This means war.
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Topic: This means war.
Posted By: tallen702
Subject: This means war.
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 1:21pm
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Seriously, I'm not kidding. I'm going to take some m-fers down if it's the last thing I do.
Two doors down from my restaurant, which is an Irish Gastro-pub by definition, there's an old book store which has been sitting vacant for over 2 years. We knew that a local chef wanted to put a Gastro-pub in there, which I'm fine with, but what we didn't know is that he's putting in an Irish Gastro-pub in, and has apparently performed enough fellatio on city council members to get a variance to allow him to put up a rooftop deck (which is deemed illegal here in old-town Alexandria due to the historic significance of the architecture) and to put a permanent awning over public property to provide additional outdoor seating (also illegal due to architectural planning laws). We tried to get both of those for our restaurant 4 years ago when we opened, but we denied. This SOB comes in and has the PR department and apparently the ability to suck a golf-ball through a garden hose and gets them to "forget" about the laws for him. I'm taking him down. Plain and simple. I'll out price him, out cook him, and make him regret the day he decided to open this close to us. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 1:22pm
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lulz For the price of a plane ticket and a free meal at your place, I could steal some cultures from the microbiology department and 'spike' some food over there... probably should find a way to hurt him and not the customers though... |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 1:23pm
GO TALLEN!------------- 
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 1:27pm
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33 cent solution from 800 yards...
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 1:43pm
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Same thing happened with me this past year. Someone started that blog to try and compete with us for news coverage of the UCF area and started acting like the TMZ of the campus, posting rumors and being super sensational. We finally beat them down at the end. Reduced them to just covering Greek life and posting press releases. Nobody would talk to them. Anyway, long story short, I'll just get a freelancing gig at the Alexandria Times and say I saw a waiter rub their gootch on the salads while writing a review. Problem solved. Also, skinhat. |
Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 1:56pm
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ahem,
Free Enterprise...
Business has way too many regulations put on them by 'well meaning' boards. Why don't you quit whining and go get a variance and build one too? Precidence has now been set... And today governments are actually concerned with KEEPING any business they can get...
I would think you would like a little less government intrusion on what you do to YOUR property... But, what would I know...
go get em tiger. Maybe you can get them to ban customers in the future too... Cause them having customers certainly wouldn't be fair.
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 2:34pm
Methinks you didn't read his last sentence, Captain Capitalism. |
FreeEnterprise wrote:Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 2:35pm
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 2:47pm
FE, buddy, I know you're from Ohio, so that means you can't drive for crap, but I thought your reading comprehension would be better! My argument against this guy involving any kind of regulation is that the council voted to allow him to put a rooftop deck on a historically significant building along with their decision to allow a permanent fixture on public property, both of which required a variance from them. We've repeatedly attempted to get the same variance, but we don't have the PR machine that this guy does. To put it simply, he's a "rockstar" chef. He's not really that good, but he's got a fantastic PR machine that makes him look like he craps Foie Gras and pisses La Grande Dame. That said, the architectural board must now approve these fixtures. They've got a history of http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022801976.html - dicking people around Apparently the shops located opposite from this new restaurant on Wales Alley are fighting the awning decision tooth and nail, and the guy who owns the buildings across the street has now declared that he's going to fight the rooftop deck. As I stated, I'm all for another restaurant rather than a vacant property, but step into my territory and try to copy me? I'm gonna mess you up. I got to where I am by being a hard-nosed SOB in the business world, and I'm ruthless when it comes to protecting my income. I don't stab people in the back when it comes to competition, I knife them in the face, just ask the prior exec of my restaurant. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: NiQ-Toto
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 2:52pm
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 3:13pm
| Really, just massively weaken the structural integrity of his building. |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 3:20pm
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1) Baseball bat. 2) Kneecaps. 3). ???? 4) Profit. Only thing is you can't get caught, 'cause then steps 3 and 4 go way differently. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 4:24pm
A few termites goes a long way. Unless it's a brick building. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 4:31pm
Plus, putting up your own deck/awning lets you copy him back just to piss him off. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 4:40pm
This. |
Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 4:46pm
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Seems like a good time for some forum trip shenanigans.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 4:58pm
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I still really want to go to Tallen's restaurant/pub.
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 4:58pm
Read the link I posted in my rebuttal to FE. Then you'll understand the variance game in this town.
