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Dubious Expansion Plans

Marylanders will soon get a taste of that famous Ann Arbor seafood with the opening of Mainstreet Ventures’ Real Seafood Company. The “lifestyle center” in Annapolis will also feature a Chop House.

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Hrm. “Famous” or “infamous”? I don’t know what ’s more depressing—seeing a line there or in front of BD’s Mongolian Crapfest.
posted by ajn on June 21st, 2007 at 2:54 pm e
The only time I ever ate at Real Seafood, I became deathly ill, then had to go to UHS where they insisted on doing a Pelvic even though I was not sexually active at the time….Thanks Real Seafood.
posted by Christina on June 21st, 2007 at 4:29 pm e
Dude, my head is spinning at the possible responses, but I’ll limit myself to saying that if I worked at UHS I’d do a pelvic on every little coed who walked through the door.

Well, except for the skanks. And the ones who actually looked like they might be sick down there.
posted by Parking Structure Dude! on June 21st, 2007 at 5:09 pm e
Um.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on June 21st, 2007 at 5:37 pm e
What’s Pervert Suckture Dump’s IP address? There are ways to keep stupid posts from occurring on blogs, they say.
posted by David Boyle on June 21st, 2007 at 6:40 pm e
I’ve never deleted a post that wasn’t spam or possibly libelous, so I’ll just say that I’d rather not have that kind of thing in the future.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on June 21st, 2007 at 8:20 pm e
is this the same david boyle who went ape shit when someone tried to ID him in the basement of the union?
posted by peter honeyman on June 21st, 2007 at 11:23 pm e
Let’s stay on point, folks.
Anchors Away to Annapolis. I happen to think Real Seafood is the best of the Mainstreet Ventures’ restaurants. Their fish is fresh, expertly seasoned, and served by some of the nicest wait staff in Ann Arbor & that alone qualifies them as a stand-out eatery.
And, on the quaint side, Real Seafood is one of the few restuarants in town who still offer a discount meal on your birthday. Okay, a nostlagic, Bill Knapp-like touch…and there’s something wrong with that?
posted by E. Michael on June 22nd, 2007 at 7:56 am e
all main street ventures have the birthday special.

carry on.
posted by nymbani yangu on June 22nd, 2007 at 8:49 am e
I’d like to take this opportunity to leverage all of the positive capital I’ve accumulated and re-endorse Sabra Briere in the First Ward Democratic primary. Join me, won’t you, in my support of Sabra. Join me. Your dainty cheek by my sweaty, pock-marked jowl. Join me. Hand in cold, damp hand. Join me. And as you cast your vote for Briere, donâ€™t lose focus on the knowledge that somewhere in the bowels of the First Ward, a twitchy, drooling, moral derelict is doing the exact same thing. In fact, you’d better take some Purell, just in case I was there right before you.
posted by Parking Structure Dude! on June 22nd, 2007 at 10:23 am e
Confidential post script to AAIO,

I apologize for crossing the line.

My own personal vulgarity litmus test is Mrs. Structure Dude! I read the comment to her, she cracked up, I hit submit….

Apparently we’re both crass.
posted by Parking Structure Dude! on June 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 am e
I thought it was funny too.
posted by Huckett on June 22nd, 2007 at 12:39 pm e
Me2!
posted by StarChild the Lurker on June 22nd, 2007 at 7:15 pm e
Actually, it was AAiO’s succinct reply that made me laugh out loud, and wake up the roommate. Well played.
posted by Jen on June 23rd, 2007 at 5:55 pm e
Are you sure you got that right and it’s not Maryland seafood being imported into Ann Arbor?
posted by Anna on June 24th, 2007 at 1:52 pm e
Oh geez, look at the surprises in store when you step away from this place for a while. Up above, there goeth Parking Structure Dude. Jumping off the Prozac wagon train, he spews forth over the wide open digital spaces and big pixelated skies. Slipping off the far horizon go those cheerier days of rough & tumble camaraderie back at the Dude ranch. That’s too bad.

The acidic wheeze now born-again all over again, one has to conclude that his affair breakup with M. carries permanence this time. Which makes the basement saloon on Main off limits as a hangout for Sir Structure, lest he risk an airborne half-loaded fifth of moonshine grazing across the front of his forehead. M. won’t tolerate having him in there while on shift duty, won’t have him back at all. Not unless, maybe, he signs the life insurance papers she troubled so much to get for him after an earlier feud. The latest outburst peaked loudly next to the 1st & Wash crater, where Dude normally waxes nostalgic over lost housing. The bloom must be off for good this time, never mind the gardens of summer.

