I disagree. A good part of the clientel for the MBG restuarant is going to be the downtown business community, well-healed locals, as well as out of town conventioneers, who would support such a restaurant.

And no - the type of restaurant I talked about wouldn't fit on the river. Although our existing ones such as Trappers, Pearls, Joes, would. A Mc&S would work well in the gardens, maybe even better in a old building such as what I already mentioned.

I agree that a good seafood restaurant would go well downtown at some point but I don't think the MBG is the right place for a specialty type of restaurant. It needs to be more general cuisine.

McCormick and Schmicks has a less formal concept restaurant called M&S Grille. Food is great - just a little more limited than Mc&Schmicks, but still good variety. It would be a good fit for downtown.