The building which they are expecting to put a rooftop deck on? Yeah, it's got a flounder roof. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 5:11pm
------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 5:33pm
I turn 21 two weeks before NPPL DC. Let's do it Jmac. Reb, drive down from New York. You and Jmac can slap fight while me and tallen get drunk and swap war stories of time in the Irish battlefields. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 5:40pm
Seriously. If luck's on my side I might have a chance sometime between this summer and winter. I shudder at the thought of being the target of Tallen's revenge. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 7:23pm
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One thing you can bet Tallen; if this guy does open shop, he will get a series of the worst damn public internet reviews ever. ------------- |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 7:26pm
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Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 7:56pm
SAME BRO -------------
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 8:11pm
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COOL MAN
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 8:45pm
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I can really see some godawful combination of Tallens cooking skills, new AR, girly skates, and this new guy coming together... -------------
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Posted By: oldsoldier
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 8:46pm
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Independant Contractor. A little muscle, a few suggestions, an offer they can not refuse. Incremental relocation program.
Ask for pricing. ------------- 
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 8:48pm
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Tallen- It may be worth your time to investigate how your legal jurisdiction treats Writs of Mandamus that attempt to compel officials of government to do their job in accordance with the law. As a party who can clearly substantiate injury from an evident dereliction of duty by a public official, you may have grounds to pursue this. MBro can probably speak more intelligently on this than I, but it's worth investigating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writ_of_mandamus#United_States - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writ_of_mandamus#United_States
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 9:33pm
Blackwater holds parties at our bar sometimes.... I'm just sayin'.... ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 18 May 2010 at 9:51pm
They have a cool armored vehicle they developed in house, all they have to do is have a little "accident" on a wet day with it. Although that may leave the roof up (but not much else). ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 1:16am
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Offer a Billy Martin first of course. After that, subtle acts of vandalism go a long way. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 1:27am
I believe they go by Xe now, after that whole accusation of arms trafficking/kidnapping/unsolicited assassinations/racketeering/drug trafficking/child prostitution... Amongst other things. Bunch of stand up guys, those folks.
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 2:16am
There's never been a more 'QFT' worthy statement posted in all the internets.
Well, once you are willing to take a human life for money, I feel like it goes without saying that there isn't a whole lot you will limit yourself from doing. Really, what's selling some opium compared to killing someone? ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 3:38am
| I think that as Tallen is head chef, he could afford to fly at least 3 of us there. And he should, regardless of the financial reality of the situation. |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 8:30am
Too high profile, you should reconsider OS and my offer. 33 cent solution. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 8:49am
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Just pay me to take my kids there every evening. We can clear out a place faster than e. coli. Scene city, screaming, spills, diaper explosions and barfing. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 8:54am
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LOL. Stab them in the face.
I can see Tallen's issue. It isn't so much about how he can NOW legally play catchup. He shouldn't be required to if he ask for the same permission earlier. Precident is all good an helpful, but HIS ruling was also precident. Why does it only get called out when something changes, to enforce other changes? Precedent should work both ways. If it was previously denied with sufficient reasons, that should be groundings to deny it in future as well. KBK |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 9:21am
------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 9:52am
| I'm in for any hilarious/mildly amusing/just plain criminal plans to hurt this guy. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 6:13pm
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 9:39pm
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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 9:57pm
| Dibs on getting hammered and vomiting on the bar/bartender/off the roof onto customers. |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 9:59pm
JH... you win. Heck, if Tallen can't afford to pay you every evening... I'll pay for every-other. 
It'll be worth it to make the short drive to Alexandria just to witness the little Hopper mayhem. 
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 10:15pm
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If you're paying, I'll HAVE kids and then take them there. Then leave them.
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 10:40pm
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I think Skillet wins. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 11:28pm
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Start stealing his Sysco and GFS orders. Competing legitimatly might be kind of a **edited**, if he has the PR machine you speak of. Even though your food is superior. Also, I can mess up a restaurant pretty quick. Projectile vomitting, explosive diarrhea, Tec9, and fake food critic. And if all else fails, Jmac has the schooling to be inserted as a mole. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 1:35am
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 7:03am
OMG THIS ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 7:28am
This is brilliant. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 11:33am
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I sense good things in the near future.
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 10:42pm
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 12:12am
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Amanda Bynes = so hot.
Frankie Muniz = celebrity rehab in 20 years. ------------- 
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Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 12:17am
Yep. ------------- |