PLAN B BURGER BAR TO OPEN in FAIRFIELD: Another Missed Opportunity for Fairfield Dining & Nightlife

Once upon a time, Fairfield Center (the downtown stretch along the Post Road) was a microcosm of eclectic bars and restaurants.  The variety was fantastic, ranging from old-school well-established eateries to dive bars.  One could walk from Al's Place (a rundown but entertaining old bar) to Tommy's, a local hangout with good food and drink, to Skybox, a top-notch sport's bar.
Over the course of the last five years or so, all that has changed, and Fairfield Center is an area that finds itself with many eating and drinking spots to choose from, but none of them are actually that good.
Think about it- everything now is either a mediocre Asian restaurant and bar (Wild Rice, Tombo, Kiraku...all within a mile of each other), or an overpriced trendy need-to-be-seen bar/restaurant (The Chelsea and Molto...across the street from each other!).  Long gone are the welcoming places where- like Cheers- everybody knows your name, or the low-key spots were somebody could go and watch a ballgame and have a beer. 
Everything in Fairfield now has a gimmick; even Flipside, which prides itself on being a low-key burger bar.  The burgers and drinks are overpriced, and I'd sooner drive to Nathan's down the road for a cheaper burger (see yesterday's post).
So with a new era in Fairfield nightlife in full-swing, I had high hopes for something to come along and shake-up the landscape.  For more than two years now there's been talk of Anna Liffey's (a well-established Irish pub in New Haven) opening at the site of the old Skybox, but as of now nothing has come to fruition.  And then I heard rumblings of a possible bar and restaurant going into the old post office.  I knew this would be tricky and that I shouldn't get my hopes up high: anytime something goes into an old bank or post office, it's inevitably going to be trendy.
Sure enough, just a few weeks ago, The Fairfield Citizen reported that Plan B Burger Bar (currently with locations in both Stamford and Milford) would of course be moving to the site of the old post office on Old Post Road (you guess it, across the street from Flipside).
So to recap, not only are there three aforementioned Asian eateries and two overpriced  trendy bar/restaurants, but now we have essentially two overpriced burger bars across the street from one another.  If I had to, I'd give the edge to Flipside who at least has some outdoor seating.
This is in fact a missed opportunity that is indicative of the times and tastes of the CT Gold Coast barfly and restaurant-goer.  Somebody opens a place somewhere with a decent gimmick, the business is good, and suddenly they decide to open them all throughout the 95-corridor (see Barcelona, Bar Taco, Black Bear, etc).
Why not put a casual and comforting Irish pub at the site of the old post office? Or what about a halfway decent sport's bar?  Or- and here's a crazy idea- why doesn't somebody have the bright idea to open something like a piano bar in the area? There are in fact no piano bars around, and I'd be willing to bet that this would be a novelty that wouldn't soon wear off.  Alas, many in the area have mediocre tastes and like mediocre things. 
And at the end of the day, what exactly is so damn special about a hamburger that places dedicated to its existence and prospering need to open left and right? Last I checked, a New York Strip steak was far more enjoyable and- at these prices- not much more expensive than a hamburger.