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Feb. 2nd, 2009
A couple of months ago, the Quizno's closed. I was disappointed because that's just about the only fast food place I go to. They're good.
Shortly there after, the Paramount restaurant closed. This was a classy place here in Grafton. Some said it didn't fit in here, but I thought it was great. We ate there a few times. Would have been more, but they were expensive.
Acquaintances of ours owned a liquor store that closed. They were in debt and were closed as of December 31st. That was a real disappointment. We did most of our liquor shopping there. We drink a lot of wine. Now we got to buy it at the grocery store. There's another liquor store in town, but it looks kinda cheap. I guess I should check it out. I like to keep my money as local as possible. There's another liquor store not too far away, where I buy the higher end stuff, but they're kindof a chain.
Harry W. Schwartz books is closing. They're a three-store independent bookseller. I always shpped there when I could. Though they didn't have the selection of one of those Barnes & Noble or Borders supermarkets, but they weren't overpriced like Borders and they were fair sized for an independent, I could usually find what I needed. They'd been in business since the '20's, I think. Fortunately, two of their stores are being pruchased by their managers, including the one just down the road in Mequon.
Quizno's opened back up. I heard the guy who owned it was going through a divorce and shut down several of his stores. Someone else picked it up. That was good to see, but I'd rather it'd been one of the other places that reopened.
I just heard that Atomic Records is closing. Everyone else seemed to know that (I heard the tail ends of a couple of conversations, but never the part where they said it was closing). That's disappointing too. They're a Milwaukee institution. I never shopped there a lot, since they handled mostly indie/alternative stuff (and were a bit expensive), but I'd stop in now and then, and I spent my share of cash over the years.
Shortly there after, the Paramount restaurant closed. This was a classy place here in Grafton. Some said it didn't fit in here, but I thought it was great. We ate there a few times. Would have been more, but they were expensive.
Acquaintances of ours owned a liquor store that closed. They were in debt and were closed as of December 31st. That was a real disappointment. We did most of our liquor shopping there. We drink a lot of wine. Now we got to buy it at the grocery store. There's another liquor store in town, but it looks kinda cheap. I guess I should check it out. I like to keep my money as local as possible. There's another liquor store not too far away, where I buy the higher end stuff, but they're kindof a chain.
Harry W. Schwartz books is closing. They're a three-store independent bookseller. I always shpped there when I could. Though they didn't have the selection of one of those Barnes & Noble or Borders supermarkets, but they weren't overpriced like Borders and they were fair sized for an independent, I could usually find what I needed. They'd been in business since the '20's, I think. Fortunately, two of their stores are being pruchased by their managers, including the one just down the road in Mequon.
Quizno's opened back up. I heard the guy who owned it was going through a divorce and shut down several of his stores. Someone else picked it up. That was good to see, but I'd rather it'd been one of the other places that reopened.
I just heard that Atomic Records is closing. Everyone else seemed to know that (I heard the tail ends of a couple of conversations, but never the part where they said it was closing). That's disappointing too. They're a Milwaukee institution. I never shopped there a lot, since they handled mostly indie/alternative stuff (and were a bit expensive), but I'd stop in now and then, and I spent my share of cash over the years.