Posted by Scowly on August 10th, 2008
We’ve heard from a reliable birdie that the former Hardware Store location is being converted to an Urban Outfitters. It makes sense given the store’s size and the standard size of U.O. shops.
If you recall, one of our other birdies told us in September that a clothing store was in the mix for a possible lease of the once famous restaurant. This does conflict with the rumor that the X-Lounge people were behind something.
We think this rumor has some wings and it looks like the cat is finally out of the bag. Thank you birdie! I’m sure mall people are not happy about this.
Update from danpri…possibly not finalized, due to a lack of official inking.
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Posted by boonies on June 18th, 2008
Not sure if this is news, but I haven’t seen any mention of it since the Apple Store/Downtown Mall posting a while ago. I was in the University Book store (on top of Newcomb parking garage) this afternoon and they have a bunch of renovations/new construction taking place next to Cavalier Computers. While Cavalier has always stocked Macs and kept a dedicated display, this looks to be quite the upgrade. Plastic sheeting was hung, but it appears that the new space will double or triple the size of Cavalier Computers (roughly a 20′x20′ room now).
I asked what was going on and the guys behind the counter told me that it was going to be an apple store; I can’t answer as to whether or not it’ll be staffed by Apple or University employees, presence of a genius bar, completion date, etc
If someone wants to call Cavalier Computers/hound them for more information, please step up to the plate!
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Posted by Thor on June 13th, 2008
Well, in case you have been living under a rabbit hole in the last few weeks, you may have missed out on some juicy restaurant gossip. It seems as though one of Charlottesville’s finest is for sale, someone new is doing late nights and a former player has lost its mojo. Which is which?
You have to guess…
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Posted by Thor on May 14th, 2008
Street lets us know that:
NASA has scheduled a media teleconference Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years. This finding was made by combining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with ground-based observations.
Live audio of the teleconference will be streamed online: here.
What do you think they are going to announce? The winner gets to hook up with Scowly.
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Posted by Scowly on May 10th, 2008
Some of you probably recall our rumor from back in March about an Apple Store coming to Charlottesville. While we don’t have any more concrete evidence, we did hear through the grapevine that two certain Apple store executives were surprised when one of our informants asked them about the gossip.
Their response: “We can’t comment on upcoming stores until a certain date.” When pushed they did seem a little surprised at our knowledge of the “omni meeting.” The informant was convinced that cVillain spilled the beans, and, indeed, there is an Apple store coming to Charlottesville.
Anyway, for the 50% of you that have to drive to Richmond to fix your computers, this should be good news. Anyone have an in with the real estate folks? They have got to be thinking about putting the store on the Downtown Mall, but maybe you know better.
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Posted by Thor on March 25th, 2008
Anonymous Coffee Drinker writes:
Not sure, but I _did_ notice that a number of the conference rooms at the Omni were reserved for Apple Computer today. There were a fair number of people in there… whether they’re having a training session or whether this has something to do with the proposed Apple Store on the Mall, I have no idea… I mean, what explanations do you have for a contingent from Apple coming to Charlottesville?
While we do know that UVA kids love macs and we are absolutely mac lovers (over 50% of you), Charlottesville sounds a little small for an Apple store. Anyone have more deets? All the press by the media might have something to do with this.
Doesn’t Apple have a lot of reps that work at UVA?
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Posted by Thor on March 25th, 2008
We heard the rumor from 2 sources that the Hardware Store was leased by someone from the X-Lounge team.
We also heard they are going to serve nothing but Spam (OK, that’s a lie).
Does anyone know more deets?
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Posted by Thor on March 10th, 2008
D/R sends this in… and also lets you folks know that there is indeed a soft opening tonight at The Local, but the official opening is this Thursday. The menu looks awesome. Click below to see the whole menu. I’m loving it.
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Posted by Thor on March 10th, 2008
Our informative little birdie sends in some more juice.
We heard The Local is doing a soft opening tonight.
Can anyone confirm? Let us know if you go by!
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