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Snack Shack Scadaddle
updated: Oct 21, 2012, 7:13 PM

By Edhat Subscriber

I just drove by and noticed that the Snack Shack, the new eatery in Paseo Nuevo (State & De La Guerra) is closed already. Is that a new record for shortest restaurant span in Santa Barbara history? It felt like only about two months. Anyone know what went wrong?

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COMMENT 334039	2012-10-21 07:21 PM
I ate there once and was unimpressed.
COMMENT 334041P	2012-10-21 07:30 PM
Their food wasn't very good, probably didn't make enough money to stay afloat with the high rent on State Street and the other better burger places in that area. We tried them and were disappointed AND still hungry afterwards. I hear that Eureka is pretty good though!
COMMENT 334061	2012-10-21 08:18 PM
That location seems to have bad luck.
COMMENT 334067	2012-10-21 08:22 PM
If you make good food, the place will stay open.... cheap crap wont cut it.
COMMENT 334117	2012-10-22 06:45 AM
They would have done much better w/ either a different location (closer to the beach) and or a different name. Snack Shack ... Not the greatest choice.
COMMENT 334125	2012-10-22 07:03 AM
Eureka Burger did them in.
COMMENT 334132	2012-10-22 07:26 AM
Who want's to eat a burger on a hot dog bun? Terrible, amateurish idea and poor execution = FAILED.
COMMENT 334143	2012-10-22 07:48 AM
Nutshell: Most people starting a restaurant are already faced with a dismal 5% rate of potential success. Writing a business plan and mapping out potential relies on too many guesses. Like, "There's 2000 people walking by each day! All we need is 10% of that and we're rich!" The bi "do in" is the rents. You think Wall Street has tax benefits? So do the comercial RE owners who make more money clawing back taxes then they do from renting at an affordable price. Do you get to claw back previously paid taxes when you have a bad year? No. Would you not work because it's more profitable to take back previous taxes paid? That's what these guys do unless you pay a premium.
COMMENT 334213	2012-10-22 09:58 AM
Rents are not too high on State Street. Just because they are not what tenants want, does not mean they are too high. They are what they are. Tenants should be the ones who get labeled greedy demanding more money goes to them; not the landlords who actually own what the tenants want. If tenants don't like the rents, then by all means they are free to buy their own piece of State Street storefront and see how they like the mortgage payments instead of the rental payments.
COMMENT 334299	2012-10-22 11:59 AM
There staple was a burger in a hot dog bun. Let me repeat that, a burger in a hot dog bun. Failure before it even opened
COMMENT 334364	2012-10-22 02:26 PM
OK just curious - why was the post about Kahuna grill deleted? Anyone?
CORKY	2012-10-22 03:55 PM
Was the comment about the lame cashier a joke? Surely the respondent knew the person wasn't disabled. This is on the delerted texts.
NATURE BOY	2012-10-22 04:07 PM
364: No idea. Seems pretty benign to me.
COMMENT 334631	2012-10-23 10:36 AM
334213 - Bravo. Spoken like a true Romney supporter. Time to renew your SBNP subscription, isn't it?
COMMENT 335582	2012-10-25 02:04 PM
Why did Edhat delete the response of the person standing up for the Disabled Community? They need representation, too!

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