I ate at Critics a LOT back in the early 80's when I worked at DePaul in Bullshead. At that time, it was a decent 'greasy spoon' place for breakfast and lunch and was generally packed at lunch time. In addition to Critics, employee's from places like DePaul and St. Mary's also supported restaurants on Thurston including Peaches, Crosskeys and Louie's. As St. Mary's decreased their census and DePaul moved out of the community (closing their clinic and day program but back now with a residential program on W. Main Street) there were less people to support Critics and great places like Peaches disappeared long ago from our neighborhood. 

I would be curious to know whether the owner of Critics was involved in any of the Bullshead planning meeting.

Update from today's D&C:

"City to buy, raze building

The city could spend $70,800, in­cluding  closing costs, to buy a West Main Street property that housed Critic’s Restaurant. The city would then tear the building down in May.

  Demolition was an unintended consequence of the city’s planned razing of a vacant and condemned city-owned structure that was part of a block of interconnected row build­ings  in the Bull’s Head neighborhood. The restaurant at 906-910 W. Main St. had been open for more than 100 years.

  In a memo to City Council mem­bers  seeking their approval, Mayor Thomas Richards wrote that the April demolition of the other attached build­ings  “revealed and exacerbated struc­tural  defects” in the Critic’s building. Costs to temporarily stabilize the restaurant were estimated at $60,000 to $100,000. An agreement with the owner was reached to sell the building to the city, which also plans to help with relocation expenses for Critic’s and tenants who lived upstairs."

Any updates on this? What is planned for Critic's relocation?