Comments on: Melrose on Ponce Closing Its Doors

By: FM Fats

FM Fats — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:19:53 +0000

Chevy Chase. Speaking of a-holes.

By: FM Fats

FM Fats — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:18:36 +0000

Push Push Theater has moved into the old Mocha Match space at EDS.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:43:42 +0000

By the way, just remembered that the correct name was Moxie Java, not Mocha Java. Not to be confused with Mocha Match in the East Decatur complex with Figo’s. The closing of the latter did not surprise me. It was a big space with little visibility.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:15:05 +0000

How so? I’m real naive. It was in a good location, the staff seemed friendly, the store had an area for toddler play, and my lattes were fine. I know that a mothers group used it as a weekly meeting place for them and their toddlers. I thought it would do great, but obviously not. I assumed that it’s failure had to do with the failure of the economy and the fact that not much else was in that plaza then. I loved the scrapbooking place but did wonder about whether a sufficient customer base for scrapbooking existed. What do you think was the cause of the failure?

Now, when I like a business in Decatur, I consciously work on not becoming too attached. And I have no illusion that I could ever be enough of a clever entrepreneur to open the children’s shoestore/bagel place that I crave.

By: nelliebelle1197

nelliebelle1197 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:58:44 +0000

You should have asked me about Mocha Java! I pretty much knew from reading the website it would make it 5 minutes!

By: Chadwick Stogner

Chadwick Stogner — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:15:41 +0000

The 2 residential lots are fairly deep. I used to rent the empty lot when Ya Ya’s ( before Marlay’s and Angel ) needed parking and it fit over 24 cars. Since the condos are done, perhaps a stand alone commercial bldg and the rest parking – if they don’t have too much storm water retention costs.

By: FM Fats

FM Fats — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:22:52 +0000

Yeah, and I would get Keith Richards and lose anyway. SNL should bring back Chevy Chase and make Hugo Chavez into another Franco.

By: J_T

J_T — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:13:35 +0000

Very poor taste. You’d have to be a real asshole to do that. It’s not polite to speculate on which local businesses might be having trouble or on the verge of closing. However, it’d be perfectly acceptable to start naming the places we WISH would close…