Businesses in the downtown: more openings than closings

July 1, 2010 2:36 pm

This is a good trend: more businesses are opening in the downtown than are closing. I think I knew about most of these, but it was pretty impressive to see the full list. Thanks to Mary Carbine of the Central Business Improvement District for the list.

First, the bad news: 9 closed businesses:

Month	Closed Businesses	Address	Map Category
Janaury	D.P. Dough	244 W. Gilman Street	Restaurants
February	House of Wisconsin Cheese	107 State Street	Specialty Stores
February	Uno’s Chicago Grill	222 W. Gorham Street	Restaurants
March	Kitchen Hearth	114 E.Main St.	Specialty Food
March	State Street Gallery	109 State Street	Art Galleries
April	Cinnamon Girl	126 State Street	Fashion, Shoes & Accessories
April	PREP Cosmetics	553 State Street	Specialty Stores
May	Charley’s Steakery	644 State Street	Restaurants
Closing	Utpala Tibetan Rugs	14 W. Mifflin Street	Specialty Stores

But then, the good news: 23 new businesses (well, 21 – the Barrett and Feingold campaign headquarters shouldn’t really count, but I’m glad they’re downtown!)

Month	New Businesses	Address	Map Category
January	Body Archeology Massage Therapy & Body Work	202 State Street, Suite 303	Health & Fitness
January	Coopers Tavern	20 W. Mifflin Street	Bars, Taverns & Pubs
January	GNC	631 State Street	Specialty Stores
January	La Mestiza Mexican Restaurant	121 E. Main Street	Restaurants
January	Red Mango Frozen Yogurt	627 State Street	Specialty Foods
January	Sweet Impressions	511 State Street	Specialty Foods
February	Brickhouse BBQ	408 W. Gorham Street	Restaurants
February	Logan’s Madtown	322 W. Johnson Street	Bars, Taverns & Pubs
February	Piece by Atticus	551 State Street	Fashion, Shoes & Accessories
February	Taco Heaven Mexican American Grill	320 W. Johnson Street	Restaurants
March	Russ Feingold Campaign Headquarters	125 W Mifflin Street	N/A
March	Tom Barrett Campaign Headquarters	106 S. Webster Street, 2nd floor	N/A
April	(shoo)	109 State Street	Fashion, Shoes & Accessories
April	Taste of Tibet	430 State Street	Restaurants
May	Cranberry Creek Café	114 E. Main Street	Restaurants
Opening Soon	Francesca’s al Lago Italian Trattoria	111 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.	Restaurants
Opening Soon	Los Gemelos Mexican Restaurant	244 W. Gilman Street	Restaurants
Opening Summer	Nostrano Restaurant	111 S. Hamilton Street	Restaurants
Opening Summer	Graze Gastropub	1 S. Pinckney Street	Restaurants
Opening July	Quaker Steak & Lube	222 W. Gorham Street	Restaurants
Opening July	Underground Kitchen & Delicatessen (Tentative Name)	127 E. Mifflin Street	Restaurants
Opening Summer	Merchant (Restaurant & Grocery)	121 S. Pinckney Street	Specialty Foods
Incoming	The Lucky Duck (tentative; Mad Hatter’s owner)	303 N. Henry Street	Bars, Taverns & Pubs

Finally, expansions, new locations, or name changes:

January	Gazelle	212 W. Gorham Street	Action Apparel Company	Fashion, Shoes & Accessories
March	Dance Fabulous	212 N. Henry Street	401 N. Lake Street (outside BID)	Health & Fitness
April	Fontana Sports Specialties	251 State Street	216 N. Henry Street	Sporting Goods
April	AmcoreBank	14 W. Mifflin Street	Harris Bank	Banks & Credit Unions
May	Sunshine Daydream	434 State Street	619 State Street	Specialty Stores
May	The Local Tavern	102 King Street	King & Mane Gastro-Cantina	Bars, Taverns & Pubs
June	Fine Posters & Prints	645 State Street	644 State Street	Art Galleries, Services & Supplies
summer	Insignia (expansion)	639 State Street	639 & 645 State Street	Fashion, Shoes & Accessories
summer	The Pub	552 State Street	Whiskey River Saloon	Bars, Taverns & Pubs
summer	L’Etoile Restaurant/Café Soleil	25 N. Pinckney Street	1 S. Pinckney Street	Restaurants/Coffee, Tea & Cafés
summer	Old Fashioned (expansion)	23 N.Pinckney St.	23 & 25 N. Pinckney St.	Restaurants/Coffee, Tea & Cafés