Pinkberry Gone for Good?

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Saw this posted on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/acosmos/status/550740096983773184/photo/1

Comments

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!! Very soon, I hope.

(FYI, your pictures aren't actually behind your lj-cut right now.)

[londo.livejournal.com]

After they spent so much work getting that zoning variance, too.

Nice!

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

We did not need a third fro-yo option right in the square, and from a big chain no less.

[ron_newman]

Good.

[ron_newman]

Whoever takes over this location needs to improve the façade, maybe by ripping it out and starting over. As currently built, this is a very uninviting storefront, and I bet this is one of the factors that caused Pinkberry to fail here.

[axedmoon.livejournal.com]

I also think people are just more fond of iYo and Orange Leaf anyway.

[teko.livejournal.com]

Well, thanks, Pinkberry, for doing the hard work of converting a decrepit insurance office into a food establishment, so that someone who's not selling fro-yo can take it over and actually stick around for a bit.

[ethanfield.livejournal.com]

Maybe the city should just zone one or two particular storefronts as designated "fad business of the year" spots. #DavisSnark

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

Oh man, could I sure enjoy some good Hot Pot this week!

I thought the place opening in the ex-McDonalds was going to be called "Hot Pot," and now the sign on the McD spot says something (from memory) like " mi ja". I'm curious if the people taking the larger space renamed from their initial concept, or if they moved up to the smaller space?

anyway, looking forward to them!

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

I thought the ex-McD's is supposed to be Bi Bim a Korean place?

[teko.livejournal.com]

The new Korean place where McD's used to be is called Meju, and it's a second location of the Bibim restaurant in Allston. They're opening this month, hopefully! (there's a sign in the window indicating a contractor stop-work issue, but the place looks nearly finished).

Hot pot / sushi is very different than the kind of food they have. I'm hoping this new place is another Little Q, but we'll have to just wait and see.

[fenicedautun.livejournal.com]

Is this going to be similar to Akai Ryu in Porter that opened last year?

[gruene.livejournal.com]

Is Hot Pot the new FroYo?

(I hope so. It's certainly a lot tastier.)

[gruene.livejournal.com]

What's the connection between Hot Pot and Sushi? Is it just a "North Asian specialty foods Americans like" restaurant? I noticed Q restaurant in Quincy also serves these two. (They have the same corporate overlord as Little Q in Arlington.) So maybe we're going to get another Q?

[gruene.livejournal.com]

Correction. Little Q / The Q have local ownership. I got understandably confused because their logo is very similar to that of Little Sheep, which is a huge international Hot Pot chain.

http://www.littleqhotpotma.com/
vs.
http://www.littlesheephotpot.com/

[gruene.livejournal.com]

Also Q is in Chinatown, not Quincy. Little Q originally opened in Quincy, (hence the name, I assume), but was forced to move.

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

Hot pot and sushi, or shabu-shabu and sushi, is a pretty common combination. E.g. Akai Ryu over in Porter.