The big Telluride business shuffle

There was a big game of musical chairs about five years ago, seems to have struck again.

So people are aware, the Telluride Music Company is alive and well; however, they’ve moved locations … and are now situated just to the west of the courthouse on main street.

The Butcher and The Baker moved into the music store’s old location (photo below) and apparently just opened up today.

The Steaming Bean announced the property they’ve been leasing had sold and they will no longer reside at their current location come the end of the ski season. New location TBD.

Steamies Burger Bar is a new burger joint in the Elks Building next to Elks Park (near Maggies).

I believe Maggies will be shutting it’s doors at some point in the not too distant future.

High Pie is a new pizza place which just opened up on the corner where Appaloosa Trading Company (and formerly the Llama) used to reside.

Finally, Clark’s market is in the midst of a major expansion … a very large addition is being built in the parking lot. The remainder of the parking lot has been paved. According to a story in the TDP they are looking to be complete by the end of December. However, they look to be behind.

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Here’s better pic of the new Butcher and the Baker (at old Telluride Music Company location) in the TDP today:

http://www.telluridenews.com/content/articles/2014/12/23/news/doc5498ae795a176190211461.jpg

Looks ginchy! Why all the smiting on Face On Mars? I’m going to help get him back to where he belongs. Smiting is a negative behavior, quit being sanctimonious forumavarians!

Mandhoe and FOM have to sing Kumbaya while holding hands. Otherwise, :burn.
JK. Appreciate the pics and info. FOM.

Baaaarooookata, Amen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02v0301n0aU

Thanks nuggerto (Mandhoe) … still haven’t been inside the new Butcher and the Baker, currently on day 10 of a sinus infection & trying to hang low & turn the corner before the cheese shows for NYE - kinda now in jeopardy of having to pull out & head out to Reno instead.

I have been inside the new music store and it’s definitely very cool … it’s more of a long rectangle than the old space and the entire store has humidity control, so they’ve consolidated all of the instruments up on the long walls and it looks very impressive. There’s a glass room in the back which I believe is setup for trying out instruments in private and also maybe for lessons. They still offer instrument repair, cd’s, books, accessories, etc. & glad to see Dave is still going strong.

Thanks for the try on the rating, but I see someone bumped me back to where I was. Guess I’ll have to consider / wear it like a badge of honor in a left handed way. Would return the favor, but someone apparently has a bit more time on their hands than I care to duel with … so it’d probably be for naught. I do find the whole internet message board social nuances fascinating the way things run the gamut. In my estimation, on one end of the spectrum there’s the “green board” (phish) on phantasytour.com and on the other this board (which I actually find to be more pleasant and easier to converse), but sometimes it can seem a bit like this:

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2015/01/02/news/doc54a49128ceb55538121861.txt

After 21 years of operation, Maggie and Jack Eagleton retire
By Mary Slosson
Associate Editor
Published: Friday, January 2, 2015 6:05 AM CST

After 21 years of operation serving up all-day breakfast favorites like filling burritos and biscuits and gravy, main street staple Maggie’s Bakery and Café shuttered its doors on Wednesday for good.

Owners Maggie and Jack Eagleton are retiring, and thanked their loyal customers by offering free meals all day on their last day of business. The restaurant was packed with happy locals and holiday visitors alike, all chowing down on plates heaped with fresh bacon, eggs, potatoes and big, fluffy cinnamon buns.

Maggie Eagleton, the restaurant’s namesake, floated from table to table, taking pictures with and hugging longtime customers while smiling wistfully.

“The community has been very good to us. This is the first time we’d ever lived in such a small town, and it’s like a big family,” she said in an interview as she mixed one last batch of Bloody Marys for regulars. “Every day is a memory to us. Our customers, we’ll miss. Our regulars.”

  • “We love this town and all the people here. It’s been very good,” she added.

Jack and Maggie moved to Telluride from San Diego and started the restaurant with their son Andrew, buying the space from what was then Gregor’s. They were joined shortly thereafter by longtime cook Irma, who has been the magic behind so many delicious dishes for 18 years.

The menu started with just the basics: breakfast burritos, the E.P.T. (eggs, potatoes and toast) and sticky buns.

“That was the basis of our menu and then it would just grow from there,” Eagleton said.

“Farewell Maggie’s. We’re going to miss you,” said longtime regular customer Robert Garcia, who came to bid adieu to Maggie and Jack with a group of friends.

While Maggie’s is shuttering its doors, the Eagletons are not actually going anywhere. They are staying in Telluride and will be friendly, familiar faces around town.

“We’re just going to hang out around here. And we’ll do traveling, we’ll move around,” Maggie Eagleton said. “We have a cruise in May already, to Alaska. So we’re going from cold to cold.”

