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August 23, 2006
What Happened to Davis Square While I Was Gone?
So I was in Davis Square today and did some wandering around and suddenly I realized... lots of things changed. This was the first time I had spent a significant amount of time in Davis since June, not counting a brief stop at the end of July.
First I realized that the Someday Café was closed and padlocked:
It turns out that in late July, while I was still in Bulgaria, word came through that the Someday Café is closing down and being replaced by a "Mr. Crepe." It's awful to see the Someday Café go. It was a great place to lounge around and watch life go by in Davis Square while enjoying some good coffee.
Oh, but it wasn't over. Walking down the block, the Mini Mart was gone:
This was originally a Greek-owned market which was sold to an Indian family back in around 2000 or so, and now it's closed.
Then, the video store where I used to go when I lived in the area is closing up shop, as well. West Coast Video was plastered with going-out-of-business signs in the window:
It's all going away... <sniff>.
Posted by Dean at August 23, 2006 12:44 AM
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A lot of Tufts and other college kids will be unpleasantly surprised when they return from their summer break and find the Someday gone. However, Someday may be back later this year as an employee-owned business, with a new location and new name. We'll see.
Mini Mart has been closed for a while, maybe even a whole year. Never really found much reason to go there.
Hollywood Express is better than West Coast Video, anyway.
(Check out http://davis-square.livejournal.com if you want to stay in touch with the neighborhood.)
Posted by: Ron Newman at August 23, 2006 9:45 AM
One of the things I like about Davis Square is all the small markets where I could run to pick up groceries. After Mini Mart stopped selling a certain kind of Greek cheese that I like (which they still sold for a while under their new management), I stopped going there, which is probably why I didn't notice it was closed until recently... but still, good memories all around.
Posted by: Dean at August 23, 2006 1:38 PM
hey ron newman. you are yuppie trash. from the staff.
Posted by: wcv4eva at September 19, 2006 12:35 AM