Sparkledude85

Probably Starbucks or Panera Bread will be the coffee shop.

I REALLY wish for them to soon fill up that old Home Depot and Michael's. They should just tear down the old Best Buy and create a restaurant row (ala Pelham Road) or something there.

I wonder if this means that we are getting some more new chains (Macaroni Grill, Carrabba's, Sticky Fingers, Cheeseburger in Paradise, On the Border, Joe's Crab Shack) will be coming to Spartanburg county (even if it's in Boiling Springs).

Yes, there was indeed a Winn-Dixie in the now-Mr. Gatti's, but if I'm correct weren't the Kmart and Winn-Dixie shopping centers two separate strip malls? I heard that Food Lion was in one of the smaller stores next to the Kmart. Also, does anyone remember when Community Cash was just up the road (along with Rose's and Bowling USA) in the Pinewood Shopping Center? Community Cash used to rule Spartanburg. I also remember having bigger Piggly Wiggly's (Reidville Road, Whitney Road). Then there was the A&P next to the westside Kmart (which the A&P later became Big Lots; then all of that was torn down to rebuild Kmart as the Super Kmart Center around 1994 or 1995).

That is really IRONIC...didn't a Food Lion USED to be on that site at one time? That is great news! However the area does have Bi-Lo on Whitney Road.

Two new coffee spots are set to open in Spartanburg respectively in November and December...Crossroads is opening in late November (I don't remember the date), and Ishi is set to open on E. Main in December. If anyone has more info on these establishments, where they are, or when they open, that would be great.

It'll be awesome to have a Marble Slab over on my side of town by the Spartan 16 as well. I also heard one rumor that Slab rival Cold Stone may want to build in Spartanburg.

I haven't seen this mentioned yet so I will mention it...I have seen in the past couple weeks a sign across from the Westgate Crossing/Summit Pointe development advertising for retail/restaurant/office space...I wonder what might end up going there. Also, this is minor but a new Subway plus other mixed-use development is being built next to the Cracker Barrel on Fairforest Road...this should help boost business along the intersection of Bus. 85 and 26. If anyone knows anything else about both these developments please inform me.