I was just reading Sauce’s gossip section, and it looks like the restaurant closing trend I predicted is starting to begin.    In the last year we’ve lost:

Red Moon
Melange
Crossings Taverne
King Louie’s (Will be sadly missed)
Lagniappe’s
Shmeers
The Tuxedo Room
Arther Clay’s
Tanner B’s (downtown)
Rossino’s

In the grand scheme this is a very small list, and some of these were doomed from their first day.  However, I’m predicting that once Highway 40 closes we’re going to lose a lot of inefficient independant restaurants.

It’s not going to be a bad thing - All the young guns of my generation will get their chance to shine once the highway reopens and the suburbanites start dining in the city again.

UPDATE: I forgot to add M.P. O’Reilly’s to the list of closures. I didn’t care for their second location, but I enjoyed their first location. I scavenged their men’s room door when the place shut down, and used it on my bathroom.