Someday Café will CLOSE by August 15

[ron_newman]

I just came back from Someday, and confirmed the bad news. The café has not renewed its lease with the landlord (Chatham Light Realty), and the café's owner (Gus Rancatore, of Toscanini's ice cream) is disinclined to reopen it elsewhere in Davis Square. Unless someone changes his mind, the café must vacate by August 15, and most likely will close around August 1.

If you don't want this to happen, call Richard at Chatham Light, 617-354-4466 , and e-mail gus@tosci.com .

(for earlier discussion, see the post immediately below this one.)

[EDIT (6/27, 12:10 am): after exchanging e-mail and a phone call with Ian Judge, the manager of the Somerville Theatre, I have edited this post so that it no longer says that "the landlord is making them leave". Ian's statement is here. I'm going to leave the phone number and e-mail address in place; they came from a sign at the Someday's counter last night.]

Comments

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Not turning the music down was the most annoying thing ever. I mean, how hard is it to let people, you know, talk?

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

But it's Indie Rock Coffeeshop and The Man can't silence US ... yanno?

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Pretty much.

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

I'm being a bit snarky ... I did like the Someday despite some of its lesser points. I just also understand closing it from a business perspective.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

I know. That business analysis was really enlightening and confirmed my own (unsubstantiated) opinions. Thanks!

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

It was just weird because they'd all hang out at our house (like have special unofficial staff meetings) in our co-op house where they'd talk about how misguided Gus was, how he didn't "get it." At one point a group of them was going to go off and start their own coffeehouse in Union Square (no idea if the Sherman is being run by ex-Someday staff since I've never been but that was the site they were eyeing).

And on the one hand a lot of the thigns Gus did do made the place less "fun" and less hang-out-y but on the other hand the shop was losing money month after month, year after year and they'd complain anytime something was done to try to stem the hemmoraghing.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

It's too bad. Mostly I found it uncomfortable to hang out it (bad/broken furniture) and too loud. Funny how people can't accept that you have to try something if what you're already doing isn't working.

I'll miss the Someday - it was opened when I was in college, and always makes me think of those days. But I never went there, so I'll be glad to see Mr. Crepe return.

Maybe someone will open a sensibly run coffee-shop somewhere else nearby?

[ron_newman]

For a short time, Union Square also had the 'Grand Cafe', or maybe it was 'Grande'. It didn't last very long.

Sherman

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

I very much doubt it. Sherman had a very cool, quiet atmosphere, with occasional touches of whimsy (the crocheted tumbler sleeves for hot drinks are a nice touch). Not at all a more-alternative-than-the-Someday kind of place.

[iscari0t.livejournal.com]

Heh... that's why I liked it. =)

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

What, because you couldn't hear people for the music?

[iscari0t.livejournal.com]

Because I could hear both the people and the music. =)