{"id":515,"date":"2009-08-19T17:25:23","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T22:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=515"},"modified":"2010-03-10T00:36:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T05:36:05","slug":"the-village-bistro-498-town-center-place-1-village-at-sandhill-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"The Village Bistro, 498 Town Center Place #1 (Village At Sandhill): August 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, as a man walking up to the closed doors said, \"Another one bites the dust.\" In fact, as I went to take these pictures, a number of customers dropped by to find the place closed. I heard one woman talking to a friend on her cellphone saying in effect, \"They had the best salmon, but every time I came here, the portions were smaller\". That may have been her imagination -- I've always heard that the actual cost of food ingredients is a very minor component of your restaurant bill.<\/p>\n

At any rate, The Village Bistro<\/i> apparently closed quite recently: The interior still looks ready to go, and their web site<\/a> is still live for now. I never made it there, but it appears they had a pretty good menu<\/a>. Most of the entrees are off my beaten track, but I could see lunching on the greek salad or Angus burger.<\/p>\n

I'm not sure what this says about Sandhill. They also recently lost Shane's Rib Shack<\/a> but that chain apparently has bigger problems. I walked around that part of the Village a bit, and Wild Wing<\/i> appeared to be doing a good business, but of course Brixx<\/a> is still closed for repairs, and it was past lunch time, so Which Wich<\/i> they wasn't really available for comparison either.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 10 March 2010<\/b> -- It seems the next step for a building already outfitted for a restaurant (if it doesn't become a Lizard's Thicket<\/i>) is to become an Asian buffet or a Mexican restaurant. In this case we get La Fogata<\/i> Mexican:<\/p>\n

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