There has been a rash of sudden closures of restaurants in the town centre. This one, a fish bar on King Edward Street, opened last October and closed in September. Starbucks and Pizza Hut have already left town. There's news today of yet another closure in the old town. The local rag carries tales of woe from restaurant owners demanding that 'something must be done' as if the public purse should remedy their poor business choices. At this rate of attrition there won't be any left by the year of Kultur. But, you ask, don't the good folk of Hull like to dine out of an evening? Sure they do, just not in the moribund centre of town but in places such as Princes Avenue which is crammed with restaurants and bars. I think it's called market forces or some such ...
Such is often the case here- an overdose of restaurants in the exact same area.
ReplyDeletethese places seem to come and go here too - a lot open up having got on some "new business scheme" with subsidised rents/rates &c and then when those run out they don't have the resources to continue.
ReplyDelete"Hull and Hereabouts" has been included in our Sites To See #453. Be assured that we hope this helps to point many new visitors in your direction.
ReplyDeletehttp://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2015/10/sites-to-see-453.html
Year of Culture is supposed to help that sort of thing. Frankly I think the majority of Hull-ites have no idea of the amazing things the city has. I don't know where else you could get within an inch or so of a Leonardo da Vinci drawing ( couple of years ago at Ferens) but the place was practically empty in spite of huge banners all over the town advertising the exhibition! Maybe they all think it's clever to knock the place, rather than support it.
ReplyDelete