Redbones to open in Malden?

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

With much sadness I am reporting another excellent market (not quite supermarket) is closing: the Rosebud Produce market, on Commercial Street in Malden (halfway between Wellington and Malden orange line T stops).  I was there today, and signs say they are closing on May 11.  I will miss their inexpensive deli meats and inexpensive produce.  Most of all I will miss their sub sandwiches, which were the best priced yet Tastiest subs I've ever had. Sigh.

They are being purchased by a "Cambridge restaurant", which is Redbones, according to the Rosebud employees.

Pertinent to the Davis Square community: Is the Davis Square one closing/moving, or will this be a second location?  Two pluses for this location are the potential of more seating, and Parking!  Minus is that it's not really walkable easily from either of those two T stops.

Comments

[inahandbasket]

I HIGHLY doubt they're moving. They make bank there.

[fontia.livejournal.com]

no way in hell a place like redbones would LEAVE its thriving business in davis square to go to the less populace accessible Malden. Much more likely they are doing great and want to open a second location. Risky business, hope it doesn't put them under.

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

I agree. It sounds to me like they want to add a large location, one that people can drive to, so that fans who have moved to suburbia can still buy from them.

[enhf94.livejournal.com]

They do already have a catering kitchen right behind City Slicker café, so maybe a Malden location would add to/replace that kitchen?

[thespian.livejournal.com]

they are also about to add a second food truck, as well.

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

There are a couple of potential reasons for a successful business to move. 1. landlord issues: Rent skyrockets, or landlord sells and wants the space, or renewing a lease becomes impossible. 2. Space issues. An old building might become uninhabitable or they must shut down temporarilly for major repairs and it wouldn't make business sense to be closed for that long.

But I do agree that a "second location" is much more likely. Also, they have a catering business, and the Malden space would have room to park catering trucks, it has a loading dock for food deliveries. I don't know anything about their catering facility, but it makes sense that if they have to cook food for catering, they might as well have a restaurant onsite for feeding it directly to people as well.

[ron_newman]

This all sounds a bit dubious given that Redbones is not a "Cambridge restaurant" at all.

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Well, they do sometimes have an outpost in Kendall (near where the ice rink is in winter). But true, definitely a "Somerville restaurant". Then again, maybe Cambridge and Somerville seem more or less interchangeable from Malden? ;-)

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I'm just reporting what the Rosebud employees said. I know they said Cambridge restaurant and I know they said Redbones.

[ursamajor]

Redbones Malden is going to be a second location, thankfully.