WTF??!!

Duane and I had our LAST meal at Maggiano's at Southdale Center today.  APPARENTLY, the mall raised the rent to an ASTRONOMICAL amount, and Maggiano's corporate office decided it wasn't worth it. 

So...no more AMAZING panko crusted zucchini planks with lemon garlic aioli.  No more UNBELIEVABLE lasagna with meat sauce.  No more...well...who knows...that's the only things we ever ordered there. 

Louis XIII, another upscale restaurant, closed a couple of years ago (probably for the same reason), and now Maggiano's is closing it's doors.  I guess it'll be a LITTLE more bearable, knowing that there aren't any good stores LEFT at Southdale Center worth shopping at anymore (and I've decided that a Southdale Center boycott is in order), but now our closest Maggiano's is in Chicago, or Milwaukee, or, perhaps, when we go to visit Peggy in Washington, D.C.  SO SAD!

We DID buy three lasagnas to freeze, for the coming months when we're suffering SEVERE Maggiano's withdrawal, but I don't think we'll EVER be able to duplicate those AWESOME zucchini planks (we're CERTIANLY going to try though...YUM!).

Cost Plus World Market closed it's three Twin Cities stores last year, now Maggiano's...if Trader Joes "closes shop", I MOVING!!!!

Hope YOUR favorite restaurant is alive and well.  Visit them soon, and often...because you never know...