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I just heard from a fellow Parrotthead living in Charlottesville VA that they are getting a new CIP soon. They are so lucky![/b]

CIP's are awesome. Definitely try the rum runner

It'll be in the old Chi Chi's on Rt. 29, if you're familiar w/ the area.

Reason #44 why my wife will wish she/we still lived in Charlottesville instead of Massachusetts.

Yep. I reported on that one back in January.

Leawood, KS is also coming very soon.....

Captain P....

anything for MD or namely Winchester, VA; Hagerstown,MD; Martinsburg,WV area? The two closest we have are in YOrk,PA or Springfield, VA.

Thanks

CaptainP wrote:Yep. I reported on that one back in January.

Leawood, KS is also coming very soon.....

How come they don't have one in Pittsburgh yet? There is an old Chi-Chi's up here just waiting to be converted.

spartyinmd wrote:Captain P....

anything for MD or namely Winchester, VA; Hagerstown,MD; Martinsburg,WV area? The two closest we have are in YOrk,PA or Springfield, VA.

Thanks

Nothing I can say for sure, but I have heard Hagerstown mentioned. Don't take that to mean one is going in, though...

phjrsaunt wrote:It'll be in the old Chi Chi's on Rt. 29, if you're familiar w/ the area.

I will pass that tidbit on to my phriend.

ColdWaterConch wrote:

CaptainP wrote:Yep. I reported on that one back in January.

Leawood, KS is also coming very soon.....

How come they don't have one in Pittsburgh yet? There is an old Chi-Chi's up here just waiting to be converted.

Pennsylvania's development has just started. I'm sure Pittsburgh is on the agenda, I just don't know when...

Sometimes it isn't a matter of us not wanting to go into an area, but being able to secure a location, and then have the city approve the plans, etc. It's a very long process...We get (if we are lucky) 1 out of 10 sites that we aim for...that's BEFORE the City has anything to say. I know of at least 2 locations personally that have been killed by the city AFTER that point....including my own.

CaptainP wrote: Sometimes it isn't a matter of us not wanting to go into an area, but being able to secure a location, and then have the city approve the plans, etc. It's a very long process...We get (if we are lucky) 1 out of 10 sites that we aim for...that's BEFORE the City has anything to say. I know of at least 2 locations personally that have been killed by the city AFTER that point....including my own.

Hey Jim... Maybe wrong thread... but.....Q for ya...

1) Any news on Tampa?
2) Could you still work for CIP if you transferred? Is there a spot available?

ToplessRideFL wrote:

CaptainP wrote: Sometimes it isn't a matter of us not wanting to go into an area, but being able to secure a location, and then have the city approve the plans, etc. It's a very long process...We get (if we are lucky) 1 out of 10 sites that we aim for...that's BEFORE the City has anything to say. I know of at least 2 locations personally that have been killed by the city AFTER that point....including my own.

Hey Jim... Maybe wrong thread... but.....Q for ya...

1) Any news on Tampa?
2) Could you still work for CIP if you transferred? Is there a spot available?

Tampa in the works. Date/location, I'm unsure.
Transferring is possible, and I looked into a transfer to Atlanta just last week...it just doesn't work out unless I'm getting a promotion guaranteed along with it...

CaptainP wrote:Yep. I reported on that one back in January.

Leawood, KS is also coming very soon.....

What about Norhtern California? We need a few immediately. Please!!!!

Tequila Revenge wrote:

CaptainP wrote:Yep. I reported on that one back in January.

Leawood, KS is also coming very soon.....

What about Norhtern California? We need a few immediately. Please!!!!

I'll be honest. California is unlikely, at least for a long time.
The way we pay our servers/bussers/bartenders/hosts is based on a lower wage, but includes a generous tip-share program.

The minimum wage for Tipped employees in California is so high that it would be difficult for a restaurant such as ours to be profitable there.

We could change the program, but at this point, they have better things to do, trying to open up the rest of the country.

my brother who lives in c'veill told me last week that cip was coming

CaptainP wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote:

CaptainP wrote:Yep. I reported on that one back in January.

Leawood, KS is also coming very soon.....

What about Norhtern California? We need a few immediately. Please!!!!

I'll be honest. California is unlikely, at least for a long time.
The way we pay our servers/bussers/bartenders/hosts is based on a lower wage, but includes a generous tip-share program.

The minimum wage for Tipped employees in California is so high that it would be difficult for a restaurant such as ours to be profitable there.

We could change the program, but at this point, they have better things to do, trying to open up the rest of the country.

ouch

Tequila Revenge wrote:

CaptainP wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote:

CaptainP wrote:Yep. I reported on that one back in January.

Leawood, KS is also coming very soon.....

What about Norhtern California? We need a few immediately. Please!!!!

I'll be honest. California is unlikely, at least for a long time.
The way we pay our servers/bussers/bartenders/hosts is based on a lower wage, but includes a generous tip-share program.

The minimum wage for Tipped employees in California is so high that it would be difficult for a restaurant such as ours to be profitable there.

We could change the program, but at this point, they have better things to do, trying to open up the rest of the country.

ouch

No one loves us, TR.

But all the more reason for me to move out of Cali.

Hey Jim...it would be great if you ended up in ATL...imagine having 2 of my most favorite BNers in one CiP! I'll say a prayer to the promotion gods for you.

CaptainP wrote:but at this point, they have better things to do, trying to open up the rest of the country.

They sooooo need to look into opening one in Colorado.

SMLCHNG wrote:

CaptainP wrote:but at this point, they have better things to do, trying to open up the rest of the country.

They sooooo need to look into opening one in Colorado.

Hmmmmm I think there might be one or two BNers there that might frequent such an establishment...

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote:

CaptainP wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote:

CaptainP wrote:Yep. I reported on that one back in January.

Leawood, KS is also coming very soon.....

What about Norhtern California? We need a few immediately. Please!!!!

I'll be honest. California is unlikely, at least for a long time.
The way we pay our servers/bussers/bartenders/hosts is based on a lower wage, but includes a generous tip-share program.

The minimum wage for Tipped employees in California is so high that it would be difficult for a restaurant such as ours to be profitable there.

We could change the program, but at this point, they have better things to do, trying to open up the rest of the country.

ouch

No one loves us, TR.

But all the more reason for me to move out of Cali.

Hey Jim...it would be great if you ended up in ATL...imagine having 2 of my most favorite BNers in one CiP! I'll say a prayer to the promotion gods for you.

We have a couple of Islands opening up in Folsom and Roseville. There sort of CIP "light"...... no, actually they are nothing like them and there's no reason to buy one of there tee shirts.

But I found a great bottle of Barbera to sulk with!