Brigham's

Pretty please? With jimmies on top?

Rob Sama expresses disgust for the apparent bloodsucking leech who sucked all the money out of the chain and then dumped its sodden remains on a bankruptcy judge, adds:

... I think that the best hope for the brand is that somebody buys it out of bankruptcy court. I think it's unlikely that a PE firm would emerge to do that, but either a wealthy New Englander might, or the remaining franchisees may want to band together to save the brand. Or maybe even Hood might be convinced to step in. Or a local chef like Barbara Lynch who just opened a high-end restaurant modeled on Brighams. ...

Ed. daydreaming note: What about the hospital? Surely there's some synergy there?

Both at the South Shore Plaza, at least as of a couple hours ago. Both are on the first floor; one's a full-service restaurant, the other's a smaller ice-cream only place. Both now only take cash.

Now there are none -- at least none in Boston. The High Street Brigham's in Boston's financial district abruptly closed yesterday, after the landlord evicted it for non-payment of rent. Brigham's also stole several months of health insurance deductions from their employees.