{"id":6365,"date":"2012-08-24T00:24:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T05:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=6365"},"modified":"2017-10-04T23:53:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T03:53:25","slug":"el-monterrey-restaurante-mexicano-bar-grill-2219-broad-river-road-august-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=6365","title":{"rendered":"Monterrey Restaurante Mexicano Bar & Grill, 2219 Broad River Road: August 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Continuing yesterday's Mexican theme -- I have often noted this El Monterrey<\/i> on Broad River Road, just North of I-20, and thought to myself that it was in an awful location: very close to the I-20 interchange (which is busy, and backs up) but without access to a traffic light.<\/p>\n

That turns out not to be exactly true, as I found out when I stopped to take these pictures. In fact, the back of the parking lot has a cut-through into the Economy Inn<\/i> parking lot, and thence to Briargate Circle, which does<\/i> have a stop-light. It even looks as though they got enought business from the hotel side (or expected<\/i> to get enough business from the hotel side) to set up the back of the restaurant with a second facade.<\/p>\n

Apart from the access situation, I was never tempted to stop here because in my experience the local Monterrey<\/i> chain comes in behind the Casa Linda<\/i>, San Jose<\/i> and La Fogota<\/i> chains -- nothing drastic, just not one of my preferred marquees. (And if I was in the general area, I would probably hit El Chico<\/a> anyway).<\/p>\n

(Hat tip to commenter Thomas)<\/p>\n

UPDATE 8 April 2014<\/b> -- Well, this place tried to open as La Reyna Del Sur<\/i>, which I take to be a nightclub concept. Literally it means \"Queen of the South\", and is also the title of a famous Telemundo telenovela (and the novel it is based on). Just from the picture of the lady in question, it appears she was from *very* far south. At any rate, the sign went up, but the club never opened, and now the building is for sale:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 21 July 2016<\/b> -- As commenter Andrew mentions, work is going on here. Judging from the interior, it will not be a restaurant, but some sort of office with a front reception counter:<\/p>\n

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Also, I'm taking the El<\/i> off the original post title of El Monterrey Restaurante Mexicano Bar & Grill<\/i> to make it match the sign and fall in the Alphabetical Closings<\/i> with the other Monterrey<\/i> locations.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 4 October 2017<\/b> -- Now a night club called Black Pearl<\/i>:<\/p>\n

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