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Buellton Business
updated: Nov 01, 2012, 4:03 PM

By Edhat Subscriber

What kind of business would you like to see fill the available Blockbuster space at the Albertson's anchored Buellton Town Center in Buellton?

Comments in order of when they were received | (reverse order)

COMMENT 338068	2012-11-01 04:13 PM
A gym
SBSURFERLIFE	2012-11-01 04:18 PM
Target!
COMMENT 338076	2012-11-01 04:20 PM
A chick-fi-lay
COMMENT 338082	2012-11-01 04:28 PM
don't think we have any say...probably up to the property owners and what kind of tenants they can get to look at the space!
COMMENT 338085P	2012-11-01 04:32 PM
Mini Olive Garden
COMMENT 338091	2012-11-01 04:38 PM
Spearmint Rhino.
COMMENT 338095P	2012-11-01 04:43 PM
It'd sure be a little Target, SBSURFERLIFE. Target would be better suited across the street in the HUGE, empty, new, proposed shopping center development, but there's a good one already in Santa Maria.
REXOFSB	2012-11-01 04:48 PM
1) Mr. No-Body's House O' Lard. 2) Wine & Alfalfa Tasting Room. 3) Aebelskiver Outlet Store. 4) You're-Not-In-Solvang-Any-More t-shirt shoppe. 5) Adult movie theater.
COMMENT 338107	2012-11-01 04:58 PM
Billiard Hall
COMMENT 338110P	2012-11-01 05:00 PM
No chick-fil-o-hate.
COMMENT 338116	2012-11-01 05:10 PM
I personally want a credit union. Not one in Buellton, Solvang or Santa Ynez. Banks are becoming so tiresome.
COMMENT 338126	2012-11-01 05:20 PM
Trader Joes
COMMENT 338128P	2012-11-01 05:22 PM
Trader Joe's or a Natural Cafe
COMMENT 338138	2012-11-01 05:39 PM
strip club
COMMENT 338154	2012-11-01 06:21 PM
People who want a grocery store in that space aren't being realistic. Albertsons is the anchor and there's no way they're going to allow a direct competitor to set up shop across the parking lot. That would be silly. If fast food, I'd go for a Five Guys or Fatburger but there are already 4 burger places in that area. Maybe Panda Express would work. Or I could go for a discount shoe store. Time to break the Solvang Shoe Store's stranglehold on the valley. If it's big enough, a full casual clothing store. It sucks to have to drive all the way to Santa Maria to pick up a couple of cheap shirts.
COMMENT 338160	2012-11-01 06:41 PM
Please - NO Panda Express! We ate at the one in Lompoc and unless you are a marine mammal there is no way that the salt content of their food would be appealing.
COMMENT 338165	2012-11-01 07:07 PM
The valley does not have: - a good burger joint - Thai/SE Asian food Buellton needs places for people to gather and hang out, rather than go to work in SB/SM, commute home to sleep, get up and do it again. I'm not sure the Ballbuster space is big enough for much though.
COMMENT 338189P	2012-11-01 08:07 PM
As far as another Spearmint Rhino goes, they'd be like the missions - a day's walk apart. You could start in the LA area and go to Oxnard, SB, go to Buellton, on to SM & then all points north.
COMMENT 338193	2012-11-01 08:14 PM
A sporting goods store would be great or a casual clothing store. It would be nice to be able to locally buy a pair or athletic socks or some underwear with out having to go to Lompoc or Santa Maria.
COMMENT 338194P	2012-11-01 08:15 PM
Five Guys would rock! Talk about putting the complete hurt on Mickey D's, Carls Jr., Jack in the Box & Burger King. Of those, Jack's would fold along with Carl's Jr. & Burger King. Mickey would survive on it's massive corporate backing & salads. Forget the fries, because Five Guys' fries are the best! Yep - better than the sugared up Mickey's. :-(
COMMENT 338315	2012-11-02 08:51 AM
A clinic for the gambling addicts and meth "tweekers" coming from the Chumash casino.
COMMENT 338330	2012-11-02 09:11 AM
How about something for kids to occupy themselves, something to do. An arcade, a youth club... something that could be fun to hang out in. There is NOTHING to do in the Valley for kids.
COMMENT 338346	2012-11-02 09:28 AM
Nothing for kids to do? Hike, ride a bike, play in the river, go to a park, play sports, swim at the Y, and so on. Maybe there's not much when it comes to stay indoors and eat junk food and not exercise activities.
BASENJI MOM	2012-11-02 09:59 AM
165, I totally agree! A good hang out burger joint would was my first thought. But a Thai place would be awesome too. Or maybe some kind of casual cafe.
COMMENT 338362P	2012-11-02 10:01 AM
Call Coast Hills CU and tell them!
COMMENT 338424	2012-11-02 11:44 AM
Trader Joe's or The Habit would be great! Even better would be a Kosher/Jewish Deli! YUMMMM!
COMMENT 338527P	2012-11-02 03:23 PM
Another tasting room. NOT!
COMMENT 338532	2012-11-02 03:36 PM
KFC
INFINIDBOND	2012-11-02 11:59 PM
A restaurant like Big Sky Cafe in SLO which I discovered today. Yelp classifies them as "New American" food. They are a fusion of classic and ethnic (i.e. Mediterranean, Vietnamese, Mexican, just to name a few), and there's something for everyone. It's one of those places I want to try everything on the menu.

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