I think the statement made by Alan Wong: “The dining landscape has changed, and we’ve amicably decided with Macy’s to move on from this concept.” tells a lot of what went into this decision. The Pineapple Room was out of favour the second Nordstrom's Mariposa restaurant opened in the first Nordstrom's place. When Bloomingdales came along and opened their own fancy pants restaurant, the Pineapple Room was done. Of course they could have continued on with operations. But to be the "place to go" for restauranting at Ala Moana for the higher end, the Pineapple Room would have had to really revamp - in which this move does already without Alan Wong.