For the second time and probably the last (maybe now Mike Oz can sleep), Fresno Cabo Wabo drama is the FresNet's bloggiest moment this week. It's been all over the blogs and the news; between Milt's bills and the static he gives Hagar over living up to Cabo Wabo corporate's expectations, Sammy Hagar is pulling all the Cabo Wabo out.
Basically, aside from Granite Park's money issues, it looks to me like Milt just didn't get what it means to own a franchised brand. Sure, you own the place, but it's not your concept. You have to do what corporate (in this case, Sammy Hagar) tells you to do. Do you think if you owned a Taco Bell you could start charging whatever you wanted and slipping in some ravioli dishes on the menu?
I hope Granite Park succeeds. I'm glad it's there and in Central Fresno and not Northeast and I'm sure I'll be back to the Public House or whatever new place opens up. But once the Cabo Wabo name has been removed, I doubt I'll go back to whatever the Fresno Wabo turns into.
Fresno vlogger Chronell has some more to say about this whole mess:
