Olga's Restaurant Coming to Downtown Detroit.

[DetroitPlanner]

I doubt the sign will be for Olga's. Note the use of "Also,"

Brings back the 1920's ugly all over again. Pre-depression many large buildings were covered with giant signage, even multi-story ones on rooftops. Might as well go back to having all of the electrcal wires up in the air. 30 years after that we can cover the buildings with metal facades that look like cheese graters.

[Gistok]

I doubt the sign will be for Olga's. Note the use of "Also,"

Brings back the 1920's ugly all over again. Pre-depression many large buildings were covered with giant signage, even multi-story ones on rooftops. Might as well go back to having all of the electrcal wires up in the air. 30 years after that we can cover the buildings with metal facades that look like cheese graters.

Have you ever seen NYC 42nd street... covered in signage.... can't see a lot of the buildings, but the signs are in easy view...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:42...Nightscape.jpg

[DetroitPlanner]

Have you ever seen NYC 42nd street... covered in signage.... can't see a lot of the buildings, but the signs are in easy view...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:42...Nightscape.jpg

I am not a big fan of that. With the newer LED signs they are far worse and distracting to the point of causing auto accidents. In Downtowns people may be so pre-occupied with the signage it becomes a bomm for pickpockets.

[Gistok]

I am not a big fan of that. With the newer LED signs they are far worse and distracting to the point of causing auto accidents. In Downtowns people may be so pre-occupied with the signage it becomes a bomm for pickpockets.

On Michigan Ave. in Dearborn [[at Oakman) there's one particularly annoying LED sign that sticks out where the street narrows by 1 lane, and I got startled by the sudden brightness of the sign as it was changing images. Distracting is right....

[cmubryan]

Let's hope Olga's does it right and hires good employees that care about customer service and display professionalism. Too often the wrong type of employee is hired in these urban branches because the establishment tries to save money with staffing and you get a second class establishment in a chain that is known for quality. When this happens, the restaurant goes downhill, cuts back hours, staffing gets even worse because money is trying to be saved and the restaurant eventually "closes for remodeling" only to never open again. Sorry for the pesimism, but it seems like anything that opens in the city has an extra strike against it because the management team decides to hire a poor performing staff that only cares about when their next break is or when it's time to go home.

[gthomas]

Let's hope Olga's does it right and hires good employees that care about customer service and display professionalism. Too often the wrong type of employee is hired in these urban branches because the establishment tries to save money with staffing and you get a second class establishment in a chain that is known for quality. When this happens, the restaurant goes downhill, cuts back hours, staffing gets even worse because money is trying to be saved and the restaurant eventually "closes for remodeling" only to never open again. Sorry for the pesimism, but it seems like anything that opens in the city has an extra strike against it because the management team decides to hire a poor performing staff that only cares about when their next break is or when it's time to go home.

I agree 1000%! Businesses and others "politician/city leaders" use this " Business as usual" mentality ONLY in Detroit. We can get away with murder without really caring how we treat employees and customer. ONLY in for the money "short term". Basically robbing us..it's ashame. Where are the true leader's and business owner's who actually cares, well Gilbert is one who does.

[Danny]

Let's hope Olga's Kitchen in Dowtown Detroit works. In a matter of fact it will. If Texas de Brazil and Hard Rock Cafe fills up to compacity during the weekends. The Olga's corp. picked a right hot spot for their restuarant.