Kaama Lounge will be opening later this month at 385 South Winchester Boulevard at the old Fuel Restaurant and Lounge.
Kaama Lounge opening March 2010
Kãama’s menu is a recreation of comfort foods from around the world. Kãama features award winning Chef Matt Mermod. Mermod previously worked at Bleaux Magnolia in Napa Valley.
Kãama is a versatile venue across from Santana Row, able to accomodate large private events to parties of two.
SanJose.com reports that Kãama will open on March 18.
Psycho Donuts at 2006 South Winchester Boulevard is celebrating its first year anniversary with the return of discontinued donuts, contests, and musical events on Saturday, March 6.
Psycho Donuts opened last year amongst much controversy. Mental heath advocates complained about the names of some of the donut creations and some of the decor. Psycho Donuts responded by renaming some of the donuts and adopting a more “rock and roll” theme.
Psycho KorKaraoke will at 10am. The winner of the Donut Guy Naming Contest will be announced at 11am, and the winner of the #1 Psycho Fan Contest will be announced at 1pm. Musical group Picture Atlantic will perform at 1:30pm.
Some graffiti between Honeybaked Ham and the old Crazy Buffet at 750 South Winchester Boulevard offered a message of hope.
Graffiti offers a message of hope
This is special graffiti on South Winchester which offers a positive message. Most graffiti on the street is just ugly and appears to be some dude writing his name.
Ugly graffiti that looks like some dude just writing his name.
The graffiti was removed in time for Valentine’s Day.
The Line Shack, located at 826 South Winchester Boulevard, has closed down.
The blinds have been closed and neon lights around the windows have not been turned on since December. The front door no longer shows their hours, and a stack of mail is piled up inside the lobby. An attempt to telephone the restaurant results in a recording that the number is no longer in service.
The Line Shack opened in August 2008.
Fuel Restaurant and Lounge located at 385 South Winchester Boulevard has closed sometime in the last month.
The previous location of Fuel with the restaurant name blotted off the sign.
A construction worker at the site told South Winchester News that an Indian restaurant will be moving in.
Fuel originally opened in January of 2008.
A GamePlace location is moving into First Century Plaza at 747 South Winchester Boulevard.
GamePlace advertises itself as a place for buying and trading video games and repairing video game consoles. They carry Xbox, PlayStation, and Wii items.
A new Subway franchise is coming to the new retail building at 980 South Winchester Boulevard.
The new Subway sign appeared around Friday, December 18.
With an existing Subway location at Santana Row and another at the corner of South Winchester and Campbell Avenue, this makes Subway the third most common franchise on South Winchester Boulevard. The most common is 7-11 with five locations, although the 7-11 at South Winchester and Sunnyoaks Avenue was recently closed due to a fire on November 20, tying it with Starbucks with four locations.
Psycho Donuts at 2006 South Winchester Boulevard is holding a number of seasonal events.
Psycho Donuts’ Holiday events begin on Saturday, December 12 with “A Nightmare Before Hanukkah.” Beginning at 10:00am, customers can perform Karaoke in the Psycho music studio, courtesy of Korkaraoke. Customers who perform a holiday karaoke song will receive a free donut. Original Christmas art work and off-beat ornaments, by local artists such as Christine Benjamin and Carlos Villas, will be available for sale. Unusual stocking stuffers will also be available for purchase. A new donut, The Star of Donut, will be available to help usher in the first day of Hanukkah.
In parallel, Psycho Donuts will launch “The Twelve Daze of Donuts,” beginning on Saturday December 12. Each day, another off-beat Christmas donut will become available. On Christmas Eve, customers can order a dozen of the unusual Christmas donuts. The first Christmas donut, Jingle Balls, is a combination of red and green donut holes with an eggnog custard filling. Grandma’s Revenge is an “injured reindeer” donut, a reference to the perennial Christmas song “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”.
New Demented Snowman donut
Psycho Donuts owner Jordan Zweigoron said, “Most retail environments serve up an ordinary Christmas experience. Psycho Donuts aims to break that tradition, and deliver something extraordinary and different. Santa may not be delivering gifts to Psycho Donuts this year.”
Customers who follow Psycho Donuts on Twitter and Facebook will discover opportunities to win free Christmas donuts.
Chipotle is moving into the abandoned Burger King building at 369 South Winchester Boulevard between Fuel and Khanh’s Garden, across from Santana Row.
Banner showing Chipotle coming soon
The Burger King previously at this location has been closed for 10 years or more.
Chipotle is a fast-food Mexican Grill, serving standard fare such as burritos, tacos, and chips and salsa.
The banner appeared recently on the building. There is no information about how soon the new restaurant will open. Permits filed with the City of San Jose in November show a plan to demolish the existing fast-food restaurant and the construction of a new 2377 square foot fast food restaurant on a 0.64 gross acre site. A permit filed in 2007 showed plans of a Starbucks opening at that location.
Cathy Hair and Nails has moved into 860 South Winchester Boulevard at the previous location of CK Salon.
Cathy Hair and Nails
The salon offers hair, nail care, manicure, pedicure, facial, and waxing services for men, women, and children. They carry a selection of the hair care products such as Mattrix, Paul Mitchell and Joico.
The store front also advertises Colour, Perm, Highlights, Japanese Magic Straight Perm, Manicure, Pedicure, Eye Brow Wax, Acrylic Pink & White, Straight Face, and Eyelash Perm.
The site of CK Salon as taken from Google Street View.
Cathy Hair and Nails are open Monday-Saturday from 10:00AM to 7:00PM and on Sunday from 10:00AM to 6:00PM and walk-ins are welcome.