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Mall sues to evict Wild Wings Grill
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer
Published March 6, 2008
PORT RICHEY - You can get a basket of 12 wings at the Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar at Gulf View Square for $7.99. So if we do a little math, it appears Buffalo Wild Wings needs to sell 14,322 baskets to pay the $114,431.78 the mall says it owes in back rent and sales tax. That's why Gulf View Square is trying to evict the tenant, according to a lawsuit filed in Pinellas-Pasco circuit court against the franchise's owner, Suncoast Restaurants LLC. Buffalo Wild Wings opened at the mall in June 2004. But the suit says it hasn't paid the $15,688.84 in rent and sales tax due on the first of each month since July 2007. The franchise also ignored a Jan. 29 letter demanding that it pay in full or get out, according to the suit. Simon Property Group, the mall's parent company, declined to comment on the case Wednesday. No one from Buffalo Wild Wings or Suncoast Restaurants returned calls for comment. Buffalo Wild Wings is still open in the mall with eight big projection TVs. You can still get 10 percent off your order with a mall receipt - but then it would take 15,915 baskets to pay the mall off.
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by m
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03/11/08 05:29 PM
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I got sick there from out of date chicken. knew someone that once worked there.
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by Best Buy
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03/08/08 02:05 AM
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Corporate SHOULD buy the place and fix it up, rumor has it there are a few things wrong with the place.
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by JOE
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03/07/08 04:05 PM
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I've been in the restaurant business for 25 years and seen places come and go. I have eaten at this Buffalos quite alot and enjoyed it. What I see is that the group that owns it should have been never approved to open it. Maybe corp.should buy it
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by poppi
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03/07/08 03:04 PM
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i love bw's! the honey bbq is awesome and i always get the best service at the bar. the bar tenders are all awesome and i always have fun. plus the managers are cool!
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by pasco pete
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03/07/08 11:52 AM
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I DON'T THINK THE FOOD IS OVER PRICED I THINK THE RENT IS OVER PRICED.LOOK AT HOW MANY STORES HAVE COME @GONE HOW MANY EMPTY STORES THERE ARE.TIMES ARE BAD SIMON PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THEIR GREED WILL FACE MORE EMPTY STORES.OH YEAH SERVICE DOE'S SUCK!
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by liz
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03/07/08 10:10 AM
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the place sucks. service sucks. my wings are always tough and nachos sogey. food is over priced. i agree sell a big screen. get the money to pay the bills. the only service thats good is when im in the bar
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by jenn
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03/07/08 10:06 AM
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Everytime i go there its the same thing. we get sat right away and wait forever for our service. when we're sat right next to the front desk we hear inappropriate convosations with rude words. our server always have a "problems"
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by bird
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03/06/08 09:42 PM
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The food and service are terrible! I agree with by by abe, put something else there.
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by by abc
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03/06/08 05:16 PM
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the one in trinity is 100 times better as far as the service,,the place is only good for the beer and sports,, the food really sucks , that spot in the mall needs to go , put something else there
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by m
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03/06/08 04:41 PM
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my husband and I went there three times. the first time we waited 20 min or our waitress to come over another 30 min for our drinks another 40 fro the food. 2nd got bad service and i got really sick from the food. 3rd time same thing
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by Brad
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03/06/08 03:56 PM
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What about all the people who work there. Now due to a totally irresponsible company many people will be showing up to work one day and the locks will be changed and they probably won't get paid for any time they have worked prior to eviction.
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by George
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03/06/08 03:55 PM
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I'm sure if they sold some of those HUGE flat screen TVs they could pay the rent...c'mon do you REALLY need that many?
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by Stan
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03/06/08 03:54 PM
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I went there once and was very disappointed. Meals are over-priced...and you have to pay extra for fries if you order a chicken sandwich? I'll just go to Checkers next time...
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by buffalo
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03/06/08 03:13 PM
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THE SERVICE IS NOT TERRIBLE! I got here all the time.
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by buffalo
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03/06/08 03:00 PM
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The author of this article needs to get his facts straight and stop printing lies.
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by Robert Smart
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03/06/08 11:30 AM
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Thait place is cool
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by Stephen
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03/06/08 08:22 AM
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It was only a matter of time. The service is terrible. The food is mediocre, if they even have it in stock. And the place is dirty. The only thing it had going for it was Blue Moon on tap and UFC fights. It is a shame, could have been a nice place.
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