ASU students have long seen Mill Avenue as a hotspot. But as new developments transform the once-quaint college town, classic restaurants must adapt.
, but two years later, the bar is still empty. Recently owner Julian Wright told The Republic that he's rethinking the concept, but has yet to announce new plans.Even longtime restaurant owners who do own real estate on Mill Avenue face challenges.high-rise apartment buildings
"The reason that we're still here is because we really haven't changed anything. It's pretty much the same as it was 50 years ago. We have people coming in and going, 'Yeah, my dad used to bring me here when I was little kid, or you know, our family used to come here back in the 70s, and we're still coming'," Marquardt said.
Out front, a small parking lot can accommodate about a dozen cars. A few decades ago, the empty lot across the street was a large public parking lot. But those days are long gone. In place of the former parking lot is an apartment building with chain restaurants on the ground level. It's not just customers going to Starbucks to study, either, Marquardt said. Perhaps the biggest parking related issue is people working for delivery services like Uber Eats or Grubhub who park in the ChuckBox parking lot for five minutes or less to pick up an order from a neighboring restaurant and then leave. This takes up spaces from potential ChuckBox customers and creates a busy atmosphere in the parking lot, which hurts business.
The Chuckbox has outlasted many of its friends and competitors in downtown Tempe. But it wasn't always easy to do so. Like most dining establishments, the COVID-19 lockdowns were an especially difficult time, since then, the exponential growth has introduced new issues. And the continued grown and development of Tempe will no doubt bring new challenges. But the Chuckbox team see themselves as a constant in an oft-changing community.
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