Comments on: Holy Cow: This Could Be Very Cool

By: MtPDiplo

MtPDiplo — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:29:45 +0000

Wow, this MtP project sounds great, especially the cafe part. What do you estimate the minimum investment would be to get involved?

By: BS

BS — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:32:20 +0000

John-
If you ever need an official beer taster/buyer I would be happy to lend my palate to all of your projects. I live around the corner from where Meridian is going to go…love my belgian beers….so I have a doubly-vested interest.

By: upthestreet

upthestreet — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:47:17 +0000

this thread has been interesting, relating it to the previous thread about the development at georgia ave/new hamp. ave….this sounds exactly like the kind of place that would thrive in petworth….hope you get enough investors to open up 2 branches!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:46:59 +0000

John,

Sad to see SuperSave go, but if there has to be a new tenant, I have to say I like that you are exploring the idea. I’m a big fan of Asylum and have given you and the bartenders way too much of my money over the years, mostly on Sunday “mornings.”

I live in Mt Pleasant and think you’d fare better that the People Garden. I tried that place a few times, but they closed not long after I moved to the neighborhood and I just go to Whole Foods now.

Any place that small in Mt P is going to have to serve a niche market anyway. No way you’ll be able to please everyone and have a broad appeal. You should be able to pay the rent by playing to the general ideas you presented in your original post.

By: Meridian Pint

Meridian Pint — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:45:37 +0000

I am definitely aware of the potential for spreading myself too thin. If this Mt. Pleasant project is to move forward, I would definitely need a front man to spearhead it. Until that happens, I will not move forward. Fear not Meridian Pint is my priority.

Thanks again for all the interest.

John

By: BrodyV

BrodyV — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:31:29 +0000

Jess- Agreed. I’d be more than happy to continue picking up my produce at the farmers market if afterwards I could find someplace that I actually trusted to order a double espresso.

By: GforGood

GforGood — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:19:04 +0000

John, sounds great! Now, all I hope is that you are not spreading yourself too thin with many projects going on at the same time. And since I live closers to the Meridian Pint site.. focus on that, please!

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:18:04 +0000

Wish I could invest myself, though I have to say the one thing in the beer/wine/cafe/produce equation that seems to scream we are doing too much is the produce part. I would be infinitely happy with a beer/wine/cafe. As long as the coffee is good.

By: Meridian Pint

Meridian Pint — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:53:00 +0000

Wow! Again, I’m just so excited to hear so much interest. I’ve always had an open minded/open door policy to my business and this project is no exception. It sounds like the best direction is a Tryst meets a Lost Dog sort of business. It sounds like most folks want a cafe with great coffee, free wi-fi, great retail beer & wine, high quality grocery items including great produce(perhaps from local growers), and some organics in there too…oh yeah, and some more Mad Dog 357 at Asylum for BrodyV. Done.

This all sounds great, now I just have to create the investor core, wait for the landlord to resolve all the legal issues with the previous “Super Save Market” tenant and hopefully the project can get underway.

Thanks again for all your support.

John Andrade
Asylum & Meridian Pint
westcoastin2005@hotmail.com

By: coop!

coop! — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:48:13 +0000

fantastic idea. a tpss coop-style market would be amazing! i think it would be successful, considering i (and many friends) trek all the way out to tkpk to do grocery shopping.
id never heard of city garden coop – maybe they would be the people to start from!