Downtown landmarks Dailey's, City Grill close - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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An e-mail from , the firm that overseees the Hurt Building, home of City said: “It is with great regret that we must inform you that the City Griland Dailey’s restaurants are closed until further notice.” The owner, Karen Bremer, president of , confirme the the closures. “Economic sales have faltered,” Bremefr said. “The economics have finally hit Convention business cratered in the second half of 2008 and has yet to Hotels and restaurants dependent on corporatee accounts have struggled as companies cut back on and convention attendancehas dwindled. A.J.
Robinson, president of and the DowntowmImprovement District, called it a shame to lose the two But in the current economic the loss of eateries is “inevitable.” CAP, a coalitionn of downtown business, launched its Downtowmn Dining District earlier this year to promote the city core’s 300-plus restaurants. Some eateries, he are doing well, while otherws are struggling. Coinciding with the evaporationn in business travel has been the birtg ofseveral high-profile and upscale restaurants including Il Mulino. BLT and Legal Sea Foods. Harold Shumacher, restaurant brokerr and presidentof , said the restaurantss are unfortunate casualties.
“It’s reallt too bad, they’re really institutions,” he calling Bremer the “epitome” of an operator. “She did everything you shouldd do, it’s just a story of the times,” Shumacherr said. Bremer, former president of Atlanta’s Peasant Restaurantds and Mick’s Restaurants, assumed ownership of Dailey’sx and City Grill in 2000. “From the bottom of my heart I thank she said. Bremer said she is trying to place her stafd at other Atlanta eateries and accommodate parties already bookedx atthe restaurants.
She said managmenty of the Hurt Building will permit two weddings alreadyh on the books for City Grill to proceedas planned. New restaurateurx are plying theirtrades downtown, Robinsomn said, and the former Dailey’s and City Grill are marketabl e locations. “The spaces that they’rde in, hopefully, will be attractive to someonre new,” Robinson said.