The New Retail Thread

393b40 said:
That has to be one of the least inviting store fronts I've ever seen... in fact it almost looks like the kind of thing they put up when a store is under construction.

I wish them luck but if the space fails I'm doing a "told ya so".
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Agreed. The phrase "Windows, not walls!!!!" comes to mind.

How tone deaf can a business be? Is it supposed to be a "Speakeasy" concept? Are customers supposed to whisper a secret password? That would be the only defense for this entrance design stupidity.
 
393b40 said:
That has to be one of the least inviting store fronts I've ever seen... in fact it almost looks like the kind of thing they put up when a store is under construction.

I wish them luck but if the space fails I'm doing a "told ya so".
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At best it's a misuse of valuable real-estate.
 
I sort of understand; I realize the treehouse has something of a following, and that they refuse to distribute their beers through liquor stores in favor of "the onsite experience" - I think the look is reminiscent of their other locations, but this only seems to be an online order pickup point with weekly beer garden events in the courtyard. I wouldn't be hugely surprised if this is functionally a popup, while they look for space/licence for a proper beer garden in the city.
 
#bancars said:
Anthropologie in Harvard Square closing:

www.cambridgeday.com

Anthropologie to close in January after 14 years inhabiting showpiece Harvard Square building - Cambridge Day

Passersby may soon notice the absence of iconic window displays at Anthropologie, a retailer in an iconic building on Harvard Square’s Brattle Street.
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This part leaves me less sad to lose this retailer:

"The store never because a member of the Harvard Square Business Association, said Denise Jillson, HSBA executive director. There is a corporate policy that discourages or does not allow individual locations to become members of the chambers of commerce or business associations, Jillson surmised, and a resulting lack of dialogue leaves its reasons for leaving unknown."

Here's to the next tenant being a better and more community-based neighbor.
 
www.bostonglobe.com

Goodies galore: New Roslindale market, Dorchester bakery come to town - The Boston Globe

Plus, good news for Ocean State Job Lot.
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The new neighborhood market — named after her parents — is stocked with grab-and-go foods and snacks such as Bonilla a la Vista potato chips and pastries from Newton-based SALT Patisserie. A full coffee menu will offer shaken espressos and lattes on demand. And there’s also a bit of produce, fresh flowers, a corner for olive oils and vinegars, and more than 100 bottles of wine — everything you might need to grab on the way home for the evening. (Convenient, Walsh said, because it’s steps from the commuter rail station.)
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In 2016, Teresa Thompson Maynard started selling nut-free goodies from Sweet Teez Bakery for delivery and catering. By 2018, Whole Foods had enlisted her to make 48,000 mini-pies for its New England locations. Now in 2025, the Dorchester native will finally open a store.
The 25-seat outpost in Savin Hill will open next fall with Maynard’s signature triple chocolate brownies, sweet potato pies, and her “tipsy” rum cake. She also plans to serve coffee, soups, and savory treats such as mini quiches to make the cafe somewhere where you can both spend an afternoon with a friend and buy a birthday cake.
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The opposition to late-night dining is infuriating, but not at all surprising.
www.universalhub.com

The City that Always Sleeps: Residents, some businesses and BU fight proposed 3 a.m. closing time for Kenmore Square burrito place

The Boston licensing board decides tomorrow whether to let El Jefe, which currently stays open until 3 a.m. near Northeastern, BU and in Harvard Square, open a new outlet with the same closing time in Kenmore Square. Read more.
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At a hearing this morning, El Jefe owner John Schall and supporters said Boston can't really be a world-class city that retains young people unless it allows late-night burritos in a hub like Kenmore Square and that the chain has proven at BU and Northeastern that it can feed the voracious student masses until 3 a.m. safely and with no fuss or muss.

Opponents, though, say El Jefe should first prove itself with an earlier closing time and that 3 a.m. could lead to disruptions that prevent Kenmoreans from getting enough sleep. Sure, El Jefe is open until then down Comm. Ave and up by Northeastern, but those are different neighborhoods altogether, and that when Kenmore did have places open until 3 a.m., it was a near hellhole, not the sort of place people wanted to go to, at least not the sort of respectable people that wouldn't carouse through the streets, keeping residents from getting enough sleep.
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But City Councilor Sharon Durkan, Kenmore Residents Group head and Cornwall's owner Pam Beale and BU Police Chief Rob Lowe all opposed letting El Jefe get out of the gate with a 3 a.m. closing.

Durkan noted that even the Kenmore McDonald's, across the square from where El Jefe's would go, is not open for sit-down dining until 3 a.m.
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