Goodwood is no more
Posted by hahnarama 1 year agoon 3/26/2024 at 5:31 PM
#1

I was just out picking up lunch and I walked by and appears that they went under in December of 2023,  shows how often I was there. It's a PRIME location, it just needs a good brewery to give it a go..

Posted by quarex 1 year agoon 3/27/2024 at 5:29 AM
#2

There are so many great locations begging to have restaurants placed back in them.  Colts Grille and Sugarfire Smokehouse were in prime spots and still have their defunct signage visible despite being closed for like 7 and 4 years respectively.  Seems like something is really preventing new places from succeeding 

Posted by brooks 1 year agoon 3/27/2024 at 2:08 PM
#3

I know in Columbus (a roughly comparable downtown) they never fully recovered from riots, lockdowns, and remote work. Simply driving around downtown you can tell there's not nearly as many people working in the city core. I'm guessing a lot of those restaurants depended on the office workers eating lunch out and there's not as many of those workers anymore.

It's probably a tough business model to rely on the convention center, Colts home games, and the handful of people who will drive downtown just to go to dinner when they can eat at a similar restaurant out in their suburb and not have to mess with the longer drive and worrying about parking.

No real data to support that theory, but that's what I'm guessing. 

Posted by grim66 1 year agoon 3/29/2024 at 6:27 PM
#4

That is really sad. I'm not over the Ram closing, and now Goodwood... :(

Posted by mikeboozer 11 months agoon 4/1/2024 at 5:13 PM
#5

I believe something is going in before the convention.

Posted by elfnmoon82 grim66 10 months agoon 5/8/2024 at 11:12 PM
#6

grim66 wrote:
That is really sad. I'm not over the Ram closing, and now Goodwood... :(
So totally random, but I used to be the head chef of the Ram for a decade. 2006-2016. I now own a game store about 8 minutes from the convention center called Elf N Moon. We are going to be open 24 hours Monday before con to Monday after con. Having custom mugs and shirts made just like during the good ol Ram days! 

Posted by hahnarama elfnmoon82 10 months agoon 5/9/2024 at 11:41 AM
#7

elfnmoon82 wrote:
=inheritI now own a game store about 8 minutes from the convention center called Elf N Moon. We are going to be open 24 hours Monday before con to Monday after con. Having custom mugs and shirts made just like during the good ol Ram days! 

You SOULESS BASTARD! My future son-in-law and my daughter were taken in by you awesome store. They both work in Tech and pull in close to $400K but they are starving and homeless because of all the $$$ they spend there weekly thanks to your 10% discount for life! LOL

Seriously this is worth the side trip to check out. Of you forgot to mention he awesome table rental game space :)

Here's to decades of success.

Posted by elfnmoon82 hahnarama 10 months agoon 5/9/2024 at 5:20 PM
#8

hahnarama wrote:
elfnmoon82 wrote:
=inheritI now own a game store about 8 minutes from the convention center called Elf N Moon. We are going to be open 24 hours Monday before con to Monday after con. Having custom mugs and shirts made just like during the good ol Ram days! 

You SOULESS BASTARD! My future son-in-law and my daughter were taken in by you awesome store. They both work in Tech and pull in close to $400K but they are starving and homeless because of all the $$$ they spend there weekly thanks to your 10% discount for life! LOLSeriously this is worth the side trip to check out. Of you forgot to mention he awesome table rental game space :)
Here's to decades of success.
Im going to make a post about it on the forum. hopefully it doesnt get taken down for promoting a buisness. just want people to know i am trying to provide a home for the gen con guests that miss the ram days

cheers!

Posted by hahnarama mikeboozer 9 months agoon 6/28/2024 at 7:57 PM
#9

mikeboozer wrote:
I believe something is going in before the convention.

I was leaving work today IMPD was hauling out 3 homeless people who had been squatting in the old family dining area. I'm pretty sure nothing is going in there before August 1, 2024

Posted by tinygrasshopper elfnmoon82 7 months agoon 7/31/2024 at 10:39 PM
#10

elfnmoon82 wrote:
grim66 wrote:
That is really sad. I'm not over the Ram closing, and now Goodwood... :(
So totally random, but I used to be the head chef of the Ram for a decade. 2006-2016. I now own a game store about 8 minutes from the convention center called Elf N Moon. We are going to be open 24 hours Monday before con to Monday after con. Having custom mugs and shirts made just like during the good ol Ram days! 
I’m absolutely looking for some nostalgia tbh. I’m planning on swinging by to support the Elf N Moon(unfortunately, missed you guys last year!) but do you know of any other places downtown that cater to gamers? So far the only place I’ve discovered recently is the Whistle Stop who’s doing poker chips that say “GenCon *year*”. They definitely get an A for effort but that’s the only thing I’ve found that even remotely resembles the Ram days. 

Posted by harris01 3 days agoon 3/26/2025 at 8:53 AM
#11

I’m absolutely looking for some nostalgia tbh. I’m planning on swinging by to support the Elf N Moon(unfortunately, missed you guys last year!) but do you know of any other places downtown that cater to gamers? So far the only place I’ve discovered recently is the Whistle Stop who’s doing poker chips that say “GenCon *year* geometry dash spam”. They definitely get an A for effort but that’s the only thing I’ve found that even remotely resembles the Ram days. 

I feel you on the Ram closure. For gamer spots, check out the Board Game Cafe downtown; they have a great vibe and good events!

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