Comments | elfie_elfie: NO! Not my LOCAL!

elfie_elfie

NO! Not my LOCAL!

Apr 02, 2008 20:29

Ok, so it's not a pub, but I've been a regular at my walking-distance coffee shop for almost exactly 10 years, now. It was huge, had windows on three sides so it was open and airy and bright and cheerful and a great place to gather. I found it when my daughter was just a week old, and I've been stimulating the economy there ever since.

It's GONE!

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Comments 7

krysanya April 3 2008, 02:14:43 UTC

Well dang, did they have any explanation?!

elfie_elfie April 3 2008, 02:50:54 UTC

None. And no one's been back in the last few days to move the stuff out. I give it a week to get the moving van arranged: otherwise the franchise owner's skipped out on the lease.

krysanya April 3 2008, 03:01:20 UTC

Oh well then I'll come up and we'll buy it and reopen it!!

I know I know, but its fun to dream...

doricom April 3 2008, 02:52:24 UTC

That really sucks. :(

medias_res April 3 2008, 06:14:47 UTC

That sucks! I unfortunately only managed to go to this great little coffeeshop nearby here twice for the best mochas ever before they closed suddenly too. Not quite ten years, of course, but I miss those mochas!

kaleetha April 3 2008, 14:08:16 UTC

Wow.... it's always really sad for me when really nice little places close down. Here where I live if you're unique enough you can hold on, but if you're in the wrong place and not unique - forget it. It's really sad. Homegrown businesses should get way more support than they do.

janamon April 5 2008, 16:59:18 UTC

I hate to hear that. I've mourned the loss of many a small business due to landlord greed and starbucks-style gentrification.