St. Louis restaurant named for Albert Pujols gets new name

February 2, 2012   ·   0 Comments

St. Louis restaurant named for Albert Pujols gets new name

the scoop on Twitter on Wednesday night:

Pujols 5 Restaurant to be re-branded the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame Bar and Grill. Expect an announcement tomorrow #stlcards

The hambre (hungry) Hombre himself soon issued a statement on the matter, which Marecek also passed along:

Pujols: “I want to wish Pat Sr., Dave, Pat Jr., and the rest of the Hanon family nothing but success and happiness with their new restaurant”

And just like that (along with $254 million) he was gone.

Because he works in Albert’s new domain covering the Los Angeles Angels, blogger Sam Miller of the Orange County Register quickly spotted the Pujols-related tweets. Miller addressed the two obvious issues:

• What are they really going to call the restaurant now? The “St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame Bar and Grill”? Sheesh, your dinner is cold by the time you’re done pronouncing it all.

• What are they going to do with the huge statue of Albert out in front of the joint?

Sam had some great ideas for a reboot, especially “Appreciate What You Had!” — but I got it. I have solved the problem. Just call me the problem-solving wizard, if you will.

Unless you’re from St. Louis or just a rabid Cardinals fan (what is the bird equivalent of rabies?), you probably don’t know that Cardinals legend Ozzie Smith also operated a sports bar and grill in the same plaza. It was open for something like 25 years (an eternity in the restaurant business) before it closed in 2009.

All the Hanon family needs to do is make a phone call to Ozzie Smith, and I’ll bet the Hall of Famer would get back in the restaurant game. Wouldn’t it be nice for him, especially with arch nemesis Tony La Russa out of town? Ozzie could get some closure on his vague estrangement from St. Louis by returning to being a restauranteur.

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