SeaStone — the abominable sushi/fusion joint that was located at the site of the former (slightly less abominable) Hannah’s — that itself was the failed successor to Tre — the Maccioni’s less-than-marvelous-multi-Mediterranean attempt — has closed after less than a year in business. ELV thinks this third failed restaurant at the corner of Fort Apache and West Charleston (in less than five years) officially dooms this location for any quality eats for a long time to come. Expect the next food service biz there to be a cheap-ass Asian buffet — the last stop on the shitty restaurant real estate train.

If DJT had had as many customers as it does people willing to write superlatives about it, it would still be in business. ELV was blown away by all the love and commentary generated by our simple post of last week that the fine dining concept was kaput after four months. But obviously, enough people received a taste of it to know why we were so disappointed.

For the last(?) words on the topic, I’ll leave you with this exchange between DJT’s (now departed) chef de cuisine David Varley and The World’s Greatest Restaurant Critic:*

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