Oldham still waiting to be revived

​Nearly a decade ago, the 89-year-old former Oldham Hotel in the River Market became the sleek, stylish Oldham restaurant. The new place’s operator, Nick McNeil, had taken his inspiration from metropolitan urban dining concepts that boasted both nightclubs (Oldham’s was in the basement of the former hotel) and upscale dining rooms.

But Oldham might have been too far ahead of its time.