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The first sign of trouble was when BLD (apparently standing for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) stopped serving breakfast. Then came the high staff turnover, replacing some great staff with some very young, very inexperienced servers (yes, we noticed). As of this morning those walking by the storefront observed that everything that wasn't nailed down was removed over the weekend, leaving only a few chairs and items that couldn't be hurried out in the middle of the night. There was no bailiff's notice on the door, nor a notice of any kind (not even a thank you to customers), which leads one to assume the folks chose to abscond with the contents before they could be seized to pay possible back rent. One hopes the employees received their last paycheques. I am sure they earned them.
The food itself at BLD was...OK. It was always more pricey than it needed to be. Whether this was out of necessity, or simply an attempt to appear more upscale, their pricepoint was consistently 20 to 25% higher than other alternatives in the immediate vicinity, with no apparent reason.
I would give three stars for the food. (I tried their pork schnitzel sandwich last week which was greasy beyond description. I compare it to those sausages you buy from the street vendors - eat it once and it repeats all afternoon), about the same for the service, but to run out in the middle of the night is beyond comprehension. The verdict - 0 to 1 star. I just hope they don't open under a different name somewhere else and do the same thing to a whole new group of employees.
BLD is RIP, and I'm A'OK with it.
What a shame.
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