75614 Thu Nov 17 20:15:18 -0800 2005 7 2 Los Angeles Area 0 416290 Anybody know the inside scoop on the decision to shut down Chloe in Playa del Rey? It seemed busy and the food was decent, so I was surprised to hear that they're shutting down. The official word is a problem with their lease, but that sounds like bogus publicist mumbo jumbo to me. Thu Nov 17 20:15:18 -0800 2005 0 glutton 1 416303 nooooo! Thu Nov 17 20:45:07 -0800 2005 416290 0 Elissa 2 416307 If it's true, that's a real shame. The food there was far more than just decent. Thu Nov 17 20:53:10 -0800 2005 416303 0 Bob 1 416322 Rents in PDR are going through the roof. Pretty soon, all of the tenants will be in "Caruso" style minimalls with chain restaurants such as CPK, Cheesecake Factory and Olive Garden. Please let me be wrong in this prediction. It is already happening in Marina Del Rey. Thu Nov 17 22:06:17 -0800 2005 416290 0 Just Larry 2 416347 Amen, Brother. Caruso thinks he is making the urban world more beautiful. Too bad he has NO frickin' taste in eats (see The Grove). Thu Nov 17 23:20:48 -0800 2005 416322 0 Adsvino 2 416502 So true and so sad. Chloe really filled a niche in our hood. All the years I lived in Venice when strangers asked me for directions they were almost always looking for the beach. Now that I have moved to MdR they are always looking for - The Cheesecake Factory. I am waiting with breathless anticipation to see what tenant moves into the recently vacated Hop Li space. Please don't let it be Starbucks . . . Quizno's . . . Olive Garden . . . Applebee's . . . Fri Nov 18 17:01:31 -0800 2005 416322 0 quiz wrangler 3 416517 Maybe we should start a petition for Suzanne Goin or someone equally fabulous to start something in the Hop Li space? Fri Nov 18 18:16:24 -0800 2005 416502 0 Elissa 1 416364 well, i'm sure you all know about the fall out between the two (c & j). he is working at his mb restaurant so the end for chloe was inevitable. by the end of this year it will be gone. Fri Nov 18 01:16:15 -0800 2005 416290 0 pinky