AnyWho, any of you all notice how Structure Dude’s epiphanies on land development in A-Deux, as scribed under the skies of this net domain and over at Update, so frequently read nearly identical to missives pixel-penned on the same subject in the same places by AAIO? Though often missing, no doubt, his slight, whimsical misogyny and endearing Cahill envy. Could this be a Hyde and Jekyll? Or a Sinatra and Martin? Or Sinatra and a Nancy R?

….Oh Jackie!
Where’s Kitty Kelley when you need her.
posted by Let Cooler Heads Prevail on June 24th, 2007 at 8:16 pm e
Or a Michigan and a Maryland
posted by sunburned and hot on June 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am e
Ann Arbor should be quarantined…all of the midwest should be as well. People here seem to be missing some vital information.
posted by blagh on June 25th, 2007 at 12:09 pm e
care to elaborate?
posted by nymbani yangu on June 25th, 2007 at 1:23 pm e
I’ve been on a four-day road trip. I wasn’t ignoring you Parking Structure Dude. I too, find your comment somewhat funny, but my humor leans towards the crass side.
posted by christina on June 26th, 2007 at 12:21 am e
@E. Michael:

For the record, there’s a list (started by yours truly) of all the places in Ann Arbor that give you free birthday food:

http://arborwiki.org/city/Birthday_Deals
posted by Jeremy on June 26th, 2007 at 8:37 am e
A longtime friends’ b-day is coming soon, so thanks for the tips!
posted by Eric on June 27th, 2007 at 5:16 pm e
the new observer talks about West Park and the concert limitations from the band shell for summer shows…aaio, give me space to testify-
posted by nymbani yangu on June 27th, 2007 at 10:53 pm e
As for Mainstreet’s new ventures in Maryland’s capital city, what kind of quality standards can one really expect in a place to be called Annapolis Towne Centre on Parole? I’m sure it will be fun to dine at the new Chop House in a year or two, next door to Spiro’s ankle bracelet boutique.

When it opens, Parole will cost you a $2000 bond each month to live there. For travel amenities, the site plan and drawings shows plenty of parking on surface lots. Buy hey, where are the stand-alone parking structures?
Uh oh.

http://www.ggcommercial.com/projects/parole/photo_gallery.html
posted by Shetland beach bum near Ocean City on July 3rd, 2007 at 11:58 am e
Don’t be downcast should you not find a lot of those while on Parole. Be aware that Maryland, in general, is well represented by a diverse array of parking structures. In the DC area alone, the Metro transit system’s park-and-ride led to the construction of several of the most dignified, manly-man structures you can find in any big city outside of major airports. For example, you may feel better when you glimpse this, which offers “a lot” to look at while living up to its name better than no other:
http://www.pci.org/markets/projects/parking.cfm

It’s such an idyllic pastoral view, I’ll bet that (for just a moment) it gets Parking Dude’s leering gaze off the dogs, now that he’s given up on having extramarital affairs with bipeds. To help keep his interests more varied, does anyone know of a construction trade magazines that includes parking structure foldouts?
posted by Biltmore, MD on July 4th, 2007 at 4:03 pm e
Yes, let’s discuss the aesthetics of parking. Since there’s really not space to copy and post a long article, follow the link underneath. You will find yourself unable to pass up an essay with subheadings like “Pretty Parking Lots” and “Garages That Make a Statement,” not to mention its focus on university settings. Do you think it can give our regents adequate inspiration to remake a part of the arboretum into the most amazing parking place?
http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=626&pf=1
posted by Anonymous on July 6th, 2007 at 12:21 pm e
Maryland. Parking lots. Structures. Dudes. Affairs.

We’ve wandered off from the original subject of the posting. Hence, a new hyperlink that beams us back toward Tree Town’s Mainstreet and the seat of an expanding empire for expensive, mild delicacies, all derived from Ventures capital.

http://www.restaurant-hospitality.com/article/13424
posted by homesick on July 7th, 2007 at 9:57 am e
Home sweet home and all that, yet I do like the unusual service concept that’s rumored for the Real Seafood on coastal Maryland. First, you’ll tell the server whether you want, say, blue crab or rockfish or oyster. Next, the shift manager sends Midwest ex-pat Parking Structure! outside for a dip into the nearby Chesapeake to capture a near approximation of your requested entree. When the Dude’s feeling generous, there might be a little bonus eel sprinkled on your plate.
posted by salty dog on July 9th, 2007 at 12:02 pm e

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