, you can get good hamburgers for half the price if that is what you really want.

[Tourian]

Ruby Tuesday's (and O'charley's) have been dropping like flies everywhere. As mentioned you can get a better 8 dollar hamburger from a bunch of other places and a better 15 steak from a dozen other family steak houses. Places like 5 Guys amd Mooyah and even Wendys and Hardees have stepped up their burger game and Outback serves a better steak.

that pretty much leaves Ruby Tuesdays trying to charge you 12 bucks for chicken fingers or some pasta dish you can get in a 6 bag meal at Publix.

[curzon_dax]

Funny you mention Outback, Tourian, I hear they are trying to push their cheaper food in a marketing campaign soon. The idea is that they need to compete with the fast casual crowd; particularly during lunch hours.

It might have been somewhere else on City Data where I saw somebody make a good observation.At the root of all of this is that fast casual options are making people realize that chain stores like Ruby Tuesday's, Outback, Applebee's, etc. are essentially fast food with sit down prices and wait times.

[YNVVA]

I love Outback. That bloomin' onion, invented in New Orleans, gives me the perfect Australian atmosphere....well after i add a Fosters.