O'Charley's is closed

sorry to hear that

At least it was a 'meh' chain restaurant.  Nothing really stands out there.  I wonder what will go in the building?  Perhaps a Chinese buffet?

Chinese buffet or Mexican. You can never have too many.

Second-rate places do not deserve to survive.

I'd rather have seen Appleby's go away.  I wouldn't miss their button bones, I mean riblets.

Thats a good thing o'charley's is gone.. the managment was terrible and service was complete garbage.. but i am sorry to see people loose their jobs.

May be a good building for a Hooters, fingers crossed!

Hooters ?  In Florence ? Good luck with  that !

It's definitely a good location, although I think Hooters usually builds new.  I'll say it again - as saturated as Florence is with restaurants, and even if something would have to close for it to make it, I think Hooters would do killer business.  I'm not even thinking of the Hooters girls aspect of it..I'm talking about wings, food that's great and horrible for you, and draft beer.  It would be a good fit.

O'Charley's building is too nice for Hooters.  They're very low rent, low cost dives.  You know, the perfect places to spend a Saturday afternoon looking at SEC football.  And, the food's not bad, too.  Florence just doesn't have a "Hooters attitude" as a city.

Hate it for the people that have jobs there. One of the best waitresses I've had in a restaurant worked there, several years ago. Unfortunately I can't remember her name. She was always friendly and attentive. As for the food... well I agree that it was better than Applebee's, or Chili's, so I'm sad to see it go before one of them. 

 

Hopefully a local business can move into the building and be successful. Enough with the chains. 

It used to be one of my favorite places when they first opened but food quality took a dive a few years ago. They changed management and food quality went up but they hired unattractive, uncaring, unpleasant wait staff and never recovered. It's a shame. O charlies is a decent chain but they just never got a good manager.

Chilli's went through the same ups and downs. They appear to be under decent management now.

There is a place for Wentzell's.  Move in ready and a great location.

I ate there twice and never got everything ordered.  Surprised they lasted as long as they did.

 

 

My family usually eats out on the south side of the river, so I've never been to O'Charley's. Unattractive wait staff. Yes, that would be my main complaint. Seriously, if it was Hooter's I could understand your remark, but all I care about is good service and cleanliness.

Huntsville location must not have got the memo.  They built a brand new building a few years ago to replace the original Hooters, next door to it, on 72.  Although the decor is the typical hardwood, etc..it's a really nice building.

The building could work.  Too many Bible thumpers would try to make it look like they were a strip club to people who don't know better.   I would rather see a Tilted Kilt anyways...

Florence could use another Italian restaurant. Olive Garden is overpriced and Ricatoni's is not as good as it used to be. I'm thinking a Carrabba's or Macaroni Grill would fit in nice at the O'Charley's location.

Much of Ricatoni's menu was 'borrowed' from Carrabba's, not that there's anything wrong with that.  Florence doesn't seem big enough for OG and Mac Grille.  I wish people would support Ricatoni's instead..  

 

I ate at O'Charley's in Florence Saturday night and Sunday lunch.  The service was a little slow, but the food was good. (Sat 5/20/12 & Sun 5/21/12)

I don't think many will miss.  Of all the classic American Chains, O'Charley's has always been my least favorite. 

But that is a good location. It would be nice to see a new local establishment locate there.

O'Charley's sucks.