Dead Lobster (site)
Funny how someone's still maintaining the landscaping as if nothing happened! General Mills Restaurant Group owned the Red Lobster brand back in August 1983 when the deal was struck to build here. Red Lobster was possibly still opened until February 5, 2008, a date you'll start seeing a lot of as we get closer to Hickory Ridge Mall. That's the day that a tornado bounced through.
It's uncertain if that tornado's how this Red Lobster met it's demise, although I've seen something elsewhere "kind-of" confirming this! It's also uncertain exactly when the 2008 aerial photo was taken, but from above the building looked to be quite salvageable, although looks can certainly be deceiving.
On a somewhat-related note, a large tract of land (seen in 1981) had been cleared behind the Red Lobster, most likely for a large never-built shopping center. UPDATE: For a while this was the site of a rather large nightclub called Spurs. The land still remained in 1990, although deterioration had set in by then, and per comments below the owner of Spurs torched the place! Eventually this became the site of a school.
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Former Red Lobster site, 1983-built, Winchester near Ridgeway, Memphis
Dead Lobster (site)
Funny how someone's still maintaining the landscaping as if nothing happened! General Mills Restaurant Group owned the Red Lobster brand back in August 1983 when the deal was struck to build here. Red Lobster was possibly still opened until February 5, 2008, a date you'll start seeing a lot of as we get closer to Hickory Ridge Mall. That's the day that a tornado bounced through.
It's uncertain if that tornado's how this Red Lobster met it's demise, although I've seen something elsewhere "kind-of" confirming this! It's also uncertain exactly when the 2008 aerial photo was taken, but from above the building looked to be quite salvageable, although looks can certainly be deceiving.
On a somewhat-related note, a large tract of land (seen in 1981) had been cleared behind the Red Lobster, most likely for a large never-built shopping center. UPDATE: For a while this was the site of a rather large nightclub called Spurs. The land still remained in 1990, although deterioration had set in by then, and per comments below the owner of Spurs torched the place! Eventually this became the site of a school.
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Former Red Lobster site, 1983-built, Winchester near Ridgeway, Memphis