Biscuit Girl Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I just called Kate's and they confirmed that they closed as of yesterday. Sadly, this place [A-Nine Daniela Peruvian Restaurant] is shuttered....as is Kate's Irish Pub in the same plaza.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I just called Kate's and they confirmed that they closed as of yesterday. This is not insignificant - Kate's has been open for seventeen years (current location for thirteen). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibbee Nayee Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Kate's was a family go-to in Springfield. These are the kinds of places that, once they close, a little piece of the community dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotteeM Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 This is not insignificant - Kate's has been open for seventeen years (current location for thirteen). I think it's been its current location longer. It was there when I started working at the vet clinic that used to be next door to it in the fall of 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I think it's been its current location longer. It was there when I started working at the vet clinic that used to be next door to it in the fall of 1997. Scottee, I was just going from their website - it sounds like they just moved a few hundred feet: "Owner Michael Mooney opened the original Kate's (a family name carried by both his grandmother and his daughter) just a few blocks away in 1996, before moving to his current location in 2000." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanchai Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Scottee, I was just going from their website - it sounds like they just moved a few hundred feet: "Owner Michael Mooney opened the original Kate's (a family name carried by both his grandmother and his daughter) just a few blocks away in 1996, before moving to his current location in 2000." Is the same Michael Mooney who has ownership in the Murphy's Irish Pubs in DC and Alexandria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saf Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Wow. A number of years back, this place was one of the few reasons I would venture to VA. No, not because there weren't any pubs closer to home, but because for several years, it was the only place around that John Longbottom would play when he was in town. I miss John. He was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibbee Nayee Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Kate's used to be down Backlick Road in the same plaza now occupied by Chick-fil-A and Le Bledo Dalat Vietnamese bakery. It was a nice live music venue, making it one of Springfield's few live music venues, along with JW's. Across the street from the old location is Brookfield Plaza, now undergoing a facelift renovation that may bring in a few new food places. I hear that the Mooney's are looking at places in Burke to reopen another Kate's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Kate's Irish Pub is now Eleni's Greek Taverna. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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