Chipolte? Where Halloween Scream used to be...

[vinyl-raven.livejournal.com]

Do we really need more burrito's and taco's? Couldn't something more fun and maybe useful have bought that space?
now I wont be able to get last minute halloween stuff....

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[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

Last year, I talked for a while with one of the people who ran the Halloween shop, the daughter of the owner whose name I now forget. They were happily surprised to be returning to the same space again and fully expected it to be rented out during the year. I believe that they did quite well, though, and she said that they would try to return to the Square in a different location when the Buck-a-Book place was no longer vacant.

As for Chipotle, I say thank goodness that something is moving in there, and that they didn't turn the whole thing into an H&R Block. Talk about a useless chain moving in and replacing a local business (the Bangladeshi convenience store) with no uproar.

[ron_newman]

I think the "no uproar" was because the Bengali store had been out of business for more than a year before H&R Block moved in. That said, I don't see what purpose an H&R Block serves except between March 15 and April 15.

[ron_newman]

(Also, are you sure the Bengali store was here? I thought it was where Diva Lounge is now)

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

Yes. There was also another, very short lived Indian grocery next to Diva where the lounge is now.