Will returning alcohol to the Pearl help? Yes, I think it might draw back higher spending patrons to restaurants.

But ultimately I think the whole model of the Pearl is flawed.

Everything about it is wrong. It's too far out of town, the parking is difficult to get a grasp on, and, *gasp* you have to walk everywhere. And in summer, most of the walking has to be done outdoors.

Whoever designed the place didn't live in Doha.

But strangely the people in charge of it, and who approved it, do. Makes you wonder.