Comments on: Shocking News – Cereal Bowl Appears to Have Closed in Cleveland Park

By: I like cheese too

I like cheese too — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:17:12 +0000

I wanted to go there. I love cereal. I would go if it re-opens.

By: Restauranti

Restauranti — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:05:07 +0000

You know just as well as I do that they moved up north to try their hand at being the next trendy New York restaurant. Lookout downtown, Here come Count Chocula!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:25:03 +0000

Yeah, I could actually see it doing quite well in Foggy Bottom, what with all the rich college kids.

By: joe

joe — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:01:33 +0000

NOOOOOOOOOO! How will I get my Cap’n Crunch? It was so hard to make it at home. Good lord, what will I do now?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:52:16 +0000

There really are two types of people in this world: Those who eat cereal regularly and those who never do. The people who fall into the second camp wouldn’t go because they have no interest in eating cereal, while the avid cereal-eaters wouldn’t go because they can’t stomach spending that much when they have a good supply of it at home.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:47:44 +0000

Yeah, and you can get a lot of house for not a lot of money in CP. The neighborhood’s not for me (maybe if I had kids), but I have an easier time understanding why people would want to live there than understanding why people flock to U Street and Columbia Heights.

By: Prince Of Petworth

Prince Of Petworth — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:42:17 +0000

I’ll be posting updates on that as progress takes place. I’m still recovering from Yanni’s closure…

By: John

John — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:39:56 +0000

Did anyone catch on that Cleveland Park 2.0 blog that there is a steakhouse by the BGR people comeing to the old Yannis place? sounds promising

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:09:48 +0000

Somewhat proven concept, poor location. Worth noting that our local shop was in fact a franchise (there are 2 main franchisers of the concept). The ones that succeed are exclusively serving university neighborhoods since the concept’s core demographic is 18-25 yr olds. Which certainly isn’t CP. In the more successful locations, the biggest risks are price points, seasonal issues (i.e. when students are gone) and the fact that young people find and then discard new ideas quickly. I wonder about the parent company’s skills with real estate guidance and marketing support, basic elements of franchise deals. It’s odd that this franchisee would’ve been pointed to CP to set up shop and also have virtually no marketing after a little at launch.

By: Chris in Eckington

Chris in Eckington — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:27:55 +0000

Starbucks closed when they went through that downsizing a couple of years back; there’s another one right outside the zoo that does tons more business. As for 7-Eleven, I just think they lost their lease; my imporession is that after the building went condo, they new owners didn’t want a 7-Eleven in their building.