tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post7543484832983527919..comments2023-09-17T07:15:34.566-07:00Comments on Madison Park Blogger: Another bakery soon to arriveBryan Tagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318071838873203382noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-47101222715290403312011-05-15T07:25:30.143-07:002011-05-15T07:25:30.143-07:00Many people are really interested in having a book...Many people are really interested in having a bookstore in Madison Park again and it is possible. Elliot Bay Book Co tried to settle here in Pioneer Hall but couldn't make a deal. There was another person trying for months to open a book store where Sun Precautions was located but again could not make a deal with the landlord after months of trying. Amazon and large chains are serious competition but we could fight back given the option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-76279360723300746152011-05-14T20:43:00.175-07:002011-05-14T20:43:00.175-07:00This term 'free market' is such a bogus te...This term 'free market' is such a bogus term, in fact meaningless, there really is no such thing, certainly not in the US, in this country the corporations rather than the small shopkeepers call the shots. Oh to be like England when it was a nation of shopkeepers, I'd rather give my money to an individual than a corporation or franchise any day of the week. So I like small business person giving it a try, another bakery, the Mad Park bakery is nice but really 'retro', the classic 1950's maple bar for instance over healthier alternatives.<br /><br />There are small neighborhoods (Ballard, Phinney Ridge, W Seattle, etc) that are so much more varied and dynamic compared to Madison Park. I would much prefer a system that would be able to kick the stupid owner of the place next to B of A out of Madison Park so we could have a coop artist group, Italian or JEwish deli, etc, there instead. I wish our Comm Council could get really angry and do something about that. As long as that part of Madison Park is sitting there rotting, then the Mad Park Business and Community Council are revealed for what they are: ineffective and/or indifferent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-9037648851544273042011-04-01T20:06:20.858-07:002011-04-01T20:06:20.858-07:00I understand your point about wanting businesses t...I understand your point about wanting businesses that we don't already have. My point is this: Don't decry someone else's decision to open the business THEY wanted to open to express their passion.<br /><br />This is a free market society and people are free to open whatever business they want and you, as you say, are free to patronize it, or not. It really is a great system, except that you don't end up with one of everything. That is more a socialist-sort of arrangement.<br /><br />Rather than feeling badly about ANOTHER bakery, or ANOTHER bank, maybe what you are really upset about is the existence of companies like Amazon.com, Netflix, etc., who are the real reasons that quaint little bookstores and video stores will never exist again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-48597588359409831412011-03-26T00:30:39.809-07:002011-03-26T00:30:39.809-07:00Once again it appears that some in Madison Park w...Once again it appears that some in Madison Park would rather see empty store fronts than a new business and not all bakeries are the same! If you don't like the new business don't patronize it or complain to the Madison Park Community Council or Business Group!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-66677880820170950132011-03-25T10:00:38.616-07:002011-03-25T10:00:38.616-07:00I think the point is that we'd all be more lik...I think the point is that we'd all be more likely to support a business that offered something we don't already have, than something we already have LOADS of. <br /><br />We absolutlely applaud people with the guts to open a new biz -- but we'd love to see one that doesn't duplicate others, which just splits our support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-64946447322983399802011-03-24T19:13:51.036-07:002011-03-24T19:13:51.036-07:00Why don't you (many) readers who like to compl...Why don't you (many) readers who like to complain about what kind of businesses come and don't come to the area open a business instead of sitting on the sidelines complaining? Put your money where your mouths are.<br /><br />It is easy to sit and judge how other people spend and don't spend THEIR money, but are you willing to invest and take the risk that comes with starting the kind of businesses YOU think someone else ought to open? I guess not, or there wouldn't be so much complaining.<br /><br />It takes serious guts to open a small business, especially during these economic times. People who do so should be applauded and supported, not looked down upon because they have chosen to spend THEIR money THEIR way and not yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450061648126809792.post-20058220692495636642011-03-22T10:18:49.720-07:002011-03-22T10:18:49.720-07:00I too learned this, as I asked the workmen taking ...I too learned this, as I asked the workmen taking down the Island Video sign, what was going in. We were hoping for a pub or a new restaurant. Honestly, I was and am disappointed. I wish new businesses coming into our neighborhood would have more respect for current businesses and bring something new to the table and not competition. We don't need another bakery. Northwest Catering is right there, we have Mad Park Bakery, Arosa, the new Patisserie(It has potential, as it is good, but the service could be a little more friendly and the prices are ridiculous), the little place that used to be the Mom's Coffee Shop and then Essential. Many felt the same way when McGilvra's came in, basically next door to the Attic with a very similar menu. Can't people be creative anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com