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.
Opened earlier this spring, Restaurant AI at 1317 South Winchester Boulevard has closed.
Closed Restaurant AI
An eviction noticed was taped to the front door by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office on October 23, 2009. The restaurant’s web site states “We closed the restaurant. We really appreciate you coming.”
The Shell gas station at 1025 South Winchester Boulevard at Williams has closed.
The Shell gas station at the corner of South Winchester and Williams has been closed.
Ramin Kouchesfahani, operator of Winchester Gas & Quality Auto, is uncertain of the future of the gas station. Kouchesfahani tells the South Winchester News, “I don’t know what will happen in the future, but there are few contract issues with Shell that are being worked out. I am sure it will emerge as a gas station again but under what name no one knows at the moment.”
The signage identifying the station as a Shell station has been covered.
Ricardo’s Mexican Fast Food at 1750 Winchester Boulevard has closed and been replaced with Orale Mex-Grill.
Orale Mex-Grill
Open since July 5, 2009, Orale offers a variety of mexican dishes: tostadas, tacos, burritos, quesadillas. Their specialty is seafood, offering shrimp, octopus, oysters, clams, mussels, crab, tilapia, salmon, red snapper, ahi-tuna, halibut, and scallops. A full menu is available from their web site.
Located just south of Hamilton Avenue, the interior of the restaurant has been extensively renovated. Both the kitchen and the dining area has been redone with new flooring, new furniture, and new paint.
Co-owners Marvin Castro and Hector Plascencia
Co-owner Hector Plascencia tells the South Winchester News that customers have been very receptive to the new restaurant. “People are happy. They keep coming back. We have a lot of regulars. We’re happy to be in Campbell.” Reviews on Internet review site Yelp have been quite positive.
The West San Jose Resident has ceased publication. The May 8, 2009 issue was the last.
The local community paper started publication in 2005. At first, Silicon Valley Community Newspapers produced physical printed editions and delivered them to local homes in West San Jose. Soon after, they went online only. Some residents were unaware that the paper went online only, and thought the paper stopped publication when the newspaper stopped arriving at their doorstep.
This small article was the only announcement of the West San Jose Resident's demise.
It seems too coincidental that the West San Jose Resident stopped publishing just after South Winchester News started up. A request for comment from Silicon Valley Community Newspapers went unanswered.
Vietnamese restaurant Yung Le’s Fusion at 1317 South Winchester Boulevard has closed. In its place is Japanese restaurant Restaurant “AI”.
Japanese restaurant Restaurant AI
In Metro’s Best of 2008 list, Fusion won both Best Asian Fusion and Best Thai/Vietnamese Coffee.
Restaurant AI advertises itself as “Fine Japanese cuisine with selected organic ingredients.”
Located at the corner of Winchester and Payne beside the Safeway supermarket, Restaurant AI is closed on Mondays.
In the last couple of month, the Crazy Buffet restaurant at 780 S. Winchester Boulevard closed down.
Crazy Buffet
This was one of those all-you-can-eat Chinese food places. Originally, the building was a Marie Callander’s restaurant until around 2005. The Marie Callander logo is still imprinted on one of the front doors.
The 7,800 square foot building is listed at LoopNet, and is for lease at $19,500 per month. It also has another page showing the property for sale at $4,695,000.
The sign for the Angel Face Day Spa was taken down, and a new For Rent sign has appeared in front of Designer’s Corner.
For Rent sign in front of Designer's Corner
Angel Face Day Spa occupied a cottage in the rear of Designer’s Corner at 831 South Winchester Boulevard.
Angel Face Day Spa
A passerby noted the graffiti on some planters beside the building and wondered if it was a sign of a neighborhood in decline.
Graffiti on planters beside the old Angel Face Day Spa