Archive for the ‘Tropical Grille’ tag
Tropical Grille, 5449 Sunset Boulevard: February 2025 no comments
Tropical Grille followed Smashburger into this endcap when the burger chain closed here in 2019. I wasn't sure exactly what the theme of Tropical Grille was, but they characterize themselves with:
Savor the rich, authentic flavors of Cuban and Latin-inspired cuisine at Tropical Grille.
which sound pretty good (if a bit chicken-y for me).
Looking at their website, it's an upstate South Carolina chain with 9 other locations, this one having been the only one here in the Midlands after the Main Street location closed in 2012.
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I like the mascot!
(Hat tip to commenter Beth)
Brioso Fresh Pasta / Tropical Grille, 601 Main Street Suite A: 2012 no comments
I first was aware of this restaurant space in the Adesso condos at the corner of Main & Blossom Streets when it had just closed as Baker Brothers American Deli (although I got the space conflated with the Yoghut suite which is in the same building). After that, I kind of lost track of it.
To be specific, I had no idea there was ever an Italian operation called Brioso Fresh Pasta there. In my defense, as far as I can tell, it didn't last long: The Feb 2012 phonebook has the only listing. The reviews are extremely mixed.
After that, I was somewhat aware of Tropical Grill though I never considered stopping there. My impression was that it was an Asian buffet, but I'm not positive about that. At any rate, they only listed in this year's (Feb 2013) phonebook, and I started seeing construction for the new pizza operation Maddio's Pizza Joint some months ago (I have pictures somewhere, but can't lay my hands on them now and it would seem that they have now started operation.
(Hat tip to commenter Payne for reminding me about this).
UPDATE 10 March 2025: Fix odd formatting due to restoring from Google cache. Add map icon, update tags.