Camille's on Cherry Street

[Conan71]

Here is one from Diners, Drive Ins and Dives that I hope to check out sometime soon.

http://www.fabhotdogs.com/ You will need to allow pop ups from this site, it's safe to see the menu. The prices seem lower here than what Urban Tulsa had for Coney Beach.

Food critic or pro wrestler wanna be?  You can't help but like Guy.  I'd love to have a Marshalls or ten with him and Anthony Bourdain.

[DTowner]

In the past year or so, I recall reading of agreements by the owners (Beautiful Brands) with In the Raw, Caz' Chowhouse, Cafe Ole, among others to franchise those concepts.  With those deals, the hot dog place (and Rex's), the ice cream joint, taking Camille's international, and into Wal-Mart they have a lot of irons in the fire.  However, it never seems like a good idea to let your flagship concept slip as you focus on other things.

I probably ate that this Camille's once every couple of months - usually on the weekend.  The food was generally good, but a little pricey.  It was never particularly busy, which seemed a problem given the size of the space.

This is an excellent location, especially with the patio that can be closed off when it gets really hot or cold.  I hope something goes in that has a stronger night time presence.  Along with the former Bourbon St., Cherry St. now has two good restaurant spaces available.

[we vs us]

Hot Doug's in Chicago is a national treasure.  Duck fat fries FTW!  Also The Game of the Week kick's regular donkey (I've seen Elk sausage, Alligator, venison, and pheasant).

What can I eat at Hot Doug's, you ask?

The Dog
Chicago-Style Hot Dog with all the trimmings: 'nuff said.
$1.75

The Elvis
Polish Sausage: Smoked and savory - just like the King.
$2.50

The Paul Kelly
Bratwurst: Soaked in Beer – sort of like Paul.
$3.50

The Frankie "Five Angels" Pentangeli
(formerly The Virgil "the Turk" Sollozzo and the Luca Brasi)
Italian Sausage: Keep your friends close, your sausage closer.
$3.00

The Keira Knightley
(formerly the Jennifer Garner and the Britney Spears)
Fire Dog: Mighty hot!
$2.50

The Salma Hayek
(formerly the Madonna, the Raquel Welch and the Ann-Margret)
Andouille Sausage: Mighty, mighty, mighty hot!
$4.00

The Game of the Week
See the special's page for this week's game sausage.

The Marty Allen
(formerly the Don Rickles)
Thuringer: Hello der beef, pork and garlic.
$3.25

The Pete Shelley
(formerly the Steve Diggle and the Howard Devoto)
Vegetarian Dog: Meatless . . . and delicious!
$2.75

The Dave Kingman
(formerly the Shawon Dunston and the Rick Reuschel)
Chicken Sausage: Classic Italian-style or zesty Sante Fe-style
$3.50

The Sally Vega
(formerly the Ace Patrick and the "Psycho" Ronnie Raines)
Corn Dog: Deep fried to a golden splendor – it's corntacular!
$1.50

(So far still Just) The Charlie and James Sohn
Mini bagel dogs and tater tots – the kids love'em.
$2.50

The (Your Name Here)
Today's celebrity sausage: See the special's page.

Add Chili to any sausage: 50¢
Add Cheese to any sausage: 25¢

FRESH-CUT FRENCH FRIES
small ............... $1.25 large ............... $2

DUCK FAT FRIES ..... $3.50
(Friday & Saturday only)

CHEESE FRIES
small ............... $2 large ............... $2.75

SODA
small ............... $1 large ............... $1.75

[dbacks fan]

Food critic or pro wrestler wanna be?  You can't help but like Guy.  I'd love to have a Marshalls or ten with him and Anthony Bourdain.

If I win a big enough Powerball or Megamillions here are the two chefs I want in my resturaunt:

[dbacks fan]

Hot Doug's in Chicago is a national treasure.  Duck fat fries FTW!  Also The Game of the Week kick's regular donkey (I've seen Elk sausage, Alligator, venison, and pheasant).

I remember seeing this place on "Hot Dog Paradise" on the Travel Channel. Talk about reasonable prices.

[Conan71]

If I win a big enough Powerball or Megamillions here are the two chefs I want in my resturaunt:

Yeah, but you sure wouldn't want to have to buy hair gel for either one.

[dbacks fan]

Yeah, but you sure wouldn't want to have to buy hair gel for either one.

That would be in their contract that they have to supply their own hair products. 

[Townsend]

If I win a big enough Powerball or Megamillions here are the two chefs I want in my resturaunt:

Paint 'em blue and put some antennae on their heads and it's a party.

[SXSW]

This is an excellent location, especially with the patio that can be closed off when it gets really hot or cold.  I hope something goes in that has a stronger night time presence.  Along with the former Bourbon St., Cherry St. now has two good restaurant spaces available.

Very true.  Both are good locations.  An outdoor seating area to the side of Bourbon Street would be a nice addition for any future restaurant there.

[SXSW]

If this is going to be another Beautiful Brands franchise, I hope it's the first Tulsa location of Greenz.  Salads, sandwiches, smoothies would work well with FreshBerry in Cherry Street.  Their only other locations are in Dallas.

http://www.greenzsalads.com/index.htm

The space at 1342 E. 15th St. that recently housed a Camille's Sidewalk Cafe now sits vacant — but not for long.
David Rutkauskas, founder of Camille's and Beautiful Brands International, which owns the franchise, said the franchise location on Cherry Street closed when BBI terminated its agreement with the franchisee last month.

"It wasn't the right situation for Camille's," he said.

BBI still has the lease on the space and plans to move in another brand in the next 90 to 120 days. Though Rutkauskas wouldn't specify which brand would be occupying the space, he did say it would be co-branded with a self-serve FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Cafe. The mystery brand will be owned by a franchisee, while FreshBerry will be corporate-owned.

http://www.tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aID=51317

[Townsend]

Drove by and something was happening in there.

Anyone know?

[SXSW]

Drove by and something was happening in there.

Anyone know?

The rumor is Mi Cocina, the Dallas upscale Mexican restaurant chain.  That would be great if it's true.

[kylieosu]

The rumor is Mi Cocina, the Dallas upscale Mexican restaurant chain.  That would be great if it's true.

Looks like it's true. "New Locations" at the top left corner. http://www.mcrowd.com/micocina.html

[Townsend]

Looks like it's true. "New Locations" at the top left corner. http://www.mcrowd.com/micocina.html

Huzzah

[SXSW]

Sweet, I love Mi Cocina.  And I can walk there from my house!

I'm hoping they expand the outdoor seating.  There is no need for the curb cut on 15th with parallel parking already available in the outside lane.  They could double their outdoor seating (and make it easier for people walking down the sidewalk) by filling that in.