When asked what she learned over so many years feeding hungry locals and visitors, Eagleton laughed.

“If you have a secret, don’t tell one person because it’s not a secret anymore,” she joked.

Whoa that’s a total bummer. Maggie’s was my go-to place for breakfast back in the condo & street-line days of yore. Their breakfast sandwiches literally saved my hungover butt from freezing to death on the sidewalk in the wee hours of the morning. And when I say “literally” I actually mean “figuratively”.

Yeah… Sure… Right… Hungover…

That only happens the Tuesday morning AFTER FESTIVVVAAALLL!!!

:thumbsup :cheers

Not exactly a move, but the Village Market (next to BIT) will be closing on March 8th … with plans to reopen in June. Apparently, there was a change in ownership and they’re going to do a remodel. While completing construction projects can be nebulous, my strong suspicion is they’ll definitely want to finish up prior to Bluegrass & will probably throw heaps of cash at it in order to insure it … since they probably make a huge chunk of revenue during that period.

http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2015/02/13/news/doc54dd43bb3c93e780172787.txt

Village Market to close March 8

New grocery store will open in June
By Stephen Elliott
Staff Reporter
Published: Friday, February 13, 2015 6:05 AM CST
The Village Market on the corner of Fir Street and Pacific Avenue is set to close March 8, undergo $1 million in renovations and reopen in June under the new management of Darin Hill, who also operates the Mountain Village Market and Mountain Market in Ridgway.

The closing price on the property was $3.1 million according to county records, and the new owner is an investment group out of Texas called Bridal Veil Investments. Their broker, Erik Fallenius, said the group had a long-term involvement in Telluride since the early ‘80s.

“We wanted to continue to operate the store. We wanted to continue being a part of the community in Telluride that we spent 30 years building,” said John Buxman, Jr., whose dad John Buxman, Sr. opened the Village Market in 1985 and owns other grocery stores in Aspen and Moab.

“It’s really been a privilege to be in this community,” Buxman said. “More than anything we would like to stay there and continue to serve the Telluride community. We feel really bad that we can’t continue to do that.”

  • Buxman said the store has been in a kind of limbo for the last couple years as the Zoline family sold the property and they were never sure how much longer the Village Market could stay open. The Buxmans were offered the opportunity to buy the property, and they put in a bid.

“We’re not the type of people who can pay millions of dollars for a grocery store site,” Buxman said. “Since we couldn’t afford to buy the building, we were then at the mercy of whoever did buy it.”

“We thought after 30 years of operating the store and our commitment to the town and our track record there that they would like to continue to have us there, but apparently not,” Buxman added.

Buxman said the operators of Village Market pride themselves on serving the needs of the community year-round rather than in cycles based on fluctuations in visitor numbers.

“We hope that whoever does take that store over, their first consideration is the local population and how they operate the store when the town is not full of tourists,” Buxman said.

Neither Hill nor his broker Michael Ward could be reached for comment, but Fallenius said the new owners took care in making the decision to bring the Mountain Village Market operator in as the new tenant instead of retaining the Buxmans.

“[Bridal Veil Investments] went through a very lengthy process of working with the Buxmans and Darin Hill and the reality is that when all was said and done, Darin Hill brought a better overall package to the table,” Fallenius said. “We think he’s a great grocer.”

Hill will be putting around $1 million in renovations into the current Village Market building, which will be closed from the first week in March until June.

Update re: Butcher and Baker: I really like their new spot at the old music store … much better ambience & now they’re open into the evening for dinner & have a full bar.

That’s upsetting. I know I don’t have any stake in the happenings of Telluride, but I’m always upset to see businesses lose local ownership, no matter where they are.

Just learned yesterday that a Thai restaurant will be going in @ Maggies’ final location (Elks Park). I was told they plan to be open “by summertime”, but not sure if that means before Bluegrass or not.

Giving Siam a little healthy competition. Can never have too many good Thai places in town.

Should I bring groceries or will village market be open? What are my options?
:woohoo

I really think they’re going to try and re-open before Bluegrass, there’s simply too much money at stake & I wouldn’t be surprised if there are monetary incentives to the contractor to do so. If they don’t, it’s almost like their cost of construction effectively goes up by perhaps several multiples … figuratively speaking.

Clark’s is open & so is the market in the TMV, but understand it’s more of a hassle if you’re in TP. It’s always a good idea to stock up on food/supplies in Montrose, Cortez, or Durango anyway if you’re able to and are seeking to save a few bucks (or more).

I’ll be sure to post any updates I’ve read / heard about.

I know it’s not THAT new, but we stopped at the Steam Burger place when we were there to ski a few weeks ago. On YELP, their reviews weren’t very good, but we really liked the food. Yeah, they are kinda expensive, but we ended up going back a second time.

Any update on the market being open in June?