Quizno's - on the cursed corner of death by the Desert Foothills / Chandler road Safeway intersection has gone to the ovens. I went there once since it was opened, and they seemed nice enough, but no promotion and a Subway 52 feet away probably did them in. Also - let's not forget the stank on that corner - where every restaurant is one of two things - dead, or dying.
This is the beginning of the end for Ahwatukee.
The lady that cuts my hair said she was moving to another salon because there was no place left to get lunch on that end of Chandler, and business was dropping off. When you can't sell $10 haircuts the bell is ringing for you.
Quizno's - we hardly knew ya. Ahwatukee - ditto...
I have to admit - the owners of this place must have had balls of Kryptonite to open up here. This place has been at least 5 restaurants in the last 8 years. Nothing sticks - and nothing ever will. This location must be truly haunted - it is in a busy mall with lots of parking. I think the problem is that nobody works around there anymore. For crissakes the Jack In the Box across the street has been closed for 5 years! If it wasn't for Safeway anchoring the site, this end of Ahwatukee would close down. There needs to be a reason for people that DON'T live here to come down here to spend money. And there is nothing on this corner that even comes close. I hate to say "I told you so" but, I told you so. Unwined has unwound and has joined the choir invisible. Death is working overtime in Ahwatukee this year. Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead!
Another Ahwatukee restaurant has slipped under the desert sand and is pushing up the cacti. Loco Patron on the cursed corner (restaurant cemetery) at Desert Foothills and Chandler Blvd has bit the big one and choked down it's last chimichanga. Which is Spanish for the "the death that won't go down easily". Long known as "the place that you went to when everything else was closed and you really didn't care anymore", Loco Patron was the hangout for the residents of Ahwatukee that couldn't find a compass to point themselves east to better venues. Absolutely nobody will miss this place as the blanket of restaurant death covers another victim in the Tuk. The only surprise about this place going down is that it has lasted more than 2 years on this corner. NOBODY else has. Ahwatukee slips further from relevance, and is well on it's way to becoming an exit off the new freeway. When will the first bail bondsmen or pawn shop move in? Only time will tell......
