Economic Development In Brookings

[senator07]

Re: Economic Development In Brookings

Yes we do have one liquor license left and it is being saved for an eating establishment like another sports bar or something in the DOT land. We can have as many beer licenses as the city gives out. there are no state wide regulations on those, but when it comes to liquor licenses you can have one per thousand citizens in the city. So we can have about 18 in Brookings.

[bub94]

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[quote author=SD-STATE link=1172686656/15#28 date=1177092361][quote author=Jacks02 link=1172686656/15#25 date=1176947438][quote author=thebluehatman link=1172686656/15#24 date=1176945442]What does everybody think of a Buffalo Wild Wings coming to town?  Kip Pharis, Pizza Ranch owner, has been mulling over the option of owning a franchise and bringing it to Brookings....Possibly in the old Godfather's building.

I think it would be great.  Not sure if Cubbies would agree with me though  ;D[/quote]

Maybe a little competition would improve the quality of Cubby's wings, which leave much to be desired IMO.   ;D

I'm a big Cubby's fan, I think it has a great atmosphere. Wall to wall TV's with sports and beer, mmmm beer! But it would be nice to have another option in Brookings.

One questions though, is there another liqour liscense available in Brookings? I thought Brookings was maxed out when Applebees came to town.[/quote]

Didn't Godfathers serve alcohol?[/quote]


Godfather's only sold beer. A friend of mine asked about a BWW franchise and was told the Brookings area wasn't big enough to support them. I'm not a wings person. A sports bar and grill would be nice to have something on the way to the games and closer to campus for the students. Be handy for the students to just walk a couple a blocks off campus to hit an eatery.

[MontanaRabbit]

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Personally I think Brookings could use a good steakhouse. Something like a Timberlodge....doesn't necessarily have to be a chain but a place where a guy can get a good steak. I can only think of a couple places that are nice and serve steaks.....The Ram and The Pavilion. And the quality of food at The Ram does not match the prices. IMO.

I think an upscale steakhouse could be very successful in Brookings.

Also, I've heard some stories about the Campus Pub (at least thats what I think it was called) on the corner of 8th and Medary. Cheap beer and close to campus. That would be awesome nowadays.

[More_Cowbell]

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Brookings is listed as an area for franchise development on their web site.


http://www.buffalowildwings.com/fran...nt_markets.asp

Now if they could just build it next to CAS and Frost.

[2002jack]

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Personally I think Brookings could use a good steakhouse.  Something like a Timberlodge....doesn't necessarily have to be a chain but a place where a guy can get a good steak.  I can only think of a couple places that are nice and serve steaks.....The Ram and The Pavilion.  And the quality of food at The Ram does not match the prices.  IMO.  

I think an upscale steakhouse could be very successful in Brookings.

Also, I've heard some stories about the Campus Pub (at least thats what I think it was called) on the corner of 8th and Medary.  Cheap beer and close to campus.  That would be awesome nowadays.

I heard that the Godfathers would be turned into an upscale, yet middle class eating establishment.

[SD-STATE]

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Yes we do have one liquor license left and it is being saved for an eating establishment like another sports bar or something in the DOT land.  We can have as many beer licenses as the city gives out.  there are no state wide regulations on those, but when it comes to liquor licenses you can have one per thousand citizens in the city.  So we can have about 18 in Brookings.

I believe there was a lot of talk in the state legislature to amend that particular law of the one liqour licsense per one thousand and making it up to local discretion this past year. One of the arguements being that it hampers economic growth in cities like Brookings, Yankton, and Vermillion. However, I think the whole notion fizzled out. Darn stubborn, teetotallers.

[Haldersham]

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Personally I think Brookings could use a good steakhouse.  Something like a Timberlodge....doesn't necessarily have to be a chain but a place where a guy can get a good steak.  I can only think of a couple places that are nice and serve steaks.....The Ram and The Pavilion.  And the quality of food at The Ram does not match the prices.  IMO.  

I think an upscale steakhouse could be very successful in Brookings.

Also, I've heard some stories about the Campus Pub (at least thats what I think it was called) on the corner of 8th and Medary.  Cheap beer and close to campus.  That would be awesome nowadays.

Amen. Also some BBQ places would also help add spice to the choices. Only a few on this board can remember Mike's Eat Shoppe, which was located in the College Theater building or immediately north of the Big Sioux Cyclery. Mike Effitmue, name is mispelled, was a Greek immigrant and made the best steaks in town. It was a popular place for the SDSU football players and other athletes during the 1950's. If you got tired of the small greasy Nicks, you could also get a a great hamburger and fries at the Eat Shoppe. Mike got old and retired and apparently there was not a buyer when he closed the door, but some bright young College kid with a Food Management Degree could try and follow Mike's pattern and start a new business.

Again, the old guy is talking, but Brookings has a reputation for being a dry town. I don't know if religious groups have influenced this or not, but I can recall when Brookings got the first city own liquor store in 1954. I think the city council had at least 3 elections before this one passed and it was a by few votes. I think the public in general has had the attitude that they want Brookings to be a clean wholsesome community for college students and has really crawled on making liquour available.

Prior to 1954, students had a few accidents along US 14 in making a booze run to Aurora, who did have an off sale liquour store. Did Aurora make money off the the students with liquor sales? You bet they did. For a long time, the only license available in Brookings was for 3.2 beer. Times have changed considerably and I agree the legislature needs to drop the controls. I havent touch a beverage of alchohol in over 30 years, but I dont have a problem with additional licenses if it adds to the retail of the community and helps spur economic developement.

