Thursday, December 29, 2011

A Bad Era for Landmark Businesses?

Pearson's Wine is closing after New Year's Eve, just as The Poster Hut did two weeks ago, and the Varsity Jr. on Lindbergh Drive more than a year ago.

I haven't patronized these old standbys before (but will most likely swing by Pearson's for some discounts tomorrow), but their disappearances are a bit disappointing. I didn't post this just to be gloomy, though, but as a reminder to stick to your most favored neighborhood businesses instead of surrendering to the chain-store machine, especially if the experience isn't any better at the latter. As far as I've seen, it really isn't.

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