i do think that there's something there - i think that it's more than just a menu overhaul that will be needed to get people back in the doors. there are SO MANY chains out there that are competition and i think that in order to get people back in, they need to rebrand and really make people want to come to the restaurant. when i was younger we used to go to bennigans ALL THE TIME but i think that some of the locations were so 'beat up' that it turned into a place that i wasn't as excited to go to.

The Bennigan's by me always had really good deals that drew me and my fiance in. I liked the food, too, and the service was always great. I hope that when/if it re-opens, we'll have more of the same.

i think i've been to one twice in my life, one by the freeway near me. -shrug- the service wasn't that great and i recall the food wasn't fantastic because i ended up tossing my cookies after. if it reopens, yay, jobs for people, but i don't think i'll be patronizing them and time soon.

I hope they re-open the Steak & Ale in my little hometown of Ramsey, NJ. It was part of the history of the town and nostalgia for me.

I don't think I ever remember eating there, but I liked that it was around... I'd feel weird if I went back there and didn't see it.

Benningan's always made everyone I know sick...maybe the one in Boston just had really low standards for keeping things clean?

there is a bennigans right down the road from downtown disney here in orlando and it's one of those that was a franchise and remained open. i really like the fact that it's good food, good service and is open late. =)

There's a Bennigans in Rockville, MD that I was working at when it closed. I had worked the night before only to get a phone call the next day and hear it had been shut down. Everyone I know misses having Bennigans around.. it was a great place to hangout and meet people. I have yet to find another place like Bennigans to hangout and have some good food. If they re-open the Bennigans in Rockville I know a lot of people that'll be happy.

Hello,
Please bring STEAK AND ALE back to the Houston, Texas area. They are the only restaurant that has Grilled Hawaiian Chicken with pineapple and rice.
Please let me know it they reopen in the Houston, Texas area.
Thank You,
Rita-Ann

I worked at a Steak and Ale in Orlando during the early '90s. I saw the decline starting back then. The restaurant was dark and dreary...unlike the new brightly light places popping up on every corner. Steak and Ale was never able to shed its dark 2 martini lunch in the '70s image. I liked the food though...Brian

Please bring back the steak and ale in farmington hills, mi with the original menu. There was nothing like a sunday dinner with the family at steak and ale with a kensington club steak or hawaiian chicken. My family misses it so much, don't change a thing!

We loved Steak and Ale! The set up with different rooms was great, it was quiet so you could actually carry on a conversation in normal tones, the lights were not to bright. My husband and I went there for 24 years till they closed. We could eat a great steak (Kensington Club for me!) and have great conversation with out having to yell over the din of the kitchen and bar.

oh, i forgot. if yall turn it into a hamburger joint like the article said.. dont bother. burger joints are a dime a dozen and many bars serve them. so what's the point??

we really miss steakale kinsingtonsteak was our favorite it was really nice please come back to tenn.

I could care less if Bennigan's is around. It is Steak and Ale that needs to come back to Houston, TX (Katy Frwy.) We used to go there every Saturday for dinner. I LOVE the their steaks. OMG! If i had the money, I'd buy the Katy Frwy location.

Come back to Houston!!

Steak & Ale was the best restaurant around. I can't believe it was gone and will always miss it as it was -- back in the day, it was the place to be. Best food and even better service. Some employees were there for decades. It was like a family and will be sadly missed.