| Madelaine Amee |
09-15-2018 08:58 AM |
I'm getting away from making it another restaurant. Given some thought to what another poster said earlier and I cannot remember who it was .... a good, really good coffee shop would survive there. After all look at Panera's and Starbucks, people love sitting and watching the world go by while enjoying a good coffee and something to munch. They have outside seating, full plate glass windows where you can watch the world, and easy parking from Barnes and Noble.
My otherhalf and I will often go into town and just get a coffee and a muffin/something else and just sit and chat for a while before getting on with our life. When we go to SS we stop at First Watch and have a coffee and something, and when we are on our way to Sam's we stop at Brooklyn Bagel. The new establishment does not have to be a restaurant.
The one thing we never do is look at how much it costs! It's our together down time.
P.S. Since posting earlier this morning I think this location could be a good place for the younger generation. Turn it into a wine/liquor/coffee bar. Have musical entertainment - plenty of very talented musicians here - and stay open later. But, for any of this you have to have an owner/manager on site. Get to know your clientèle, be there to greet and meet, make people feel welcome and happy to be there. With the right management it could become the IN place for the younger Villagers moving here. Unfortunately, it takes money and time to establish something of this nature.
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