[MontanaRabbit]

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If you ask me there is a major difference between a liquor license for a BAR and a liquor license for an eating establishment such as Applebees or a steakhouse. A majority of a restraunts sales are for food not liqour......so why limit the number of licenses. If you think about it...it makes no sense. If people are concerned about college kids drinking and a bad image on the town.....giving a few extra liquor licenses to restraunts if not going to hurt the towns image. I bet not many people if any sit at the Timberlodge and get hammered.

About the BWW thing. I think another sportsbar in Brookings would be great and having it next to Campus maybe on the bypass would be even better. But, I think the chances of it happening are slim because "A FEW" people run this town and seem to make all the decisions. I hope they can get is accomplished because we need competition in this town. With competition maybe the folks at Cubby's will actually help you find a seat when it is busy in there or maybe they may improve their service(I like Cubby's but there are some things they can improve upon IMHO). I truely believe we hold the businesses of Brookings to a lower standard than we should, which is partially due to a lack of competition. They don't have to perform the best.....you don't have much for choices.

[Haldersham]

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When you visit campuses like the ones located in Lincoln Nebraska and Madison Wisconin, it makes you wonder why  commerical enterprises close to the campus has never been allowed in Brookings. Granted both campuses are bordering the downtown business district. The SDSU campus and the downtown portion of Brookings are separate by several blocks of residential property.

The new union building and Briggs library and a few other dorms killed the small business section on Medary just south of the campus that was very vibrant during my student days. Student movement on campus was no longer common on Medary, it shifted east. The economic developement thus far near the campus does not in my mind replaced the strip on Medary that has since disappeared. It seems a shame that the Econo Market is still enty though there is talk of a new theatre coming in. It would be a great idea.

At one time the immediate area west of the campus was a pretty solid residential area,and now that seems to be taken over by slum lords providing substandard student housing. I would hope the pressures in the future would allow for more economic develope near the campus than what we have seen in the past. Not only south and east but also north and west. A sports bar near the campus might be the thing that I am speaking of. I dont know what is for the students without cars, but I suspect most get their daily walking done going to existing retail outlets.
Certainly more eating places and other retail would also make money if they are more closer to campus. I also think that the cost of real estate near the campus has to be at a premuim, so that kills a lot of ideas of individuals who might want to start a new place. You need a nest egg of capital to get it going.

You are right about the decisions made in Brookings. They are often not a group idea. He holds the gold makes the rules.

[bub94]

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I don't know if you were here when the Campus Pub was on medary. My friends and I enjoyed going there before basketball games, throw some darts, shoot some pool. Oh, the good old days. If the old Godfathers is turned into something SDSU students/grads can use for pre-game gathering, that would be nice. Sounds like the Arby's that is supposed to come to town is being stalled.

[GoJacks]

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Brookings is listed as an area for franchise development on their web site.


http://www.buffalowildwings.com/fran...nt_markets.asp

Now if they could just build it next to CAS and Frost.  

BW-3 is short for Buffalo Wild Wings. Anyone know know what the 3 W's stand for? No cheating.

[UWMandSDSU]

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[quote author=More_Cowbell link=1172686656/30#33 date=1177109774]Brookings is listed as an area for franchise development on their web site.


http://www.buffalowildwings.com/fran...nt_markets.asp

Now if they could just build it next to CAS and Frost.  

BW-3 is short for Buffalo Wild Wings.  Anyone know know what the 3 W's stand for?  No cheating. [/quote]

While living in Milwaukee, I often would go to the Buffalo Wild Wings. People would often refer it to BW3's and so I asked what it meant. Well I found out it was referring to Buffalo Wild Wings and Weck (the original name). They have dropped the Weck and just go by Buffalo Wild Wings. "Weck" is a sandwich, I think on a kaiser roll that New Yorkers eat.

[thebluehatman]

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Looks like some food places are looking for an upgrade or new business.

Renovation of a national chain restaurant in Brookings. Completed working plans call for the interior renovation of an existing restaurant building.

The Old Godfather's building

Addition to a restaurant in Brookings. Schematic plans call for a seating-area expansion to the existing restaurant.
Construction is scheduled for the winter of 2007

Unsure of this one.

Selective demolition and renovation of a restaurant in Brookings. Schematic plans call for the interior remodel of an existing restaurant building.
Construction is expected to begin by the fall of 2007.

Most likely the KFC. Mr. Jay Lieske told me earlier this summer they were going to upgrade the restaurant.
http://www.bidclerk.com/
Along with a new Banquet Hall just South of JCPenney's. I believe work on the new Arby's site has begun but not to sure. And Jimmie John's is pretty close to opening up soon right next to Radio Shack over by Runnings. Taco John's is also upgrading their look.

[BTownJack]

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Does anyone know what is going to be made of the building the liquor store was located. I've noticed there has been work done to it the past few months and just today I drove by and there was all kinds of cars in the parking lot. I haven't heard anything so I wanted to see if anyone on here knew.

[johnnyjackrabbit]

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I was back in town doing some research about a month ago and was told the movie theater is planning to move into the old Econo Foods building. I was surprised at first, but was told the Econo building is much larger than the current theater, leaving the door open to expansion. I wish they had made this move a few years ago--we lived in the apartment building directly to the north of Econo.