Comments on: Scene Shutters

By: Dallasite

Dallasite — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:09:09 +0000

No jrp, downtown is not dead. Scene was located just a few blocks north of where the action is, and location is everything. Go to Main St on a Saturday night and then try to tell me it’s dead.

I personally think scene was just a little too avant guard. They needed at least one thing on their menu that was “comfortable”.

The same financial backers are going to reopen the location as another restaurant in the future. The location isn’t dead yet, just the concept.

By: jrp

jrp — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:27:31 +0000

why on God’s green Earth, indeed, AMKTCU

By: AMKTCU

AMKTCU — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:44:28 +0000

Very sad. I loved going here for lunch and Happy Hour and they also had great food at dinner the couple times I went. It was especially great for After work Happy Hour since I live next door to Scene at Republic Tower and also work downtown. I will sure miss it. Hopefully they will re-brand it as something cheaper (particulary at dinner) so it’s not another vacant eye-sore in Downtown Dallas. This sure can’t help Mosaic either and potential renters.

The one thing I did not like about Scene was that patio. It was like why on earth would anyone want to sit out there with the noisy DART going by and then of course there are some of the “interesting” people roaming around downtown Dallas. They should not have even had a patio or at least enclosed it more and put some plants, lighting, misters, etc out there.

Man such a shame though this place is gone.

By: Ropalo

Ropalo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:24:04 +0000

If JRP and Puddin’Tane met in front of Scene on a Friday night, it would look like a grand re-opening.

By: jrp

jrp — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:53:02 +0000

prove it, Puddin’Tane

i’ll meet you out front of Scene at 10 p.m. on a Friday,Saturday night and you can show me these signs of life you claim

By: C. Smith

C. Smith — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:31:33 +0000

I liked Scene a lot. I think that there were a number of contributing factors — one of them being the unnecessarily brutal review they got from the Dallas Morning News. Yes, Scene may not have been perfect, but they surely didn’t deserve the whipping they got from the News.

By: Puddin'Tane

Puddin'Tane — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:18:53 +0000

Downtown is not dead.

By: jrp

jrp — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:48:41 +0000

something about location…scene is right behind my building and it simply doesn’t have ample parking for the masses

decent decor and food and all, but without a valet or enough parking right out front, Dallasites ain’t gonna bite, at least that’s my take

and downtown is DEAD DEAD DEAD after 530-6 pm weekdays and all weekend long, so how’s a restaurant gonna make it, man?

By: brett

brett — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:10:39 +0000

and Bush doesn’t see anything wrong with the economy. Restaurants are the first casualties of a bad economy. Less money = less eating out. Especially for the $30k millionaires unable to get more credit cards.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:45:58 +0000

Grotto is down as well.