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Username: Bussey
Post Number: 536
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 3:40 pm: |    |
Has anyone heard anything about what is planned for this space. I miss their music and sushi; the white owl beer just isn't as good at Fishbones. |
Higgs1634
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Post Number: 134
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 4:26 pm: | |
Suprising that someone hasnt snapped that place up. they did a great job creating the space. Too bad it didnt work out. Sounds like the owners were long on vision and short on execution. |
Detroitnerd
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Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 1153
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 4:34 pm: | |
It's going to be reborn as a place where people do cocaine and dance. |
Higgs1634
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Post Number: 135
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 4:36 pm: | |
how is that different from what it was? |
Bussey
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Username: Bussey
Post Number: 537
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 4:39 pm: | |
True True True.....
In the basement there was often more coke on the tables than drinks.
Still a cool place though.
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Detroitnerd
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Post Number: 1154
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 4:39 pm: | |
Haha. *exactly* |
Jit
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Post Number: 6
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 5:18 pm: | |
There are new owners who are keeping the name Oslo. They are remodeling the upstairs for a larger kitchen since they are expanding the menu.
BTW - That picture is of the upstairs, not the basement. In total, there were three coffee tables downstairs. I frequented the bar regularly and every time I went there drinks were on those tables, not coke. |
Downtown_remix
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Username: Downtown_remix
Post Number: 406
Registered: 03-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 5:46 pm: | |
this is probably the hottest spot in town. I was very disappointed when it closed, but remained optimistic someone else will come in and make it re-open. The Woodward cooridor seems to get one new retailer a year and can't afford to loose one that acually works. Salad Creations stepped in and fit the profile for what we needed. 2 sporting goods stores,CVS, Borders, 'Detroit Breakfast house, 'Hardrock cafe', 'The Woodward' all represent much needed retail for the cooridor. |
Urbanize
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Username: Urbanize
Post Number: 1624
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 7:03 pm: | |
"2 sporting goods stores"
Don't forget Tall-Eez and Eastern. What are the 2 Sporting Good Stores? |
Bussey
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Username: Bussey
Post Number: 538
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 7:16 pm: | |
Jit,
I realize that the photo was of the upstairs. I did go there once or twice....
I wasn't trying to vilify the previous owners just comment on how I did see people doing cocaine there. I really didn't care about it since it was a really cool club/restaurant.
Easy |
Downtown_remix
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Post Number: 409
Registered: 03-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 7:22 pm: | |
bee's sportin goods is one, the other is next door |
Urbanize
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Username: Urbanize
Post Number: 1628
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 7:22 pm: | |
Hmm, they must be Second level stores then. |
Downtown_remix
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Post Number: 410
Registered: 03-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 7:31 pm: | |
lol, no there basically across from studio catour |
Urbanize
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Username: Urbanize
Post Number: 1629
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 7:47 pm: | |
I wouldn't necessarily consider Athlete's Foot and J-Bees Sporting GOODS Stores like Dunham's or some other place. |
Bussey
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Post Number: 539
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 8:03 pm: | |
couture, my dear Watson. |
Cmyk
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Username: Cmyk
Post Number: 13
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 10:00 pm: | |
Oslo was a great place to go if you wanted to be ignored by the staff when placing a carryout order. I'm sure the sushi would have been delicious. |
Jiscodazz
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Post Number: 38
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 11:11 pm: | |
Funny, I was just talking about OSLO with my wife. I'd heard from a couple former employees that the owners were "running the place into the ground". It sounds like they didn't really know what they were doing or just didn't care enough to make it work. It has a ton of potential, but like everything else in Detroit, very few takers. |
Gannon
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Username: Gannon
Post Number: 9543
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 1:07 am: | |
This thread brought out a few newbies, welcome anyone with less than 40 posts!! |
Spaceboykelly
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Post Number: 238
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 1:40 am: | |
Being on the guestlist just isn't the same now that you're gone Oslo.
I heard that the new owners are aiming for less techno and more hip hop and I really hope that rumor is untrue (not that hip hop is horrible but it's already accounted for elsewhere). |
Civilprotectionunit4346
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Post Number: 173
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 7:37 am: | |
The owners should focus less on the music and more on customer service. If your going to have a night club that plays hip-hop you got 2 right up the street. They should focus on having local rock bands play there. |
Club_boss
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Post Number: 164
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 8:25 am: | |
Music is the key to a successful evening:
Hip-Hop nights were the most lucrative and well attended nights I ever had at a nightclub.
