Green Cilantro is closed "for repairs"
This isn't good: Green Cilantro, the Fells Point bar which replaced the Whistling Oyster several months ago, is closed.
A sign on the front door says the bar is closed for repairs and will reopen soon.
But after writing about bar openings and closings for a few years, I can tell you -- this usually means the end is near.
I called Green Cilantro's main number, but no one answered.
Maybe Green Cilantro really is closed for repairs. Maybe, like its namesake, the bar will be back in the spring.
Only time will tell.
(Photo by jmgiordano)
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Comments
I think "Closed for Repairs" loosely translates as either 1) The health department stopped by to say hello, or 2) We chose a stupid name for our bar and this is what happens.
Posted by: johnnycat | September 25, 2009 5:21 PM
"For repairs" is too "bar closed" as "exhaustion" is to "drug addiction" for celebs.
Posted by: Josh | September 25, 2009 6:48 PM
OK I can't hold back this awfully awesome joke anymore:
Looks like Green Cilantro has ... wilted!
baaaaaahahahhaaa
Posted by: Sam Sessa | September 28, 2009 9:23 AM
This never would have happened if they were named Xtreme Cilantro and had a cilantro cannon to kick it into XXXXTREME mode!
Posted by: Evan | September 28, 2009 11:34 AM
It was actually shut down because the owner did not pay the bills on time. Must be nice to have under the table employees and still not be able to pay the utility bills.
Posted by: Jon | November 4, 2009 6:00 PM
Cilantro is a wussy herb. Come on, they sometimes call it Chinese parsley! Damn, that's humiliating. I think it should be replaced by something that sounds really fierce like
¡¡¡CHUPACABRA!!!
Now with more CHUPA!
Or a bar called Monster Quest!
Posted by: Owl Meat GreenChupacabra | November 4, 2009 6:59 PM
RIP Green Cilantro. To be replaced by "Suggy's"?
Posted by: Frank | January 21, 2010 4:17 PM
Evan & OMG,
Do you think it might has done better as the Ghost Chili?
Right now it seems to be on it's way to becoming The Extinct Cilantro or The Dodo.
Posted by: GDA | January 22, 2010 12:23 PM
Snuggy's is in the old En Feugo Burrito space NOT Cilantro
Posted by: J.M. Giordano | January 22, 2010 1:27 PM