I thought I'd go ahead and print the list again, though technically nothing has changed.
A couple of restaurants have come to fruition that were only in the winds. I've changed the 'Disco Bistro' entry to "Gatsby's" and updated.
I also wanted to mention that Boken has opened, which I listed way back in November.
NEW BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN
Gatsby's Brasserie Bar, Minnesota Ave., 1/8/11
Tres Jolie, Wall St., 12/20/10.
Caldera Grill, Bond St., 12/7/10
Bond Street Grill, 12/7/10.
Perspective(s), Minnesota Ave., 11/20/10
Toth Art Collective, Bond St. 11/20/10
Boken, Breezeway, 11/20/10
Dalia and Emilia, Wall St., 10/3/10.
Antiquarian Books, Bond St., 10/3/10.
Giddyup, Minnesota Ave., 10/3/10.
The Closet, Minnesota Ave., 8/11/10.
Showcase Hats, Oregon Ave., 8/11/10,
Red Chair Art Gallery, Oregon Ave. 7/13/10.
Earth Sense Herbs, Penny's Galleria, 7/12/10.
Mad Happy Lounge, Brooks St., 6/2910
Common Table, Oregon Ave. , 6/29/10.
Looney Bean Coffee, Brooks St. , 6/29/10.
Bourbon Street, Minnesota Ave., 6/22/10
Feather's Edge, Minnesota Ave., 6/22/10
The BLVD., Wall St. , 6/13/10.
Volt, Minnesota Ave. 6/1/10.
Tart, Minnesota Ave. , 5/13/10
Olivia Hunter, Wall St. 4/5/10.
Tres Chic, Bond St. 4/5/10
Blue Star Salon, Wall St. 4/1/10.
Lululemon, Bond St. 3/31/10.
Diana's Jewel Box, Minnesota Ave., 3/25/10.
Amalia's, Wall St. (Ciao Mambo space), 3/12/10
River Bend Fine Art, Bond St. (Kebanu space) 2/23/10
Federal Express, Oregon Ave. 2/1/10
***10 Below, Minnesota Ave. 1/10/10
Tew Boots Gallery, Bond St. 1/8/10.
Top Leaf Mate, 12/10/09
Laughing Girls Studio, Minnesota Ave. 12/7/09
Lemon Drop, 5 Minnesota Ave., 11/12/09
The Curiosity Shoppe 11/5/09 25 N.W. Minnesota Ave, Suite #7.
Wabi Sabi 11/4/09
Frugal Boutique 11/4/09
5 Spice 10/22/09
Cowgirls Cash 10/17/09
***Haven Home 10/17/09
Dog Patch 10/17/09
The Good Drop 10/12/09
Lola's 9/23/09
**Volcano Wines 9/15/09
Singing Sparrow Flowers 8/16/09
Northwest Home Interiors 8/5/09
High Desert Frameworks 7/23/09 (*Moved to Oregon Ave. 4/5/10.)
Wall Street Gifts 7/--/09
Ina Louise 7/14/09
Bend Home Hardware (Homestyle Hardware?) 7/1/09
Altera Real Estate 6/9/09
Honey 6/7/09
Azura Studio 6/7/09
Mary Jane's 6/1/09
c.c.McKenzie 6/1/09
Velvet 5/28/09
Bella Moda 3/25/09
High Desert Gallery (Bend) 3/25/09
Joolz
Zydeco
900 Wall
Great Outdoor Store
Luxe Home Interiors
Powell's Candy
Dudley's Used Books and Coffee
Goldsmith
Game Domain
Subway Sandwiches
Bend Burger Company
Showcase Hats
Pita Pit
Happy Nails
(Fall, 2008 or so).
BUSINESSES LEAVING
Earth Sense Herbs, Penny's Galleria, 1/2/11
Marz Bistro, Minnesota Av., 12/20/10.
The Decoy, Bond St., 12/7/10.
Giuseppe's, Bond St., 12/1/10.
Ina Louise, Minnesota Ave., 11/3/10.
Laughing Girl Studios, 10/21/10
Dolce Vita, Bond St, 10/21/10
Diana's Jewell Box, Minnesota Ave., 10/15/10.
Lola's, Breezeway, 10/8/10.
Oxygen Tattoo, Bond St., 10/3/10.
Great Outdoor Clothing, Wall St., 10/3/10.
Volcano Vineyards, Minnesota Ave., 10/3/10.
Subway Sandwiches, Bond St. 9/2/10.
Old Bend Distillery, Brooks St., 6/19/10.
