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[lisasellshouses]

I love this side of the river... I dont mind going over the other side for shopping. What i dont miss is all the new construction.....the little development on folsom auburn is driving me nuts already. and i cant imagine who would want to buy a house on the folsom auburn freeway....

[FolsomFrogGuy]

Definitely, no way to the Walmart. While they may bring business to their immediate neighbor, they have a huuuge rep for taking it away from other area mom-and-pop stores and mainstreet America.

Anyhow...perhaps a bagel shop to coop the coffee-breakfast-morning leisure experience in the Vics lot. The guy we bought from suggested that he was in the habit of supporting Vics for the sole reason that the location had experienced quite a lot of turn-over, over his 17 years in the area. Besides the higher prices, it's really the selection that keeps us from shopping there. I could see a Trader Joes moving into a commercial space that size, should Vics go the way of its predecessors! It's nice for making a quick trip for something forgotten...

[mylo]

Definitely, no way to the Walmart. While they may bring business to their immediate neighbor, they have a huuuge rep for taking it away from other area mom-and-pop stores and mainstreet America.

Anyhow...perhaps a bagel shop to coop the coffee-breakfast-morning leisure experience in the Vics lot. The guy we bought from suggested that he was in the habit of supporting Vics for the sole reason that the location had experienced quite a lot of turn-over, over his 17 years in the area. Besides the higher prices, it's really the selection that keeps us from shopping there. I could see a Trader Joes moving into a commercial space that size, should Vics go the way of its predecessors! It's nice for making a quick trip for something forgotten...

I think the problem with that shopping center is it just doesn't get the traffic to justify a place like TJ's. Vic's is good for a last minute lost item, but you'll pay out those nose for it. I bet their rent is just too high given the size of their customer base. They're riding a delicate line trying not to drive what little customers they do have out with the price.

I could see a 'boutique' shop like a bagel place surviving down there because they can justify the high price and low foot traffic, but I'd still argue there's places with the same rent where they could get more business.

I'd love to see more stuff down there (and a better chinese place), but I just can't see the economics working.

[Hilscher1]

I think the problem with that shopping center is it just doesn't get the traffic to justify a place like TJ's. Vic's is good for a last minute lost item, but you'll pay out those nose for it. I bet their rent is just too high given the size of their customer base. They're riding a delicate line trying not to drive what little customers they do have out with the price.

I could see a 'boutique' shop like a bagel place surviving down there because they can justify the high price and low foot traffic, but I'd still argue there's places with the same rent where they could get more business.

I'd love to see more stuff down there (and a better chinese place), but I just can't see the economics working.

i think something like a trader joes would be great right there. a place like vics isnt a destination store becuse you can go to a million grcoery stores. (maybe not as much so with albertsons or raplhs or whatever it was being gone now) but still somewhere like trader joes will attract people who wouldnt normally drive that far to go to a grocery store. You be getting parts of granite bay orangevale and all of arc and arc north. Thats alot of disposable income that could be potential shoppers. Plus a place like TJs can afford to operate on slimer profits as there a corporations. I still miss Zanatos though (anyone know if hes still a butcher at raleys in town?.)

[Parizienne]

Hey, Fellow North Folsomites . . . Got a hot tip! I hear Dominick's Deli (the one up in Granite Bay) will be opening a new place in the space next to Starbucks and the dry cleaners near Vic's. They're going to have gelato, pizza, sandwiches and lasagne. Mmmmmmm! Yum. Supposed to happen this summer. Woo hoo! Perfetto!



Pari

[mylo]

Never tried the one up in Granite Bay, where is it?

[lisasellshouses]

Never tried the one up in Granite Bay, where is it?

Well, They better bring it on since Vic's has the best sandwiches in town. Dutch Crunch.... yum

[mylo]

Well, They better bring it on since Vic's has the best sandwiches in town. Dutch Crunch.... yum

I do like Vic's deli.. the rest of the store I could do without, but their deli selection is great!

[supermom]

I'd like to see a Gasthaus opened up in the area. Preferably away frow the terrible traffic on the other side of F-A rd. Indoor solar heated pool with green house and salon, gym,cafe, mini-mart. Separate rooms with kid tutoring programs, entertainment like competitive gaming- indoor sports raquetball-squash, whatever. No separate fees for games or childcare just a monthly low cost membership where everything is included even swim lessons. If I had the dough....that's my dream to build and own.

[folsombound]

I'd like to see a Gasthaus opened up in the area. Preferably away frow the terrible traffic on the other side of F-A rd. Indoor solar heated pool with green house and salon, gym,cafe, mini-mart. Separate rooms with kid tutoring programs, entertainment like competitive gaming- indoor sports raquetball-squash, whatever. No separate fees for games or childcare just a monthly low cost membership where everything is included even swim lessons. If I had the dough....that's my dream to build and own.

Geez, I thought a Gasthaus meant food and really good German beer! What a let down.

[supermom]

Geez, I thought a Gasthaus meant food and really good German beer! What a let down.

It does, but I went to one in Bad Kreaznach that had all these things as well. It was beautiful and impressive yet from the outside so very unassuming. It was all indoors and left the nature surrounding it untouched.

[folsombound]

It does, but I went to one in Bad Kreaznach that had all these things as well. It was beautiful and impressive yet from the outside so very unassuming. It was all indoors and left the nature surrounding it untouched.

OK, it's been a lot of years since my service days and back then the Gasthauses were all about good food and good beer and sometimes rooms for the night. This is a big change. I've been backt to Berlin but not out into the countryside to see the changes.

[Parizienne]

And back to Italy we go.... er or rather Italian food. Dominick's Italian Market and Trattoria is up on Auburn-Folsom Rd. and Douglas Blvd. in the Ace Hardware shopping center near Susie's restaurant. I've never tried Vic's sandwiches, but Dominick's sandwiches were just rated among Sacramento's best by the Bee a week or so ago. Sounds to me like Vic's will have some competition, but then Dominick's is an Italian place and Vic's isn't as specialized, so maybe there's room for everybody.

Pari.

OK, it's been a lot of years since my service days and back then the Gasthauses were all about good food and good beer and sometimes rooms for the night. This is a big change. I've been backt to Berlin but not out into the countryside to see the changes.

[folsombound]

And back to Italy we go.... er or rather Italian food. Dominick's Italian Market and Trattoria is up on Auburn-Folsom Rd. and Douglas Blvd. in the Ace Hardware shopping center near Susie's restaurant. I've never tried Vic's sandwiches, but Dominick's sandwiches were just rated among Sacramento's best by the Bee a week or so ago. Sounds to me like Vic's will have some competition, but then Dominick's is an Italian place and Vic's isn't as specialized, so maybe there's room for everybody.

Pari.

Back to Italian is right! Sounds like this will be a great addition. If it's really good, I will visit every chance I get.

[supermom]

OK, it's been a lot of years since my service days and back then the Gasthauses were all about good food and good beer and sometimes rooms for the night. This is a big change. I've been backt to Berlin but not out into the countryside to see the changes.

MMMM....I miss the schnitzel and sauerkraut. The Bier Fests, and Fasching Parade. Sunday morning bells...sledding from October to May....

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