Monday, December 14, 2009
Wishing for a Gourmet Market in the Brewery
Posted by Susan Ellis on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 5:55 PM
- memphisheritage.org
Here's just a taste of Sweazy's reasoning:
Most likely insanely expensive, but obvious. Turn it into a gourmet market! A green grocer, a knife sharpener, cooking classes - a cooking school! - a bakery, a cheese shop - the possibilities seem endless. With the brewery just mere blocks from the Memphis Farmers Market, its transformation into a foodie destination could really transform a quiet, deserted corner of downtown into a destination.
Now that's an idea Hungry Memphis can get behind.
And, she'd also like to see a modern sweet shop.
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Well a cool $5 mill should do it. Thats if the building is stabilized, but the demand is not there. Just a fews years ago Belz's market that he had over in the peabody stuff went belly up. Grocery stores even the size of the midtown schnucks have to have sale's of 6 figure size each week. Selling $1k of wine and brie a week is not going to do it. Chelsea has a little bit bigger pool of demand than down town memphis. Half of the Orgill building is either empty or apartments for rent. A high end market needs six figure pay check home owners. Just because a 2 day a week farmers market does well, doesn't mean a 7 day a week store can make it.
The building hasn't been tough by old turley, which means that it probably is going to take alot of money to fix it.
I love how the high horses move downtown and expect everything to follow them. Can't they shop at the ghetto mart with everyone else?
I think it is the second best idea ever. Number 1 is to give it to Mongo and see what happens.
Something like this would be cool... http://www.torpedofactory.org/
And it would complement the South Main vibe.
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