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Town and Country (Ellis Partners) ousts another popular store
Original post made by Kate, Duveneck/St. Francis, on May 28, 2009
Comments
Posted by qq
a resident of Barron Park
on May 28, 2009 at 5:45 pm
a resident of Barron Park
on May 28, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Well, at least they won't have trouble finding a new place to lease. There are empty storefronts everywhere.
qq
Posted by anonymous
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 29, 2009 at 6:48 am
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 29, 2009 at 6:48 am
Hats off to Town and Country for reviving a dying institution. Change is hard, but I've never seen so many people there before. Great new restaurants and stores and just generally freshened up. Trader Joe's on the way. Congratulations T&C and keep up the good work!
Posted by Resident
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 29, 2009 at 9:05 am
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 29, 2009 at 9:05 am
I am pleased to see T & C smartened up, but I liked many of the stores which have now gone. At present it looks like Stanford Mall, in some ways (the restaurants) are actually upscale Stanford. I do not like the changes. I go there for some of the British food that the Cheesehouse carries (not as great a selection as before) and often use Books Inc and since I am there I may use Longs too. I used to go there for Weightwatchers, Rojos, Cookbook, Spot Pizza (I know great selection) mainly and miss them all.
This seems to be another Palo Alto effort at getting the Atherton/Portola Valley crowd in and sending the Palo Altans outside their own city for shopping. When TJs arrives, I will probably still use MV as it is close to the other stores I use all the time.
Posted by Traffic?
a resident of Greene Middle School
on May 29, 2009 at 9:16 am
a resident of Greene Middle School
on May 29, 2009 at 9:16 am
I am excited that Trader Joe's will be so close to our house but don't know how they are going to deal with the traffic from Trader Joe's. It's an accident waiting to happen.
I grew up here in PA and T & C never had much. Glad to see it is improving. Hope there are more places for Paly kids to eat though it seems they are moving away from that. Trader Joe's will have food for them. It was always a nice break from school to be able to walk over to T & C. Esp. these days with the rigorous academics, it's nice for the kids to have a place to escape to temporarily.
Posted by Tear It Down!
a resident of Downtown North
on May 29, 2009 at 10:10 am
a resident of Downtown North
on May 29, 2009 at 10:10 am
Where is the Country in T&C. The place looks awful and has for years.
All those railroad ties used as construction materials what an ridiculous form of architecture.
This place is yet another example of "Palo Alto snobbery".
Posted by Shop elsewhere
a resident of Midtown
on May 30, 2009 at 12:11 am
a resident of Midtown
on May 30, 2009 at 12:11 am
Town and Country is now a good place to buy a cupcake for $4 or schedule a birthday party for a child in a fancy barber shop for just $180-$360.
I miss Rojos and the Cookbook. But hey you can now buy a baby's rattle for $12.
