Sauce is toast...
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davis_squareWell no, it's not toast exactly - it's just out of business.
Old news? I walked by this morning and the windows were papered over. There is a note on the door saying something about "circumstances beyond our control" etc. and that a new resturant will open in that location April 1st. I never actually went there. It seemed a bit "too cool mall style" for my tastes but it's better than another bank.
Seems like there are a lot of street level vacancies in the Sq. these days. Rents too high? Not enough traffic for more food/coffee places? Or parking for serious retail?
Be nice if a good gallery opened but the chances of that are probably slim to none.
Old news? I walked by this morning and the windows were papered over. There is a note on the door saying something about "circumstances beyond our control" etc. and that a new resturant will open in that location April 1st. I never actually went there. It seemed a bit "too cool mall style" for my tastes but it's better than another bank.
Seems like there are a lot of street level vacancies in the Sq. these days. Rents too high? Not enough traffic for more food/coffee places? Or parking for serious retail?
Be nice if a good gallery opened but the chances of that are probably slim to none.
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some thoughts on why they failed
Date: 2006-02-14 08:12 pm (UTC)1) It tried to be trendy and upscale ... but Davis Square is at best indifferent to, and at worst mildly allergic to, those attributes.
2) It was on Highland Avenue. A wide one-way street with heavy traffic and narrow sidewalks, this part of Highland isn't an especially pleasant place to walk. People enjoy walking up and down Holland Street and Elm Street; they don't walk here.
3) somewhat related to (2): most of the businesses on this block are fairly boring: banks, insurance agents, travel agents, opticians, dentists. Despite their boringness, these are all useful things to have around, but they don't generate a lot of foot traffic, especially at night.