It's dead, Jim

[stargazer.livejournal.com]

There's now a big red "FOR RENT" sign and a cracked door window where Spün used to be. Now I feel more confident than ever about when they are and aren't going to be open.

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[spatch]

They're still open; they've just added "For Rent" signs to their menu.

[nurrynur.livejournal.com]

The door was cracked as of last weekend! But at least it was open and there were people inside serving froyo.

[m00n.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[inahandbasket]

Sad, they made very good froyo.
A shame the didn't have any savvy to go with it.

[squirrelitude]

Well, at least I got to have dessert there once. Pretty tasty!

It didn't seem particularly well-managed at the time, though -- and when I heard about the bistro thing, I had to wonder whether they had any clue.

[ron_newman]

Web site's gone, too.

Maybe the landlord finally got tired of having a tenant who had no visible means of paying rent?

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Wow.

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

I've always felt that no good could come of unnecessary umlauts.

[teko.livejournal.com]

Judging by the number of people reporting open containers of not-very-fresh fruit covered in flies, I wonder if there were any health inspections involved, as well.

[ron_newman]

Anyone here remember Frusen Glädjé ? And Häagen-Dazs?

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Not to forget Mövenpick Marché.

[billharnois.livejournal.com]

I walked by the other day and talked to the guy. He confirmed that they are closed for good.

[ron_newman]

Do you think he learned anything from this debacle, such as the importance of having regular hours and sticking to them?

[ceo]

Yes, someone should have mentioned to them that cutesy pseudo-Scandinavian names for frozen desserts got tired and clichéd in the mid-1980s.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

If he is like most owners of failed enterprises, the lesson he took away is that the unappreciative public didn't grasp his genius.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Apparently the owner ran a BBQ joint before that was very successful. The difference was, that time he had a business partner to add the details to his big-picture plans. The moral of the story is, etc. etc.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Häagen-Dazs is still around. They have a store in the Berklee area, and another in the Burlington Mall.

[ron_newman]

I didn't know that. They used to be much more common. I recall one on Charles Street in Beacon Hill, and another in Harvard Square.