I did Hip-Hop about twice a month and was very happy with the register receipts at the end of the evening, big spenders.
Live Rock Bands are just about equal when it comes to drinkers, Hip-Hop having a slight edge.
I liked Hip-Hop nights, puts an edge on the evening. The majority of security I had was off-duty police officers and I had several of them. Never had one fight, having the po-lease seemed to be a deterrent.
I started out with these special Saturdays by doing EDM (electronic dance music), which went nowhere as far alcohol sales.
As the only source of revenue for the bar is alcohol, drink sales are key to any night being successful. Having good promoters for an event helps, but the bottom line is the people attending must be drinkers, or all of the planning is for nothing.
The cover charge is for the entertainment, and if your lucky, it will pay for some of the security, again, the group must drink alcohol.
Drinking water and dancing the night away is fine, except the bar is losing money, I tried and tried w/ EDM and it was always the same.
Hip-Hop and Rock Bands never let me, or the bar down. |
Motorcitydave
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Post Number: 27
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 9:06 am: | |
I just wish they would focus on bringing back the Sushi first off, it was the best around... and worry about the 'night club' second. |
Vintagesoul
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Post Number: 19
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 10:50 am: | |
I also heard the owners had run it into the ground. This was from someone who worked there right up until the end. I'm sad that it's gone, but glad to hear that it may be back. Even if it is a hip hop venue. Maybe it will cater more to the underground hip hop scene instead of the mainstream. Much better in my opinion. Brings in a much different, more peaceful crowd. Not necessarily fight-free, but better. I've worked at a club where the hip hop was mainstream and almost gotten killed/trampled to death/taken advantage of... it can get very rowdy.
Rock will be great too if they decide to go that route... I'm happy to see any store front stay open especially on Woodward. I think it keeps the ball rolling with development.
I hope the service will be better this time, and that the sushi will be just as good. I miss the jalapeno cream cheese tempura rolls... mmmmmmm.... |
Islandman
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Post Number: 645
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 10:56 am: | |
Oslo is much too small to be a hiphop venue. It was much too small to be a techno venue, but it definitely had a unique design that made it more of a boutique bar a la NYC. |
6nois
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Post Number: 371
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 11:03 am: | |
I liked it the way it was, hopefully it can be preserved in its new form. Hip-hop or rock just wouldn't be the same, as for drinking it doesn't matter what I go to I can't, it sucks. |
Jt1
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Post Number: 9533
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 11:05 am: | |
quote:I just wish they would focus on bringing back the Sushi first off, it was the best around... and worry about the 'night club' second.
It depends which brings in the revenue and keeps it in business. It's great if the sushi sales pay the bills. If not they are better off focusing on the club part of the business. |
Vas
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Post Number: 749
Registered: 01-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 11:17 am: | |
that Sushi was great |
Club_boss
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Post Number: 169
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 11:34 am: | |
Sushi’s OK, it probably has a 30% raw unadjusted food cost associated with it, so it needs to sell, and sell out.
I assume there are only a few places around that carry Sushi grade, it could be a selling point or draw.
Target bar (nightclub) audience is 21 to 34 years old; they are our best customers.
As far as fights go, it comes with the territory, the nightclub territory that is, unless it’s a Jazz Club or a tavern filled w/ old men.
Hip-Hop, Rock, Latino, even Country music; the audience is young men and woman, they are consuming alcohol and mixing it up does happen, that’s when you meet the bouncers, very few people will fight w/ the bouncers, usually a fight means pulling two guys apart that are fighting over a female.
If the men act like gentlemen and the women act like ladies you will treated as one, act like a fool and you will be treated like a fool, it's up to you, it's your decision. |
Islandman
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Post Number: 649
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 11:40 am: | |
Because bouncers are never overzealous in these here parts. Right. |
Club_boss
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Post Number: 170
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 11:50 am: | |
Over jealous bouncers are common and one need look no further than Detroitclubscene.com to read about the complaints that some nightclubs receive about their doormen.
Many clubs are financially strapped and hiring bouncers on the cheap is a frequent occurrence in many cities.
Bouncers that consume “Canned Man” all day and then come to work wishing a fight would break out.
Hiring off duty police officers to do security is expensive and many clubs will go the cheap route and hire bullies or thugs themselves. |