Comments for Tustin Old Town Observer http://www.oldtownobserver.com Your Downtown News Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:23:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Change is Good by Geoff http://www.oldtownobserver.com/change-is-good/#comment-28 Geoff Sun, 11 May 2008 21:39:11 +0000 http://www.oldtownobserver.com/?p=35#comment-28 Jordan, I agree that Old Town lacks some diversity. The lack of (live) music is particularly 'loud'. I personally think some evening jazz would add a nice alternative crowd. I'm pretty sure a restaurant or two would keep later hours to pick up on the extra foot traffic. Ironically, the old TOTA tried to get the Farmers Market to change their time. In what ended up being one of the most rude conversations of my professional life, the syndicate that owns the market not only wouldn't entertain the move, they threatened to pull out entirely and lean on the vendors if we even thought about bringing in a second market (say on Friday night). Go figure. The city wasn't much help because the market pays rent to a private land owner for the right to set up each week. I would love to get to the market myself, but I'm almost never free Wednesday afternoons. Hopefully letters like yours and sites like this will spark something downtown. With a dozen restaurants, it wouldn't take much to reach critical mass. And who knows, with the dozen shops opening in Prospect Village, we might soon get some interesting window shopping. Jordan,

I agree that Old Town lacks some diversity. The lack of (live) music is particularly ‘loud’. I personally think some evening jazz would add a nice alternative crowd. I’m pretty sure a restaurant or two would keep later hours to pick up on the extra foot traffic.

Ironically, the old TOTA tried to get the Farmers Market to change their time. In what ended up being one of the most rude conversations of my professional life, the syndicate that owns the market not only wouldn’t entertain the move, they threatened to pull out entirely and lean on the vendors if we even thought about bringing in a second market (say on Friday night). Go figure. The city wasn’t much help because the market pays rent to a private land owner for the right to set up each week.

I would love to get to the market myself, but I’m almost never free Wednesday afternoons.

Hopefully letters like yours and sites like this will spark something downtown. With a dozen restaurants, it wouldn’t take much to reach critical mass. And who knows, with the dozen shops opening in Prospect Village, we might soon get some interesting window shopping.

]]> Comment on Change is Good by jordan Clarke http://www.oldtownobserver.com/change-is-good/#comment-27 jordan Clarke Sun, 11 May 2008 06:18:51 +0000 http://www.oldtownobserver.com/?p=35#comment-27 as a Tustin resident and frequent visitor to old town restaurants I have to agree with i have to agree with your last remarks about great dining drawing people (like me) in. Old town Tustin has so much potential for a vital economy. But i think old town lacks diversity when it comes to nightlife. There's no real window shopping for folks to enjoy and there is no outdoor dining or musical entertainment. in order for people to take to the streets on foot, you need outdoor draws. The best place to start would be to move the farmers market to Wednesday night instead of midday. The nighttime farmers market in Fullerton is a great success. This would allow more working people to take advantage of it and result in some overflow into area restaurants. Add a free concert during warm summer months and you would have an instant old town revitalization project under way. as a Tustin resident and frequent visitor to old town restaurants I have to agree with i have to agree with your last remarks about great dining drawing people (like me) in. Old town Tustin has so much potential for a vital economy. But i think old town lacks diversity when it comes to nightlife. There’s no real window shopping for folks to enjoy and there is no outdoor dining or musical entertainment. in order for people to take to the streets on foot, you need outdoor draws. The best place to start would be to move the farmers market to Wednesday night instead of midday. The nighttime farmers market in Fullerton is a great success. This would allow more working people to take advantage of it and result in some overflow into area restaurants. Add a free concert during warm summer months and you would have an instant old town revitalization project under way.

]]> Comment on Cup or Cone? by Jimmy http://www.oldtownobserver.com/cup-or-cone/#comment-17 Jimmy Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:08:03 +0000 http://oldtownobserver.com/cup-or-cone.htm#comment-17 When I look at a model of an Old Town that I want to hang out at, I look at Old Town Orange and how in recent years it has added a lot of dining options (including ice cream and coffee) and that it is a very desirable place to hang out at in the evening. Having a coffee and ice cream option would definitely be a step in the right directions in regards to the introduction of a night life to the feel of Old Town Tustin. When I look at a model of an Old Town that I want to hang out at, I look at Old Town Orange and how in recent years it has added a lot of dining options (including ice cream and coffee) and that it is a very desirable place to hang out at in the evening.

Having a coffee and ice cream option would definitely be a step in the right directions in regards to the introduction of a night life to the feel of Old Town Tustin.

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