The club that many didn't know existed is closed now
Avalon has closed. That's the club that was on Mary St. and Florida Ave.
They took months, maybe a year, to renovate the property, they put about $3 million dollars in, they dealt with so many promoters, who took them for a lot of money and never delivered.
They called themself a cafe, using that as a loophole to have a club in that building. The neighbors who lived above them were not pleased with the late night noise. And finally, they are gone.
They tried to be part of the community. They called me about offering their space as a movie theater in the absence of AMC during the Muvico construction at CocoWalk.
One idea they had kicking around was to make it the new Tu Tu Tango-type place, you know, fill it with art and artists and not be so loud. And maybe that could still happen. But for now Avalon is gone. After all the construction, noise, efforts and money. It's over.
The Disco Inferno event to benefit the We Are Family Foundation, which was to be at Avalon, is now at The Club (formerly Victor's Cafe), located at 2340 SW 32 Avenue, just outside the Grove, on Friday April 17. For info, please go here: www.305Disco.com
posted by Tom Falco at 8:00 AM
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10 Comments:
wow.....victor's cafe. You just brought me wayyyyyy back.
Someone, anyone, please put me in my place, make a liar or a fool out of me; prove me wrong. Of course they went out of business. As have many others and many more shall close throughout the Grove----------until someone gives me partners with me who has a liquor & restaurant license and trust me for 90 days. I'll create a new business model in the Grove that will realize a total of about $120,000.00, in monthly revenue for the entire Grove, but most of it will stay in this new nightclub, inexpensive, but high quality food venue called TARJANE.
I require a minimum of about 10/15 thousand square feet and a parking facility capable of about 300/500 parking spaces very close by, very close.
bad location, no curb appeal, inadequate signage.
they were only open 3 days a week, and had the ridiculous assumption that they could pick and choose who came in (like a south beach club).
that and no one even knew they were in business.
also what happened to the oak and mary bar 2 doors down?
That corner must have bad mojo nothing makes it!
Actually, every small tourist community from North pole to South pole has what is called a dead zone. There is always a central point, when in the Grove it is Coco Walk. The central zone is where the noise, tumult is. When the human moves away from the noise/action, the brain literally says, no good, turn around and go back to the excitement/noise/tumult. After all that's what they came for, something above average than what they are accustom to and hopefully it's interesting/exciting/different enought to put out some bucks to pay for the above average entertainment/activity--something.
If the businesses do this, they will not go out of business; ignore reality and fail.
Like I've said a zillion times before to my friends WHY don't empty spaces RENT out for special occasions? A lot of upscale Quinces & other parties here would sure be classier than some of those tacky ballrooms out there. What about using the spaces for model shoots? There are so many ideas that could happen, the question is, who will DO it? I am not in either industry, but there has to be someone out there who can get it done right.
This location doesn't work for a variety of reasons - bad parking situation, little to no foot traffic, away from the rest of the grove, away from the general vibe, a very assertive condo association sharing the building (with a huge skylight that filters noise straight up into the condos, and a history of failure (it sets a precedent). I looked at it a few years ago, considered it, negotiated with landlord and talked with condo assc. This place will not work as a bar or restaurant. The landlord is screwed unless he can find a retail tenant, and that prolly won't work either, unless it was a specialty shop of some kind filling a serious void.
Brian is right.
Isn't it odd how the velvet ropes were there, but not any customers?
The other corner of Mary & Oak is also a mystery.
If these high-traffic locations had a good product, they would succeed.
The Grape provides more information on events in the Grove than does BIC. I think the BIC should enlist the services of the Grape and pay the Grape a healthy portion of the BIC tax fund.
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