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Category Archives: Pacific Grove Eye
Furniture Hut Closes
J. Worthington going out of business.
The voters passed a sales tax hike. For that to work you need sales.
Central Coast Stupid Silkscreen
It’s Sunday. Don’t tick off shoppers that see all the “Open” signs and stop by when you are CLOSED.
Might have been a good Sunday to be open. I found a better store anyway.
Under Exposed? No, Just Closed For Good
eBay Find – Bob’s Liquors Ashtray
“Bread Milk Ice Cream”
Looks a lot like the current Bottles N’ Bins at 898 Lighthouse Ave. I can’t make out the address in the photo but the phone number confirms it. The old FRontier 5-5488 (got to love the simple times of the 60s) is the number for Bottles N’ Bins Liquors.
Starting bid – $14.99 ow!
Today’s view:
Dumpsters Of Commerce August 2008
Not downtown, but a violation none the less. Pacific Grove Golf. That cardboard tube has propped the lid open all week.
Also not downtown. It’s in a closed compound, but the bird’s eye view is wide open.
Dumpster behind Holmans.
And now our most consistent winners. The businesses that always can be found with garbage open to the air, offering treats to gulls, raccoons and other vermin.
Zocalos Mexican Restaurant – wanna bet the kitchen is just as (un)tidy?
And Grapes Of Wrath Catering. Garbage is never closed.
Juice N Java continues to use the tree planter as a trash can
Juice N Java Garbage dumpster – hey vegans, free carrots!
Here’s A New Business
A “Talent Agency” in Country Club Gate. Look at all the minivans and SUVs filling the lot. Read the BBB entry for the nearest one in Oakland:
Based on BBB files, this company has an unsatisfactory record
According to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, all San Francisco John Robert Powers locations have been closed and phone numbers have been disconnected.
The John Robert Powers organization operates in various locations under different owner/managers who operate similar to franchisees. They accept responsibility for their own offices independently. The John Robert Powers organization generates complaints which are processed through Better Business Bureaus serving the areas in which individual offices are located. Complaints generally express dissatisfaction with the company’s services and request refunds of up-front fees already paid. Most complainants do not understand the nature of services offered by John Robert Powers.
More stuff on the web. Buyer beware!
Follow Up: Dumpsters Of Commerce
Posted on 7/21. The County Health Department was called, the city was called. Everyone pledged to crack down on the sloppy restaurants poor housekeeping habits. I ported the story over on the Pacificgrove.com message board and it was picked up by the Weakly.
Well, nothing has improved. Recommendation, avoid downtown at all cost. Anything you touch will be diseased. Restaurants are not keeping wet garbage covered as per health regulations, who knows what other safety rules they overlook. Is the food covered? Is the mayonnaise kept at the correct temp? Are the dishes cleaned within spec? The mind fills with doubt.
Fandango’s 8/10, See the locking bar?? Use it.
Zocalos 8/21, complete disregard for health regulations.
Obvious Building Mistake #3,495,707
Couple of local reports on the theft of the lettering on the ugly sign in front of the “Pacific Grove Performing Arts Center” also known as the middle school auditorium. 
When you build it on a school grounds, make it kid proof. Little alpha bits held on so poorly that they were popped off with little or no damage to the stucco make it appear that no forethought was given to the surroundings.
