Comments on: Wine Spectrum: No more nibbles

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:41:43 +0000

Thanks for the update on the Wine Spectrum in RR Square – great place to branch out in the sphere of wine, as well as relax. Time to go back and savor anew!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:35:24 +0000

My boyfriend and I walked down to the candy shop one night after dinner to get ice cream. The man behind the counter was more interested in talking to his friends than serving the customers in line. He also said f*** several times, loudly, while serving us and there were little kids behind us! I’m not really surprised they closed if thats the kind of service and people that were being hired!

By: Wojamo

Wojamo — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:36:26 +0000

I agree with emmajay. Unfortunately, another otherwise very good restaurant in that same area suffered the same short-sightedness: Vivere. Are they open? Are they closed? Well- now they’re closed…for good.

By: emmajay

emmajay — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:44:02 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me how people can spend their hard earned dollars to be in the food business without doing their research. After my 3rd trip to the “candy” shop only to find out they were closed I never went back. The owner may have been the nicest guy on the planet but that doesn’t pay the bills. It WAS a dumb location but not because of parking! Parking doesn’t seem to be an issue with Powell’s on the Healdsburg square. Been there many times and walked a block or 2. True chocoholics & dessert foodies will come to the merchant who offers quality and consistancy.So BOO-HOO.No sympathy. A note to all you foodservice wannabees… DO YOUR HOMEWORK! MJ.Santa Rosa

By: Wulfstan10

Wulfstan10 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:22:44 +0000

That’s too bad about the cany/ice cream store. I was always hoping it would work out and we would often stop there in the evening for ice cream, which was a ncie treat with the kids. The place was nice, the owner friendly, and the ice cream good. I never had a problem with it being open, though, and it stayed open late, which was nice. Many times at night, say 9pm, my wife and two small kids and I would walk past there and stop for a treat on our way home.
However, aside from the ice cream, it was a little patchy, with a small, unreliable selection of baked goods (they they seemed good), and only a small range of candy.
As far as parking goes, as I repreatedly say, I think people need to get beyond that: it’s downtown! In downtown, you WALK. The problem with the location is that it is not the most pedestrian-friendly spot of downtown. I walk along Mendocino all the tiume, but relatively few people do, in part I think because of the relatively high auto traffic and smallish sidewalks. Compare 4th St or RR Sq., which always have many pedestrians. That portion of Mendocino should be made more pedstrian-friendly since trying to compete qwith shopping centres on “convenient” parking is ultimately self defeating and destructive of the essential character of downtown.