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innov8ion wrote:One of my friends is a franchisee in the Northeast but went to school here. She says Duncan has plans to expand in the St. Louis area, and downtown specifically. Dunno about timeframes, but yeah...

I'd heard rumors the guy who owns the St. Louis region DD franchise is holding it "hostage". He's not required to open stores and DD corporate is afraid to face him or won't pay his price. Is that true?

No clue. Perhaps I can ask my friend if she knows what's up.

innov8ion wrote:No clue. Perhaps I can ask my friend if she knows what's up.

Thanks.

The Central Scrutinizer wrote:

innov8ion wrote:One of my friends is a franchisee in the Northeast but went to school here. She says Duncan has plans to expand in the St. Louis area, and downtown specifically. Dunno about timeframes, but yeah...

While not as good as a donut shop like The Donut Stop (Lemay and Telegraph), Dunkin is infinitely better than Krispy Kreme, which I hesitate to even call a donut.

I like Krispy Kreme, but I can feel my arteries clogging up as a I chew.

^ The DD's in the Boston area are great. They usually look pretty good as well - they fit in well with other buildings/surrounding neighborhood. Let's hope we get something similar if DD comes to StL.

olive express mart is the new home of locust bakery, the last tenant remaining at the st louis centre. i really hope jay makes the best of the extra space.

I heard that this place is the convenience store that currently operates on 7th Street in St. Louis Centre. Can anyone confirm?

--> (This is the barf emoticon combo)

stlmike wrote: --> (This is the barf emoticon combo)

Perhaps this expresses it better:

as i said in my last post, this IS the convenience store at the st louis centre.

^

Ugh. That place is a dump.

quarky wrote:as i said in my last post, this IS the convenience store at the st louis centre.

Sorry! When I read "Locust Bakery" I didn't associate it with that dumpy (but convenient ) convenience store!

no sweat, and yeah it's a pretty crappy store, though i'm glad it's relocating rather than closing, and i'm hopeful that having a new, bigger place will bring improvements.

Hopefully the proprietor(s) of this convenience store will use the relocation as an opportunity to upgrade.



I assume- and I hope- this is a sign that Pyramid will soon move forward with redevelopment of St. Louis Centre. Work at The Laurel (former Stix Baer & Fuller/Dillard's) seems to be moving forward slowly but surely, so it would sure be nice to finally see some tangible progress with what's arguably downtown's worst eyesore.

Three words:



Worlds



Fair



Donuts

The Central Scrutinizer wrote:

innov8ion wrote:One of my friends is a franchisee in the Northeast but went to school here. She says Duncan has plans to expand in the St. Louis area, and downtown specifically. Dunno about timeframes, but yeah...

While not as good as a donut shop like The Donut Stop (Lemay and Telegraph), Dunkin is infinitely better than Krispy Kreme, which I hesitate to even call a donut.

Apparently you prefer "cake" donuts over the real thing. Krispy Kremes are the real thing and are infinitely better than any cake donut.

Olive Express Mart opens tomorrow, Sep. 19.

^ Oh, great. After I realized what business was moving in, I was afraid of that.