My top "gone restaurant" would be the Original 4th Street Rose, before they tried to franchise, "improve" the menu, and floated teets up down the river because of it.
Oddly enough this set off a chain reaction of suckage ruining three great restaurants in the process. The Latin corner moved into Roses, raised all their prices and changed their menu, and Divino's moved into the Latin corner and did likewise. All three restaurants were better in their old locations/formats, and now one's dead and I can't bring myself to patronize the other two.
On the same note... I miss the "original" Joey Tomato's and Cactus Club Cafe's, (before they were turned into Earl's metrosex bistro franchises).
I also miss the Red Robin in Kensington, but mainly because of who took over that location. Julio's Bario is the worst Mexican restaurant in existence, aimed at pasty white Canadians who are nostaligic for their Mom's grocery store "taco-kit" cooking.
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