Two months ago, the Royal Purple ran a story about how a local developer was planning to turn the old KFC location on Main into a combination sub shop and coffee shop, and redevelop the building where Movie Gallery sits currently. I commented at the time on how odd the combination of a coffee shop and sub shop would be.
I left unsaid the more obvious point – it was foolish of the Royal Purple to accept that the construction schedule was realistic. It’s unsurprising that the Royal Purple, more recently, reported as much: the developer will not be ready with either location in 2007.
Was the September story of these plans in the Purple describing a real proposal at the time, or was it little more than developer’s speculation and trial balloon, made public through a college newspaper? I don’t know.
I do know that the timeline reported in September was unrealistic. More skepticism from the Purple would have been in order, but that comes with experience.
Quick aside: Any coffee shop that shares space with a sandwich shop is a suspect. Coffee shops may make sandwiches, but a good coffee shop doesn’t combine with a Cousins shop, for goodness’ sake. Who, by the way, actually likes Cousins? There are far better sandwich shops in Whitewater than Cousins. I would rather eat a can of Alpo® Classic Chunky than a Cousins sub. In fact, I would rather eat a dog that had just eaten a can of Alpo® Classic Chunky than a Cousins sub.