Staccato, Minnesota Ave. 6/18/10.
Showcase Hats, Minnesota Ave., 6/1/10 (Moved to Oregon Ave., 8/10/11.)
Cork, Oregon Ave., 5/27/10.
Wall Street Gifts, 5/26/10
Microsphere, Wall St. , 5/17/10.
Singing Sparrow, Franklin and Bond, 5/15/10
28, Minnesota Ave. and Bond, 5/13/10.
Glass Symphony, Wall St., 3/25/10
Bend Home Hardware, Minnesota Ave, 2/25/10
Ciao Mambo, Wall St. 2/4/10
***Angel Kisses 1/25/10 (Have moved to 'Honey.')
Ivy Rose Manor 8/20/09
***Downtowner 8/18/09 (moving into the Summit location)
Chocolate e Gateaux 8/16/09
Finders Keepers 8/15/09
Colourstone 7/25/09
Periwinkle 6/--/09
***Tangerine 7/21/09 (Got word, they are moving across the street.)
Micheal Cassidy Gallery 6/15/09
St. Claire Coffee 6/15/09
Luxe Home Interiors 6/4/09
Treefort 5/8/09
Blue 5/2/09
***Volcano Tasting Room 4/28/09** Moved to Minnesota Ave.
Habit 4/16/09
Mountain Comfort 4/14/09
Tetherow Property 4/11/09
Blue Moon Marketplace 3/25/09
Plenty 3/25/09
Downtown Doggie 3/25/09
***King of Sole (became Mary Janes)**
Santee Alley
Bistro Corlise
Made in Hawaii
EnVogue
Stewart Weinmann (leather)
Kebanu Gallery
Pella Doors and Windows
Olive company
Pink Frog
Little Italy
Deep
Merenda's
Volo
***Pomegranate (downtown branch)**
Norwalk
Pronghorn Real Estate office.
Speedshop Deli
Paper Place
Bluefish Bistro
(Fall, 2008 or so.)
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Gotta say, Duncan, I wouldn't spend a dime in Gatsby's Blah Blah Blah, just based on its way too cutesy name alone.
Huh. Am I not spending enough time downtown? I have heard of maybe 10 or 15 of these businesses, on either list. Most of them, judging by the name alone, give me a total sense of 'who cares?'. For sure a few that are gone are missed, but most caused nary a ripple in The Force.
Duncan, sometime it would be fun to do a more formal Oldtimer's Quiz, of the kind that happens spontaneously amongst us oldtimers now and then. You know, someone says, 'hey, what was that business in the such-and-so building before XXXX?' One's level of Oldtimerness is determined by how far back the listing goes, with special credit for things like 'oh, that was the original Safeway building' or 'I remember when that was a school'. :)
Or, an easier version would be to take 10 random buildings downtown, say, and list all the businesses that have been in each one, back to original construction. Of course, it would be important to list some on Bond Street, since many of the ones at the north end originally held brothels upstairs (you can tell by the windows). :)-
My memory actually kinda sucks at this. Which is why I'm keeping the list.
Obvious ones -- J.C. Penney's, Wetles, Owl Drug, Brandeis Drug, Erickson's Stationary, Trailways Bus Depot, Pine Tavern -- oh, wait...
Arlie Seems's daughter handed in a paper to her teacher one time and referred to Mode-O-Day, explaining it was now Goody's. (Is it still Goody's?) Anyway, she got a poor grade on the paper because her teacher told her that Goodys had always been there (or at least since the 20's or something). She found an old pic, proved her point, and got the grade changed to an A.
Let's see: Mahoney's and Ray Leblanc, and for you newbies, Masterson St. Clair Hardware.
A couple off the top of my head: 900 Wall aka Merenda, former home of The Smart Shop, Bend's only 'high class' womens' clothing store before the Blue Teal. I bought a great winter coat there about 20 years ago.
Bend Mapping & Blueprints on Bond, formerly home to Sunnyside Sports, which moved there in maybe 1977, replacing Darryl's House of Music (which sold not only music, but also tvs, etc).
Tracking longtime businesses around town can be fun too. Blue Teal, opened waay south of town, then moved downtown decades later.
Sunnyside (about which I of course have the inside scoop) opened on NW Irving in an old garage in I think, 1973. (Cafe Rosemary was there briefly in the 2000s.) After a year or so it moved to Greenwood, then Bond (Darryls) then Wall St (when Bud Capell bought the former waterbed store and turnd it into a wee mall, around 1983), to its currrent location on Newport in 1990. And there it stays!
Your original store has at least stayed in one place!
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