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New?
By Kaz
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 7:47am
Um, hasn't 3 Scoops been there for years (link goes to a user review from 2007)?
If anything, Abbott's Frozen Custard JUST opened at Washington and Chestnut Hill Ave about a week or two ago.
Note the timestamp on my post
By adamg
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 7:51am
I should perhaps not be blogging so early. You're right; I was thinking of the new frozen-custard place, not 3 Scoops.
Wait...
By Champs
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 8:12am
The original error goes to to Beantown Bloggery. They are the ones that refer to 3 Scoops as new. Then they go on to compare Brighton Ctr to Coolidge Corner. WTF?
Not entirely your fault
By Kaz
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 8:14am
The lead sentence on the link says it's "the newest place" in town too. I've asked over there in their comments what they're talking about too.
Doesn't look like 3 scoops
By EM Painter
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 8:59am
The last time I was there 3 scoops was a pretty blank store with fluorescent panel lighting in a drop ceiling... the photos show a menu/bar area with some style, and the little hats show thought. That would be a change. Usually when you go into 3 scoops it's just "here's your damn ice cream".
the photo is of 3 scoops
By Brett
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:12pm
Yes, it's in Brighton, and it opened at least some time last year. Yes, it has a big chalk menuboard, and a small bar area at the front.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/3-scoops-brighton
I really don't understand what all the confusion is about...
Did they close, remodel, and reopen?
By Ron Newman
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:19pm
That Yelp page has reviews going back to 2005.
No
By The Beer Guy
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:21pm
Beantown Blog messed up. The new place in the area is Abbott's, across the street. 3 Scoops has been there for as long as I can remember.
so someone opened a new place right across the street?
By Brett
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:46pm
This is why we can't have nice things, and why most small business startups fail. What is it with people entering into the food sector by opening up next door to a very similar place?
See Ghazal in JP, for example - opened up 3 doors down from Bukhara.
Not a big deal
By Kaz
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:55pm
The few blocks of "Brighton Center" that Beantown Bloggery calls "reminiscent of Coolidge Corner" really isn't. There's definitely plenty to eat around there, but it's what I'd call "punctuated variety". Sure, there's a great, and somewhat upscale, Hungarian/French place (Jasmine Bistro) and that's next door to a small, yet decent, sushi place (Asahi)...but other than 1 burrito/Mexican place (Boca Grande) and a well-priced Greek place (Esperia)...all among a background of what I'll call "American"/pub fare. But NONE of them really do much for dessert (I've always prayed for a JP Licks).
To be reminiscent of Coolidge Corner ...
By Ron Newman
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 1:11pm
don't you need to also have a lovely movie theatre and a great independent bookstore? Both of which generate substantial foot traffic, and neither of which can be found in Brighton Center.
except for Athans and...three scoops, across the street
By Brett
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 2:20pm
Also, there used to be a cupcake store, though I think they went out of business. The coffee joint serves food, but closes stupidly early.
The cupcake store owners were dumber than a sack of doorknobs; they never had more than one shelf of one case worth of stuff, and they were always really odd creations...it's no wonder they went out of business. Every time I stopped in, it was "bacon raspberry edemame" or some bullshit like that. If they'd had a few trays of various flavors normal people would like, they would have stuck around, probably.
Where on earth are these people getting their money/loans from? It's like banks are handing out money to any idiot who walks in off the street without an even slightly-vetted business plan.
"Hi, I'm Joe Blow, I'd like to open an ice cream store."
"Yum, ice cream. Where?"
"Oh, this vacant storefront...you know where Three Scoops is?"
"Yeah, I love that place! It's popular and has delicious ice cream."
"Right across the street."
"Sounds good to me. Here, have $50k. I'll stop by on my way to Three Scoops some time."
"Thank you, good sir."
Yeah...but variety for the win
By Kaz
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 4:11pm
I mean, i thought it was sorta clear from the fact that 3 Scoops exists but I'm still jonesing for a JP Licks to compete against them that more than one can potentially exist (or even beat the competition out of the market).
I mean Porter Belly's, Green Briar, and Corrib are practically side-by-side-by-side...and have been for years. If the area can support 3 different Irish-American pubs, I have a feeling more than one ice cream/dessert parlor will do just fine.
Actually quite common
By chicken
Thu, 04/07/2011 - 1:33pm
I don't understand it either. But it's quite common for restaurants to cluster near similar restaurants. I've noticed the trend in particular among ethnic places. I think the reasoning goes something like this: "people are coming here already for this type of food, so lets tap into that market some more."