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Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
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Date: July 08, 2013 06:19AM
Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
Company hopes to see regulars at Bethesda location.
http://arlington-va.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/last-call-union-jacks-closing-ballston-location-monday-night
Union Jack's of Ballston will close its doors for good Monday night.
Trivia will run until 10 p.m. Matthew Snee, Union Jack's regional manager, said he anticipates a lot of regulars showing up and has already seen former employees come by. The bar can serve alcohol until 2 a.m.; the size of the crowd will help determine exactly how long after trivia is finished before the final last call."We're really sad," Snee told Patch. "I remember putting the nails in the floorboard when we were building the raised level. We probably kept it open longer than we should have economically because we have such an affinity for it."
The Arlington location, on the first level of Ballston Common Mall, was the company's second store and its only operation in Virginia. It opened the day before Thanksgiving in 2008.
"It's just not performing — not at what expected it to or, quite frankly, where we needed it to," Snee said.
The Arlington County Public Health Division temporarily closed the business last week when a lack of hot water caused sanitation concerns. The problem was fixed Thursday and Union Jack's was allowed to reopen.
The company is not planning to auction or otherwise liquidate any of its equipment; that can be used at the establishment's other stores.
Union Jack's has three locations in Maryland. It's first store, in Bethesda, turns 8 years old this fall and is Metro accessible. The business also operates in Annapolis and Columbia, and Union Jack's hopes to open a new Gaithersburg location this fall in the Washingtonian Center.
"The good thing is we're hoping to get some of our regulars up to Bethesda," Snee said. "We've had a lot of them go up there for special events over the years. We're hoping they'll make the trip."
Until recently, the Ballston location employed about 150 people. In the last four to six weeks, that was scaled down to about 40 employees. Some of them will continue working at other locations, including a handful that have been with Union Jack's of Ballston since it opened. One employee has been with the company since Day 1.
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Company hopes to see regulars at Bethesda location.
http://arlington-va.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/last-call-union-jacks-closing-ballston-location-monday-night
Union Jack's of Ballston will close its doors for good Monday night.
Trivia will run until 10 p.m. Matthew Snee, Union Jack's regional manager, said he anticipates a lot of regulars showing up and has already seen former employees come by. The bar can serve alcohol until 2 a.m.; the size of the crowd will help determine exactly how long after trivia is finished before the final last call."We're really sad," Snee told Patch. "I remember putting the nails in the floorboard when we were building the raised level. We probably kept it open longer than we should have economically because we have such an affinity for it."
The Arlington location, on the first level of Ballston Common Mall, was the company's second store and its only operation in Virginia. It opened the day before Thanksgiving in 2008.
"It's just not performing — not at what expected it to or, quite frankly, where we needed it to," Snee said.
The Arlington County Public Health Division temporarily closed the business last week when a lack of hot water caused sanitation concerns. The problem was fixed Thursday and Union Jack's was allowed to reopen.
The company is not planning to auction or otherwise liquidate any of its equipment; that can be used at the establishment's other stores.
Union Jack's has three locations in Maryland. It's first store, in Bethesda, turns 8 years old this fall and is Metro accessible. The business also operates in Annapolis and Columbia, and Union Jack's hopes to open a new Gaithersburg location this fall in the Washingtonian Center.
"The good thing is we're hoping to get some of our regulars up to Bethesda," Snee said. "We've had a lot of them go up there for special events over the years. We're hoping they'll make the trip."
Until recently, the Ballston location employed about 150 people. In the last four to six weeks, that was scaled down to about 40 employees. Some of them will continue working at other locations, including a handful that have been with Union Jack's of Ballston since it opened. One employee has been with the company since Day 1.
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Re: Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
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Barfly
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Date: July 08, 2013 08:48AM
Why does a chain of 3 bars require a regional manager?
Re: Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
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rutr0h
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Date: July 08, 2013 09:25AM
Barfly Wrote:
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> Why does a chain of 3 bars require a regional
> manager?
Not sure but seems he wasn't doing a great job. Now his region is two stores..?
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> Why does a chain of 3 bars require a regional
> manager?
Not sure but seems he wasn't doing a great job. Now his region is two stores..?
Re: Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
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Gramby
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Date: July 08, 2013 12:16PM
Place had potential, but last time I was there it was very dark and blaring hip hop music with some wanna be "thug's" groping and hitting on chubby chics. When will these places learn?
Re: Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
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Hay Zeus
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Date: July 08, 2013 01:09PM
It was a terrible place to hang out. As the previous poster noted, it was dark and blared music. The food was not very good, the bar layout was terrible, service was always so so and I don't think they ever had specials.
Re: Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
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&*((*%$$#
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Date: July 08, 2013 05:33PM
too bad they didn't ask Chef Gordon Ramsey for help!
Re: Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
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Hell's Kitchen
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Date: July 08, 2013 06:07PM
&*((*%$$# Wrote:
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> too bad they didn't ask Chef Gordon Ramsey for
> help!
I love watching him yell at people. If you watch his show on the BBC channel you can hear most of it uncut as he drops the F-bomb every other word. LOL
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> too bad they didn't ask Chef Gordon Ramsey for
> help!
I love watching him yell at people. If you watch his show on the BBC channel you can hear most of it uncut as he drops the F-bomb every other word. LOL
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Re: Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
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Knuckle Junction
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Date: July 08, 2013 06:21PM
Where will people go now who want to get into bar fights.
Re: Last Call: Union Jack's Closes Ballston Location
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Tough One
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Date: July 08, 2013 06:23PM
I'm not surprised, every single time I went here, there were only 5-10 patrons max.