Closing Down

Rumors have been running rampant that Hudson's Classic Grill in Marquette will soon be closing it's doors, on the heels of other eateries like Fazoli's and The Waterfront Restaurant. I had a hard time believing a place like Hudson's would be closing - because it always seemed like one of the more popular restaurants around. There always seemed to be people coming in and out of that place and for awhile and they advertised pretty heavily on the local radio. But after eating at this restaurant tonight, I've gotta say the writing is on the wall that Hudson's will be the next eatery to close down in the Marquette area - and I can't totally blame the economy on this one.

We get there around 4:00 in the afternoon - and it's Saturday. You would think it would be a little busier than it was, but only a few tables in the restaurant were occupied. We sit at one of the booths in the non-smoking section and wait for our server, as the person who showed us to our table said she would. She was no where to be found, so he got us our drinks and we waited for her to show. She finally did; and we were ready at that time to order. So we waited, and waited, and waited some more for our order to arrive. Like I said, the restaurant was not very busy at all. The food should've arrived in a much more timely fashion than it did. There wasn't a single person around us and the only other customers at this restaurant were at the other side of the room! Still, we waited and my dad was getting more and more pissed by the minute. I honestly think he was about to say something right before our food came. Did I mention the prices in the entire menu went up by about a minimum of a dollar for each item? Yeah - some of their food is getting to be downright outrageous. Let's just say we had very poor service the entire time we were at Hudson's. Our waitress only asked us one time if our food was ok; and that was after we had almost consumed everything. We hardly even saw her at all the entire time we were there! She didn't ask either me or my dad for a refill - that job went to one of her fellow employees who just happened to notice as he walked by. Needless to say when we left, we didn't leave a tip.

I had no gripes about the food; it was as good as always. But the service in general was very poor. We had a long wait for our food despite the fact that the restaurant had very few customers, our waitress was very poor in her service and the price of our meals were outrageous. That, and you combine the fact that on a Saturday afternoon when at least half of that restaurant should be full when only a few tables were occupied, all of the signs are pointing towards an impending closure of Hudson's. I hope I am wrong, because it's been one of my favorite local eateries since it opened last decade. But the writing is on the wall that this place won't last very much longer into the new year if this continues.