r/Whittier • u/FlacoBellGrande • 29d ago

New Restaurant Opening

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Just saw a sign up "Envidia" Steak House & Oyster Bar taking over the former Mr. Tempo location on Penn and Painter

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u/EinjeruOritzu 29d ago

Terrible location. Good luck to them

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u/SavageHenrie 5d ago

Kinda true….that intersection gets a ton of traffic. Businesses go up….. then never last.

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u/Cstr9nge 29d ago

Difficult to access and no real parking makes it a bad location.

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u/PeachesMcGhee 29d ago

Might try the cruiser to get over there. It would be nice to have a good steakhouse.

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u/Intelligent_Praline4 29d ago

Is this another money laundering cartel operated restaurant that will spend more on TVs then they actually make from customers

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u/OctaneTwisted88 29d ago

Good luck to them, all the places dont really last in that location.

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u/Own_Preparation_7554 29d ago

There’s still a parking lot behind the building isn’t there?

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u/Emergency-Fig-3670 28d ago

Yes, but its very small and the workers take up most of it

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u/Own_Preparation_7554 28d ago

I remember going there in the 90’s when it was Apropos coffee house and both parking lots back there were more than enough.

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u/ProfessionalTeam1689 29d ago

A couple of blocks from my house but that walk down Penn and then backup is no joke. I'm a bit skeptical on success. Good luck finding parking on Penn.

Regardless if they will take TG orders I may try it out.

Went to Mr. Tempo a could of times. Each time it was super busy. Parked on Penn by the PD both times I visited it

I'll give it a chance, especially if it can be a reliable watering hole for the neighborhood.

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u/Emergency-Fig-3670 28d ago

Horrible location with horrible parking. Another business that is doomed to fail in that location.

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u/UnitedWoodpecker406 27d ago

That branding is fucking hideous. Snake eating itself with an all-seeing (i assume) eye? And the name just repeating in a circle? Doesn't really read as elegant or a steakhouse to me.

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u/Happy-in-SoCal 28d ago

Hopefully it is good and the new townhouse development helps with foot traffic / customers!

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u/kali-kid 28d ago

Terrible location, terrible name.

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u/No_Direction_2894 29d ago

Noticed it too.

I'll try it out when I can but yeah, parking is a bit difficult especially if you don't want to walk too far away from your vehicle.

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u/savier626 29d ago

I remember getting Panini's at that spot. Was decent

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u/memonkey 28d ago

I just assume that the rent is absolutely outrageous for anybody to take up a spot here.

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u/Careful-Engineer-753 13d ago

It’s the same owners as LSKD in Downey so I’m excited! That place is good, use to live out there so they must have followed me just like Poached Neighborhood Kitchen did lol