I'd like to see Harrow's expand and go back to being a full-serve restaurant.

A bakery would be ideal for the size and location. Reading has been itching for a family-owned bakery ever since we lost the one next to the Cafe Capri. Unfortunately, free-standing bakeries are becoming a thing of the past.

It seems the right configuration & location for a non-chain restaurant of some sort (I picture a breakfast place) but not sure if Harrows wants the competition. The guy who is trying to develop the burned out tux place into a fancy sandwich kind of place; seems that the Calareso's locale would be much better & would not have toxic waste issues.

I was thinking of Perfecto's cafe, which according to this patch article was supposed to be under construction by now in former tux place:
http://reading.patch.com/articles/readings-green-shoots-perfectos-caffe

According to their website, Pefecto's is a small regional chain:
http://www.perfectoscaffe.com/index.php

And it seems that unless the franchise owner bought the site, he could consider the Calareso's site, too.

OSJL......Sorry Fred & Bob , I beat you to it.......

I would guess they will tear down the old calreso's building and put up more affordable housing.

Hey joe that's my cousins place so maybe it could be an upscale OSJL

Sounds good to me Bob.............

The ideal place for Ocean State Job Lot would be the old Stop and Shop in North Reading. However, a smaller version with less parking would fit in at Calareso's old location.

JLC

I don't know how much more traffic flow that stretch of Route 28 can take. It is turning into a crazy area with cars driving in and out of gas stations, Dunkin Donuts etc.. I am all for commerce, but I think we need to be careful.

Let's not bring back Robert's, that is what was in that location before Calareso's and it was a dump. They moved to North Reading. I remember my brother bought a dog there as a kid and paid for it by the pound!

JLC, It is Main St. There is going to be traffic no matter what goes in there.