Bone Appetit -- dead and buried

[ron_newman]

Bone Appetit, the "gourmet pet food" store at 389 Highland Ave, is closed. There's a Space For Lease sign in the window. Perhaps they'd still be around if the city hadn't closed down their other line of business.

Comments

[ron_newman]

What's that one called?

[blondeamazon.livejournal.com]

http://laundromutt.com/
It is locally owned, bring your own dog bathing center. They provide the facilities, shampoo, and towels, you bath your dog. Tues-Fri you can make an appointment to drop your dog off to have them wash it and there is a groomer on-site as well. The food is top notch and the toys are mostly locally or small business produced.

[teko.livejournal.com]

He's probably talking about Petsmart.

[teko.livejournal.com]

I wasn't surprised when it closed, either. A pet supply store in the Square would have been handy, but Bone Appetit focused almost entirely on high-end canned, frozen, and dry dog & cat food sold mostly by the case. They aimed for the sort of person who feeds their dogs two or three cans of $3 food per day. I don't think there are many people like that in the Davis area.

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I went there once when they first opened, just to look around. My husband had owned Your Move Games, and I have a dog, so I was curious about the shop. The pet food prices were slightly more expensive than Pet Supplies Plus, but that made sense because of 1. small store and 2. convenience to people without a car. Since there were pet stores in both Alewife (near Trader Joes) and at Broadway+Willow Street, as well as another near the Porter Square Shaws/Whatever it is now, I was dubious about the viability of such a store. Since this was before Buzzy's opened, there was no evidence of any er, questionable merchandise. We spoke of the air conditioner/heating system and other "prior renter" issues, and I never returned.