What will replace Captain Kidd's?

[ClaraOswald]

Does anyone know what, if anything, will be going in where Captain Kidd's buffet was on Harbor? I was looking at Google streetview and it was from October. It looks like they were tearing it out. Is the building completely torn down or was it just betting gutted? I'm curious if anything good will go up in it's place.

 

[Steven G]

someone did some research a few months ago, bottom line, there wasn't a direct answer yet.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/did-captain-kidds-buffet-go-out-of-business.3850104/

 

[PirateBrigade]

lol, that person was me. Quoting the post here, I think I went off the rails a bit later in the thread:

Okay this is the best I can do, I fell deep into the rabbit hole of this restaurant and property and here's what I coughed up.

The listed owner of the restaurant per public record was Paul D Flowers, he opened "Mom's Breakfast House" later "Mom's Family Restaurant" on this site in 1998 (after it previously being a Chinese restaurant in the 1980s), he converted it to Captain Kidd's in 2003. All of these restaurants were under his corporation "Louis Metro, Inc." In 2018, the business tax certificate listed a change in ownership to "HITPROS, Inc." and this is corroborated by documents filed with the OC Recorder in 2017/2018.

However, I think it's still the same family, because the directors of the HITPROS, Inc. are the same people that were associated with this property in 1994. Of note, Hitpros received a PPP loan for about $78,000 last year.

So I'm at an impasse, I'm stuck and I spent way too much time looking this up, hahah. The best conclusion I can draw is that Paul D Flowers (currently in his 70s) and his wife transferred the family business over in 2017/2018, and they are gutting/renovating this restaurant space and will a) operate their own, new, not $8.99 buffet restaurant (the space easily supports more expensive fare) or b) lease it to a new tenant.

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ETA: sources if you want to continue my mini-investigation.

Status: Search for a Tax Certificate (anaheim.net) -- search for 1550 S. Harbor
RecorderWorks (ocgov.com) -- operative terms are Paul D Flowers, HITPROS, Inc., and Louis Metro, Inc.
Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs | California Secretary of State - Hitpros and Louis Metro under corporation
Building Permit Reports | Anaheim, CA - Official Website -- sort by date, issued 7/13/2021


ETA2: Well, I found out why the company is called HITPROS -- the owner of the company filed an intent-to-use trademark application in the early 00s related to music production on compact discs. USPTO TSDR Case Viewer. That trademark was abandoned after the owner never followed through. From starting a record company to owning the Captain Kidd restaurant in Anaheim... oh, I love it.

I have the Facebook profiles of the owners, but I think it might be weird if I messaged them about the business on their personal pages. But if anyone else doesn't find it weird, have at it!

 

[Malcon10t]

Does anyone know what, if anything, will be going in where Captain Kidd's buffet was on Harbor? I was looking at Google streetview and it was from October. It looks like they were tearing it out. Is the building completely torn down or was it just betting gutted? I'm curious if anything good will go up in it's place.

We can only hope it is completely gutted and someone who cares takes it over.

 

[DL1WDW2]

They should just open a parking lot and charge big bucks for that location!

 

[MillauFr]

They should just open a parking lot and charge big bucks for that location!

Why would anyone do that? A parking lot is a terrible investment. You can charge $250 a day for a hotel room or $15 A day for a parking spot. Both take up the same amount of space. Doesn't take an MBA to figure out which would be a better return on investment.

 

[PirateBrigade]

Discussion is at this thread now: https://www.disboards.com/threads/d...-out-of-business.3850104/page-2#post-63943069

My post from over there (embedded below):

Found it!

Calaca Mamas Cantina

More info here:

https://www.restaurantnews.com/mexi...ntina-coming-soon-to-downtown-anaheim-040122/

 

[BadPinkTink]

Found this on Twitter

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523411291292921858

 

[Cholula]

Hopefully they salt the earth and do a cleansing before that new place goes up.

 

[CodeGoddess]

Hopefully they salt the earth and do a cleansing before that new place goes up.

- DLR newbie, what happened here!? This thread has some serious hate for this place. No judgement I'm just super curious now.

 

[katyringo]

- DLR newbie, what happened here!? This thread has some serious hate for this place. No judgement I'm just super curious now.

It was a buffet that was known for giving people food poisoning.. it was gross inside. And it literally sits right across the street from the disneyland property entrance

 

[goooof1]

A truly disgusting place (hate to even call it a restaurant!) It lured unsuspecting customers among visitors to DLR area looking for cheap food. ICK !! Lucky you missed it !!

 

[theluckyrabbit]

- DLR newbie, what happened here!? This thread has some serious hate for this place. No judgement I'm just super curious now.

Written by a well respected food writer: The Worst Restaurant in the Anaheim Resort – OC Weeklyhttps://www.ocweekly.com › winner-winner-dont-eat-di...

 

[CodeGoddess]

Written by a well respected food writer: The Worst Restaurant in the Anaheim Resort – OC Weeklyhttps://www.ocweekly.com › winner-winner-dont-eat-di...

I can't imagine what my face looked like reading that article. I can see why no one likes it.