DonMacGregor
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- May 13, 2021
Word on the street (from several Disney sources) is that Porto's has cancelled their plans to build a new restaurant in Downtown Disney, in the location formerly occupied by La Brea Bakery and currently (albeit temporarily) occupied by Earl of Sandwich. Rumor has it that Porto's was unwilling to alter their policy of closing on major holidays and the new location would have been shuttered on Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.. Why this is only coming to the surface now is anyone's guess as a major restaurant shut down right on the Esplanade on those busiest and most popular of days would have seemed to be a non-starter form the get-go.
This certainly puts the future location of Earl of Sandwich in question and might explain why the EOS temporary trailer is still sitting as an empty shell. It also raises the question: will EOS still move to the other end of DTD and leave their current location empty in such a conspicuous spot front and center on the Esplanade? Construction hasn't started on the new building at the west end of DTD, so there's still time to leave it as an empty shell for a future tenant and allow EOS to stay on the Esplanade, but who knows.
This certainly puts the future location of Earl of Sandwich in question and might explain why the EOS temporary trailer is still sitting as an empty shell. It also raises the question: will EOS still move to the other end of DTD and leave their current location empty in such a conspicuous spot front and center on the Esplanade? Construction hasn't started on the new building at the west end of DTD, so there's still time to leave it as an empty shell for a future tenant and allow EOS to stay on the Esplanade, but who knows.