Uh, okay.
Businesses and local fixtures come and go. Some stay for a long time, while others move in. It happens. Things change all the time. If you have lived in different towns at one time or another, and return a few years later, you’ll notice the new businesses that have set up shop where others have left.
Is it me or does it seem like things are just vanishing in front of our eyes? Maybe I’m just showing my age, but I seriously had to ponder this thought the other day.
I was walking on Thayer Street in Providence and the always busy 7-Eleven was completely empty. I laughed as I think I was there just the night before getting a Gatorade. Later, on the way to a show at the PPAC, I noticed the always packed bar, McFadden’s in the business district, was complete dark. Upon further investigation, it appeared to have closed earlier in the summer with no warnings. Workers showed up for work one July morning only to find the doors locked. Nice touch.
Mad Ernies in Wayland. Great ice cream and probably the best lobster rolls you could buy: empty. Now, it’s a place to buy of all things: Olive Oil. What in the world is going on. Around the corner, Twist on Angell. See ya. Never really been there, but it was one of those places I would have liked to have checked out. Too late, I guess. Mod Momma off to the lovely Garden City shopping center by way of North Providence.
Ugly American Burger on Ives, packing up and maybe heading back to Fall River.
It’s sad to see as I know the state of the economy these days is uncertain and folks have less discretionary income to spend on a night out a restaurant on a regular basis. Hopefully that will change soon as the life and identity of a neighborhood is the support of the local small businesses.
Let’s hope. I could use a lobster roll right now.
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