Lol the Jim N Shart Live Blog day
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itâs all 30 somethings with strollers now, guessing it wasnât that in '92
I grew up on that block. The apartments were full of seniors in the 80s. They must have changed hands because there were people sleeping in their cars next door when my folks decided to move to Richfield.
A move I was totally against for the record.
Seems like a good idea⌠just replace coffee with small market/beer store and you might be on to something.
The local shop that leaned into e-cargo quickly saturated the market and has had to pivot and bit and is struggling a bit.
The LBS in deep southside that added a brewery just tanked.
Bike industry is hard.
I invested most of my bike boom profit into consumable inventory and so far so good. Weâre still the shop that people say âwow, you actually have parts in stockâ. I wouldnât mind having all that cash in my savings, but I also like the fact that I paid 2021 prices for lots of stuff Iâll be selling through 2023.
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wait what e-cargo shop?
But generally yeah I think that the reasonable response to the way IBDs have been treated is to diversify away from being totally dependent on bikes, accessories, and services.
I kinda wish the fancy bike studio model had worked in more places, but thatâs a hard pull outside of a few big cities.
@cheese follow the dream and reopen block bikes as a bikes and beer spot? Iâve always wanted a not velocult bike themed bar
maybe if we were talking about the neighbourhood pre pandemic but it feels like itâs really slow to recover, and that specific location is hard to access from foot or bike vs on the high street part of Lombard
but that area really does need a fresh âmarket standâ type store
No not there, on Lombard in one of the storefronts thatâs closed
Unfortunately I think all the building owners are trying to get mid 2010s rent pricing
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But was it ever really alive? All the spots are poorly laid out
Really the smart idea is cool shops in Lloyd center
it felt like late 2019 into early 2020 the main section of Lombard was getting built up, there were plans to put a couple popular restaurants in those new apt buildings and the city was cleaning up the plaza where the farmers market used to be. then the simultaneous pressure of pandemic and commercial landlord price gouging pushed a lot of the existing businesses to close and nobody can justify moving back into SJ because of high rents and crime with relatively low foot traffic
Guerrilla Development who is behind some of the âweirdâ buildings on the east side now owns the section where Pattiâs was but who knows what that will be
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Weirâs Cyclery used to be on the SE corner of the block that is now Union at St Johns.
Is Tulipâs old location still vacant? Donuts are like cyclistsâ kryptonite.
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I believe that whole building is a red U classification and infested with vermin. No jokes
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there are shockingly few donuts/pastries anywhere in north Portland
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Iâve been known to stop at Heavenly on my way out to/back from rides. Good blue collar donut!
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Journeymans was all in on e-cargo when he first opened. Pretty sure every xtracycle and yuba thatâs rolling around at the moment came from him.
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Adequate blue collar donut. I used to stop there on my way to Portland State but one too many terrible donuts burned it out of me. Is king burrito still there on Lombard?
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Yeah, thatâs where my (non ebike) Supermarche came from.
By the time I saw the place he was doing a ton of bikepacking stuff too.
Iâm kinda surprised he hasnât gotten a Larry vs harry line in the shop, Bullits would sell like hotcakes
King Burrito is alive and well, I live a short walk away. Always busy.
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I believe so but the real king of king burrito mississippi died in 2016
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Tienda Santa Cruz was where I would get my burritos when I worked out at Harborgate.