I was sad to hear about the closing of Don's Seafood Restaurant in Shreveport. They will be closing this weekend after 43 years. They just aren't getting the business anymore. Ironically, they've been busier than ever since the closing was announced - evidence of the adage, you don't appreciate what you have until it is gone.
The restaurant business in this town is over saturated and it will be the local places that go first. When Brocato's and Sansone's closed I thought it might be the end of the world. Now the last of the trio, Don's is going. Ernest's is left and it seems pretty solid for now but we better wake up and support our local restaurants or all we will have left will be freeze dried "grilled chicken" reheated by a broiler and served on a bed of lettuce from some chain restaurant on Youree Drive.
Don's, I will always remember you for great Bloody Marys and lump crabmeat salad, great service and atmosphere, and that huge blue marlin on the wall in the bar.
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