Goodbye Singer Sewing and Vacuum Center

[m-b-w.livejournal.com]

According to a sign at 280 Elm, they will be moving to 87 Blanchard Rd. in Cambridge.

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[rozhinka.livejournal.com]

I believe that's the old Pepperidge Farm outlet store. In the same strip mall, the Cambridge Quilt Shop (http://www.cambridgequilts.com/) and yarn shop The Knittin' Kitten (https://www.facebook.com/The-Knittin-Kitten-144287242248631/timeline) could make for synergistic neighbors.

[ron_newman]

This is one of very few local Davis Square businesses that have been around since before I moved here in 1992.

Others are Somerville Theatre, Sacco's Bowl-Haven, Rosebud (all three greatly changed in recent years), Johnny D's (soon to close), Goodwill (moved across the street to much larger store), McKinnon's, Redbones, Sligo, and Mike's.

(Peppe Boco, Deli-icious, and JP Licks also go back well before 1992, but have had ownership and name changes, from Sessa's, Nick's Roast Beef and Denise's respectively)

[she-of-emeralds.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just saw that yesterday when I walked by. *sigh* I admit I haven't been in there all that often, but they've been such a fixture that it makes me sad.

[stefan62.livejournal.com]

Hasn't Dente's been in the same spot for 100 years?

[ron_newman]

Possibly, but I don't know who they are.

[stefan62.livejournal.com]

http://www.dentesbarbershop.com/

[drglam]

Oh no! Is the Pepperidge Farm outlet gone?

[mamabunny72.livejournal.com]

I haven't been to that area in a long time, but I was at the Pet Supply Outlet last month. That's when I noticed the PF outlet was gone.

[jlauspitz.livejournal.com]

Denise's was a second-hand shop

[ron_newman]

Different Denise's perhaps? The one I'm thinking of was an ice-cream shop. The owner moved to Columbus, Ohio, and sold the shop to JP Licks, then opened a new Denise's in Columbus.

[m-b-w.livejournal.com]

Before it was Denise's, it was The Yogurt Bar (long before fro-yo was all over Davis Square) with the same owner.

[laryu.livejournal.com]

Looks like food is taking over the space. Just received notice from the Somerville Zoning Board of Appeals regarding 278-280 Elm St. "Applicant, NLP 280 Elm Street Davis Square, LLC and Owner, Urban Equity Development Company, seek a Special Permit with Design Review to establish a fast order food establishment ..." Anyone know who wants to move in?

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, i don't remember when it left, but it's been a while (i also don't get over there that often)

[ron_newman]

I have no idea who they are, but they registered the LLC last August, so this has been in the works for a while.

Did your notice include a hearing date at the Zoning Board of Appeals? The application is not yet listed here.

[laryu.livejournal.com]

The hearing is Wednesday, January 20. It's Case #ZBA-106.

Denise's?

[susank0307.livejournal.com]

I may be wrong, but I think that Christine's Ice Cream was in the JP Licks spot when I moved to Davis Square in 2000.

RE: Denise's?

[ron_newman]

I don't think it was ever Christina's. I recall the sequence being Yogurt Bar & Co. -> Denise's -> JP Licks.

However, the original Christina's in Inman Square started out as a JP Licks.

[ron_newman]

The store has signs in the window advertising 25% off on quilting and knitting supplies (and perhaps other things as well)

[ron_newman]

Here are the submitted plan and the city planning staff report. The applicant proposes a 16-seat fast-order restaurant to be called "Oath Craft Pizza". (Though I see only 13 seats in the diagram.)

From the planning report: "This pizza establishment is providing a different kind of experience by using super-efficient ovens to cook craft pizza in 90 seconds. "

They currently have two locations, Nantucket and South Station, but want to grow into a real chain.

Oath Craft Pizza Has Aggressive Growth Plans for Boston, Starting With South Station (Eater.com, 8/11/15)

The smallest pizzeria ever is opening in South Station (Boston Business Journal, 10/22/15)

[laryu.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I've been to the kiosk in South Station and it's pretty good.

[ron_newman]

I made a new post about this.