The Official Moncton, NB Project Thread - Page 415

Nashe · #**8281** Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 8:15 PM**

It may be a chain, but I'd still like an Olive Gardens in Monkeytown.

gehrhardt · #**8282** Posted **Feb 25, 2011, 2:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vorkuta

It may be a chain, but I'd still like an Olive Gardens in Monkeytown.

+1 for Olive Garden. Put me down for Chilis, Boston Market, and Cracker Barrel too.

JasonL-Moncton · #**8283** Posted **Feb 25, 2011, 2:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by gehrhardt

+1 for Olive Garden. Put me down for Chilis, Boston Market, and Cracker Barrel too.

+1 for all of those too, especially Olive Garden and Cracker Barrel.

Steelcowboy · #**8284** Posted **Feb 25, 2011, 11:58 PM**

"+1 for Olive Garden. Put me down for Chilis, Boston Market, and Cracker Barrel too" DITTO for me...all are great restaurants

add BOB EVANS to that list.

MonctonRad · #**8285** Posted **Feb 26, 2011, 12:23 AM**

Sorry to disappoint you gentlemen, but most of the restaurants that you have listed in the last few posts are American based with limited (or zero) penetration of the Canadian market (although I do recall eating at a Chili's in Calgary once).

macas539 · #**8286** Posted **Feb 26, 2011, 2:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Sorry to disappoint you gentlemen, but most of the restaurants that you have listed in the last few posts are American based with limited (or zero) penetration of the Canadian market (although I do recall eating at a Chili's in Calgary once).

Chili's is also in Ontario. Awesome ribs!

mctnguy · #**8287** Posted **Feb 26, 2011, 12:03 PM**

I'd be really happy to get a Jack Astor's in Moncton. mmmmmmmmmm

josh_cat_eyes · #**8288** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 1:44 AM**

From The Mackay Group website:
http://www.mackaygroup.ca/Tenant-Locations-Needed.page
National restaurant chain looking for a pad site location in the Moncton area. Preferably in the Mountain Road area. 25,000 sq ft. +/-

National coffee chain seeking a downtown location in the Moncton area. 1,800 sq ft. +

I'm going to guess the coffee chain is Tim Hortons, not sure of the other one. If I do recall, weren't the supposed to (or talk of) build a Olive Garden in the Trinity Plaza?

mylesmalley · #**8289** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 2:21 AM**

25,000 sq ft for a restaurant? That's going to be quite the place...

Steelcowboy · #**8290** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 3:30 AM**

Maybe its like the MANDARIN CHINESE restaurant (buffet) they're a big chain with large space. Not like we're lacking in that dept, it would be nice to have like a BUFFET WORLD with international foods (Polish, Italian, Ukrainian, North American) that would be cool.

MonctonRad · #**8291** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 4:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

National coffee chain seeking a downtown location in the Moncton area. 1,800 sq ft. +

I'm going to guess the coffee chain is Tim Hortons?

It had better not be Timmie's, I think 35 Timmie's in the Moncton market is more than enough, thank you very much!

All due respects to the new Starbucks at the Delta, they really need to have a downtown streetfront store as well. I vote for Starbucks.

josh_cat_eyes · #**8292** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 5:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

It had better not be Timmie's, I think 35 Timmie's in the Moncton market is more than enough, thank you very much!

All due respects to the new Starbucks at the Delta, they really need to have a downtown streetfront store as well. I vote for Starbucks.

I was thinking more or less a move from Highfield Square and replacement of the former Main St. Location. Plus there isn't any Tim's downtown that I can think of. Both would be awesome though. I remember when I was in Ottawa in the summer there was a corner downtown with a Tim's, Starbucks, First Cup and Country Style.

mylesmalley · #**8293** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 5:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

I was thinking more or less a move from Highfield Square and replacement of the former Main St. Location. Plus there isn't any Tim's downtown that I can think of. Both would be awesome though. I remember when I was in Ottawa in the summer there was a corner downtown with a Tim's, Starbucks, First Cup and Country Style.

St George at King,
Mountain at Queen? (a block from city hall)
At City Hall in the connecting area between it and the BMO building.
Albert St.

C_Boy · #**8294** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 6:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by mylesmalley

St George at King,
Mountain at Queen? (a block from city hall)
At City Hall in the connecting area between it and the BMO building.
Albert St.

The is also the one right on Main St at Alma....right in front of Assumption Place lol... Everyone forgets that one but it is in that beautiful building!

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=...40.34,,0,-1.64

josh_cat_eyes · #**8295** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 3:13 PM**

Ok being from PEI I don't seem to have that good of a memory of downtown Moncton haha. I'd imagine the one off of Albert St. has lost bussiness since the bridge opened.

mylesmalley · #**8296** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 3:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by C_Boy

The is also the one right on Main St at Alma....right in front of Assumption Place lol... Everyone forgets that one but it is in that beautiful building!

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=...40.34,,0,-1.64

Sorry, that's what I meant when I said Mountain at Queen....Main at Alma

And you're right. That is the nicest Tims in the city.

As for hte one on Albert, possibly, although it's just down the street from several office buildings, and not far from Assomption. The new bridge has been open for a couple years now and they haven't closed. Must be doing alright.

MonctonRad · #**8297** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 4:09 PM**

Strange how this thread seems to come back to discussing coffee shops every few months

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Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

National coffee chain seeking a downtown location in the Moncton area. 1,800 sq ft. +

The person who owns the vacant lot on Main Street (where the Hell's Angels firebombing a decade ago happened) has a sign up stating "will build to suit". I know that one of the other forumers (about 20 pages back) posted a nifty picture of a storefront Starbucks located in a small downtown brick building that would fit in quite nicely there. Perhaps these people should talk......

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Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

From The Mackay Group website:
http://www.mackaygroup.ca/Tenant-Locations-Needed.page
National restaurant chain looking for a pad site location in the Moncton area. Preferably in the Mountain Road area. 25,000 sq ft. +/-

Plaza Corp has pad sites available on Mountain Road on either side of the Northwest Centre. This is where the second Swiss Chalet location and a Second Cup cafe with drive-thru are rumoured to go. There is potentially room in the lot in front of NBCC for an additional restaurant or store to locate......

curious · #**8298** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 5:15 PM**

what happened to this? i went downtown yesterday and it looks like major renos? or are they gone?

mylesmalley · #**8299** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 5:43 PM**

Until we get past the 'I need to be able to park directly in front of where I'm going' mentality, the best we should expect from lots like that are local retail like restaurants and coffee shops.

kirjtc2 · #**8300** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 12:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

From The Mackay Group website:
http://www.mackaygroup.ca/Tenant-Locations-Needed.page
National coffee chain seeking a downtown location in the Moncton area. 1,800 sq ft. +

Second Cup? They have a very successful downtown Fredericton location.