It’s true – Pazzo Books, Roslindale’s award winning bookstore is moving in May to 1898 Centre Street, West Roxbury. We’ve had a ball here in Roslindale, and we’ll miss everyone terribly (but we’ll miss you all less if you truck on over to our new location), but our business never quite developed as we’d hoped, as far as walk in traffic, and our repeated attempts to find something more central in the Square never quite panned out, for a variety of reasons.
We’ll be having a sale in May and will be looking for a home for the skee-ball (which, tragically, won’t be making the trip). Hopefully you’ll all continue to patronize Pazzo (oh, great idea Pazzo, you’re the tops, really) – we’ll be ever so conveniently located between the CVS and Roche Brothers on Centre Street (and just a block from that somewhat tragic looking Blockbuster). Why, just wander out the Roche Brothers parking lot and you’re practically there.
For all of you Rozzites who do errands in West Roxbury, we’re working on an online errand optimizer – just plug in your errands and it will show you when the optimum time to stop at Pazzo is.
We’re very excited to meet all you West Roxburians, and we hope you’ll come by early and often – we’re right next door to The Irish Cottage and the next block down from Sugar and The New Deal.
Ciao!
Updated to note that this is not an April Fool’s joke – I’m afraid we really are on the move. Also to note that the train station is right behind where the shop will be – can you imagine anything more romantic than a train journey to your local used book store? Take a loved one, take a stranger, pack a lunch.
I have moved five times (not counting the horrendous move I made up here from Washington, DC) in the very-close-to-nineteen years I’ve lived in the Boston area, which is, frankly, about five times too many. And I think I have about as many books as your store, possibly more. Nonetheless, as I promised to you in person earlier today (and am now verifying online for the “world” to see), I will do my utmost to assist you with what will probably be a hellacious move. It’ll mostly be Sundays, plus whatever other days I get off from the USPS. But I’m in, guys. (I only do this for men who Eat Chaucer.)
One vote for a Chaucer-themed buffet at your Grand Opening!
It seems inevitable now that you’ve said it – I can’t think of many things that would be appropriate, though the Summoner is described as “A bokeleer hadde he maade hym of a cake” – he had a shield made of cake. This might be a good start – who doesn’t like giant shield shaped cakes?