Comments on: BREAKING: Cafe Mia Closes Suddenly; Future Unknown

By: Yep

Yep — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:40:46 +0000

Robert hit it right on the head. Here we are 2+ years later and we now know that these clowns were just greedy. Fortunately, they have gotten what they deserve with their money troubles.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:09:14 +0000

Megan, Sorry, i wasnt saying i minded walking that far, its just that the space seems too spread out. There is something to be said for the way a space makes you "feel" and this space for some reason does not entice me to do that. I don't always want a 5 dollar smoothie but what im trying to say is that if it were right there by the gym i would be more enticed to do so and more often. No need to try to make feel like a jerk for expressing myself, its got nothing to do with laziness so back off alright?
I think something can work here but they need to start filling some of the space so it seems like a more vibrant and welcoming place.

By: Megan B

Megan B — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:10:42 +0000

Sam – is it really that difficult to walk 500 feet to the smoothie bar? Considering that you are at the gym to be healthier, it seems a little silly to me that you are justifying not patronizing the business because its not RIGHT next to the gym. geez. drive the 2 seconds if you must. they do have a drive-up.

Also – I am not sure I believe mia closed down due to people not wanting/needing a cafe – I suspected that it was lack of revenue and they just put up some random sign (i.e. other reasons such as what robert posted). I thought it was a little odd that they shut down so quickly, seeing as how they have a supposed successful sister store in Tacoma…couldnt this one have kept mia afloat for a while? Alternately, it was a little big-headed of them to try and rent such a HUGE unit for a start-up. Who knows.

I think that both the developers and (sadly) business owners in this complex were deeply mistaken when they thought doing business here was a good idea. Too bad, really.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:53:24 +0000

If they decide to open a "new" cafe mia, I hope they plan on paying their purveyors and vendors next time around or it will fail again. The "owners" have a great deal to learn about how to run an honest business. Not everyone in the community cares to see them in business again – unless perhaps they decide to pay the many outstanding bills that are due.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:04:14 +0000

I hate to say it, but this plaza needs a Starbucks or some kind of people drawing chain (not Herfys??!) to draw more people and businesses in. If there were a coffee place or smoothie or something like that right NEXT to the gym I would defenitely go more. It just seems that everything is far too spread out. I would think it would be much nicer if it was a bit more intimate there. Bigger does not equal better.

By: WorstPosterEver

WorstPosterEver — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:01:01 +0000

Never ate there, but I know plenty of people who did and said they would never go back as the menu was outrageously overpriced. Normandy park probably needs and wants a cafe, just not a cafe that people can't justify patronizing due to its prices.

That area is a black hole, however there is usually one type of land use that can thrive where every other fails. That would be a strip bar.

By: Megan B.

Megan B. — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:27:13 +0000

I have lived in the neighborhood of this new development for my entire life – all 25 years of it. Past the late 1990's or so, this shopping center has continually struggled no matter who or what has popped up in the old XL super's place. This shocks me for two reasons – one, because I would think the normandy parker's would love this picturesque new convenient center, but two I am shocked that developers CONTINUE to try and revive this dead-zone. Do they not do market research before throwing millions of dollars into this first-avenue black hole?

I wish it would work. I really do. I like going to the normandy park gym, hopping over to emerald city smoothie, and I especially loved cafe mia. I spent a lot of hours using the free wifi to do homework, and despite the sign stating "normandy park does not need or want a cafe" I think they are mistaken. I think this is exactly what we need. I am saddened by their closure, and I'm not sure I will return after they re-vamp, or whatever it is that they plan on doing. Hopefully they will at least keep the menu items.