Goodbye old friends, you'll be missed (fire on Greenville)

[doctahjones]

didn't see another post on this yet.

very very sad. these were -great- places to go.

i'll be heading down there in a few to see if i can get any shots. hurricanes was probably my favorite.


Massive Fire Claims Block That, Till Hours Ago, Was Home to Terilli's, Hurricane Grill, Mick's and Greenville Bar & Grill - Dallas News - Unfair Park

[ChristopherCoy]

Just saw that on the news. Didn't realize it was the entire block though. I thought it was just the Hurricane Grill.

[L Stegall]

I can't say I ever patronized Hurricane Grill, but losing Terilli's and Greenville Avenue Bar & Grill....those are just institutions on lower Greenville. Very, very sad. And I really feel for all the employees who just lost jobs in the blink of an eye.

[doctahjones]

link to picture thread

[dmcantrell]

This may be way off base, but there always seems to be a high frequency of fires in and around bars/restaurants. I can remember a little hole-in-the-wall place on sixth street in Austin called "the Cactus Room" that burned mysteriously. The owner had insurance (luckily) and he was able to rebuild the place that we know today as "Iron Cactus" which has been very successful. Funny how things work out like that.

[doctahjones]

yeah. i wouldn't make sense to me for it to be arson, since the st pats day parade is next weekend and that always draws a -huge- crowd. but i know what you're saying in general. the arson team showed up when i got there.

[dmcantrell]

Originally Posted by doctahjones

yeah. i wouldn't make sense to me for it to be arson, since the st pats day parade is next weekend and that always draws a -huge- crowd.

or, the perfect cover...

[Wil_Bloodworth]

What is up with stuff burning down on Greenville! Seems like just yesterday there was that fire that destroyed the old movie theater on Greenville.

- Wil

[doctahjones]

Wil, funny that was almost 4 years ago now. my how time flies.....

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Originally Posted by doctahjones

Wil, funny that was almost 4 years ago now. my how time flies.....

Seriously! Seems like it was only a year or so ago.

-Wil

[DSL_PWR]

That happened here in Houston too where an entire block and some old restaurants were wiped out. Makes you wonder.

[David Whatley]

Two guys are sitting on a beach and get to talking. One asks the other, what do you do? He replied, Oh. "I'm retired, my business caught on fire and I collected 4 million from the insurace, so I just retired, what about you. The 2nd guy replied, well much like you, a flood wiped out my business and the insurance company paid me 20 million, so I retired.
Things were quite for a while and then the first guys leans over and quitely asks " Say, how do you start a flood"