3 posts tagged “sales”
A reported in my last column, Planetweavers is no more, and February 29 was their last day in their Castro Street location.
However, they are continuing the liquidation around the corner on 18th Street. The Planetweavers stock is now in the retail space across from Starbucks which has never had a long-term resident since its construction, as far as I can remember. (If I'm wrong, please someone remind me.)
A wrap-up of small items that have been knocking around my camera's memory card for a few weeks now:
- Razors has been open and razoring away for a couple weeks now. This is the former location of ENZI salon, which is now up the street a couple blocks. I'm told that the owner of Razors used to be at Joe's Barbershop before deciding to strike out on his own.
- The perpetual garage sale at 530 Castro Street -- only the name seems to change, and did the latest incarnation even have a name? -- has sharpied an update on its "Closing soon" sign that the end is coming "June 15th or Soon" (sic). Note that I first reported this eminent closing back in freakin' April, so "soon" is a relative term for these people.
- Remember the grease fire at All-Season Sushi & Bar (or as we called it, "All Season Sushi Bar and Grill")? A quick peak inside the place reveals that much more is going on in there than repairs to the kitchen. It seems that a full remodel is underway. This photo is from a couple weeks ago:
- The Cove cafe is entering the late-night food market by staying open until 2 on Friday and Saturday night. They still aren't taking reservations for the high-visibility, window-side "attention-whore" booths though, so be prepared to wait.
- Bazouzi market and deli at the corner of 18th and Eureka has posted a notice announcing a change of ownership. I'm told that the couple who own the place have finally decided to retire. According to the posted announcement, the new owners are renaming the place Adorabella's, which is further evidence that all good store names are taken.
- A sign up at Off the Beading Path at 18th and Douglass (and nextdoor to the new location of ENZI) advertises a store-wide liquidation sale. I don't know if this is an indication that the owner is picking up his beads and going home -- or possibly to Fisherman's Wharf where he recently opened another store -- but generally store-wide 25-50% discounts are not signs of a bright future.
- I wrote about the changes over at the-cafe-formerly-known-as-Philz, but at the time had forgotten the new name. Well, the building is repainted now and the new sign is up. Welcome Bean Here, Brew That!. (ref. My comments above about the name Adorabella's)
Tower update: The CDs are now 60% off and the DVDs are 50% off. CD singles are 75% off, and a fair number of random CDs are just $1.50 or $2.00. I was there on Thursday when there was still a fair selection of artists and titles that you've actually heard of before, but I imagine that at this price point things will dry up quickly. One of the most interesting aspects of this is wondering how Tower ended up with such large quantities of certain titles. Some are obviously records that they thought would go big but which bombed (Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair" anyone?) but did they really think they needed a few dozen copies of Huey Lewis and the News' "Grestest Hits"?
