Theories on old McIntyre and Moore space?

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

Hmm... So I walked by the former McIntyre and Moore space and whoever's moving in there is being mysterious about it. There's a large photo of some wooden bowls in one window and a large photo of a wooden cutting board in the other window. But no company name anywhere. Anyone else thinking it's gonna be "Bowl & Board?"

(I apologize if this has been discussed already. I went a few pages back and didn't see anything.)

Comments

yep

[cthulhia]

that was exactly my thought too.

wonder when we're getting a futon store...

Re: yep

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

Totally. It's not my thing, but it's at least a local chain.

Re: yep

[plittlergirl.livejournal.com]

Hello,

Yes! It is Bowl & Board!

I am thrilled to see that our landlord picked another locally owned business to join the building.

Meredith
poor little rich girl

Re: yep

[abilouise.livejournal.com]

It was the Anna's Taqueria space. The Namaskar space used to be Celia's and before that was the witchy pagan-lady store with the feminist postcards in the front and the fully articulated human skeleton in a glass coffin in the back.

p l r g

[bostonartist.livejournal.com]

Hi Meredith;

I have always admired your store from a distance and have been meaning to pop in and ask you a question. Have you ever considered carrying clothes for men too? If you do.. I'll buy :)

Thoughts?

Re: p l r g

[plittlergirl.livejournal.com]

Hi there,

Yes, I have considered carrying a larger section for men (one rack right now).

I will make an effort to stock up on more men's items, especially if I see that the demand is there.

It's hard when the women buy clothing at a pace 2000 times quicker than the men do (besides the mere fact that "girl" is in my store name, :) )

Meredith
plrg

Re: p l r g

[bostonartist.livejournal.com]

I did not know you even had one rack for guys. I'll check it out. Thanks!

Re: p l r g

[ron_newman]

Suggestion: put a big sign on that rack that says "poor little rich guy".

Re: bowl & board

[ron_newman]

Are they moving from Putnam Square (Cambridge) to here?

Re: bowl & board

[plittlergirl.livejournal.com]

Hi Ron,

Not sure, I just got the news this week.

I did not get details.

I was just happy that it is a local and family owned business.

Meredith
plrg

Re: bowl & board

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

I have no idea if they are moving that store to this new location but it's worth noting that they have 4 locations right now so I would think it wouldn't be crazy for them to open another location.

[ron_newman]

From Cambridge Chronicle blog, May 27, 2008:

Bowl and Board on Mass. Ave. is moving… somewhere else

[m00n.livejournal.com]

*Yawn*

Not that I don't like that store (I have bought several things there and I'm definitely glad to have the local alternative to Ikea/Crate & Barrel) but I think maybe we need some better programs to encourage entrepreneurs to occupy these spaces with completely *new* businesses rather than businesses I can already patronize a mere two train stops away. Boston already has an exceptionally small number of commercial storefront properties (compared to, say, New York City). It seems a shame to have so many of the same thing in one general area when I feel like unexplored concepts are going unexplored because they can't afford the rent.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

The Mass. Ave. store is moving to Davis, so it's not a matter of duplication.

[m00n.livejournal.com]

Ah OK. I wasn't clear on that. My rant still stands of course, it just doesn't apply to this case. ;-)

[ron_newman]

But see above -- store is leaving Putnam Square for Davis. Which is the same thing McIntyre & Moore did, a decade earlier.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Can folks stop deleting their posts in this thread? It's incredibly annoying (at least to me, and I know that I am easily annoyed, but GEEZ LOUISE).

[ron_newman]

I was about to say the same thing. Please don't delete your comments. People will come here hours, days, or months later and want to follow the conversation.

[firepail.livejournal.com]

Testify about the deleted posts. Annoying!

deleting posts

[plittlergirl.livejournal.com]

I get it, I won't delete posts.

I tried to edit due to typos, so I deleted and posted it right back up.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

LJ can be really bass-ackwards about continuity in comment threads. It's hard to deal with typos -- even if you're a paid user and can theoretically edit comments.

[makoshark.livejournal.com]

Man! I moved from the Futon District in Cambridge to Davis.

I'm a tiny bit disappointed. B&B is a fine store. But it's just not the kind of place I ever found myself going to very often when it was across the street. That was basically my feeling about most of the places around Putnam Square, actually. Certainly glad to see it's something locally owned though. For that, I'll wish 'em luck in the new spot.