The Monte Cafe says open for dinner, but rarely is.
Fixed it. This is better.
Category Archives: Pacific Grove Eye
How To Thwart Car Thieves
Drive a car so unloved that no one would steal.
Spotted in Country Club Gate, a SAAB with the keys left in it. Of course, nobody stole it
What About Mass Transit That Works?
Remember the Mini-Monarch? When the slow, limited JPA bus system could not serve PG, the town made it’s own. It was well routed and covered most of the busy parts of town.
I would use a transit system like that, cheap reliable and nearby. Run up and down Forest Avenue. You’d be within a mile of nearly all businesses and schools. Merchants could give tokens or coupons on the back of receipts. Keep people in town, keep the SUV parked, get out and meet the neighbors.
Cheap DSL Is Darned Slow In P.G
The price may be attractive, but if you like to watch video streams or network the home, DSL is not the best choice.
Comcast is fastest.
Stop Torture!
What torture?
Listening to Bono? Forced to watch “Loose Change”? C’mon hippies, we need details while speeding along at 35 MPH.
Stop Torture!
Tastes Just Like Chicken
Flood Of P.G. Businesses Closing
An inability to draw first-run Hollywood movies and low attendance numbers is forcing Lighthouse Cinemas in Pacific Grove to shut its doors.
A theater representative said the last movies will be shown at the four-screen theater Sept. 7.
“We wanted to do everything possible to keep the theater up and running, but for all its quaintness and charm we simply couldn’t get the kind of movies needed to keep it operating,” said David Corwin, president of Metropolitan Theaters Corps., which has operated the Lighthouse for the past two years.
The kind of movies available is only part of the problem. The service and value for the money paid is a big part.
But wait! There’s more! Other shops closing this month:
SPCA Shop, went upscale & moved to Carmel.
SPCA 2 went with them too.
Schnarly’s Pizza. That stuff was too expensive for locals.
Oh Flowers moved to a low rent district (Laurel Ave).
Piano Store – 86 those 88s.
Laundromat at Congress and LHA.
Home Sweet Home. Corny imported ‘country charm’.
First Noel year round X-mas store, closing before the season starts on November 1.
And of course, with all these places closing, a shop called All Things PG looks pretty bare. Matches the rest of all things P.G.
The Last Spinning 76 Ball In Town Is Gone
I didn’t notice this until I saw a story on the Internet. Ever since a merger with Phillips/Conoco the bright orange globes that have uniquely represented Union 76 stations are being taken down and replaced with generic looking tombstones, and the long used color scheme is changing from organge to red.
The 76 stations on the Peninsula:
Number 1 – North Fremont, before:
After
Number 2 – Downtown Monterey
Still there! Get a glimpse before it’s gone.
Number 3 – Munras Ave. Never had a ball.
Number 4 – Seaside. Gone
Number 5 – Pacific Grove. This was the only spinning ball for miles around.
It is gone!
Number 6 – Carmel. Not only a no ball station, one with an old Union sign.
Number 7 – Marina. Gone.
Here is one fallen symbol of American branding, being put to rest. Spotted heading north on SR1.
Susan Goldbeck Turns Feast Of Lanterns Into A Campaign Pitch
Ain’t that sleazy?
Later, Susan populates the town with signs before the allowed date. Goldbeck is not in a safe seat in her bid for Mayor. So when she loses, the saying is We’re Loosin Susan.
Susan Goldbeck Turns Feast Of Lanterns Into A Campaign Pitch
Rug Sale Tackiness Comes To P.G.
What’s the business with less credibility than used car sales?
Yep, the Magic Carpet business. Sale Signs that scream “LOST OUR LEASE”, “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS” or “LIQUIDATION SALE” are common either in print ad or on the store front.
See, every one of them does it, here is P.G.’s own:
No fewer than 11 signs shouting “REMODELING SALE”, right at the crossroads of the downtown. They win the prize for tacky storefront, formerly held by 17th Street Grill for the year round X-mas lights.
About 3 months later, the signs came down and the windows were covered with butcher paper. Later the store boasted a new front door. Some remodel.