Carlsbad Premium Outlets opens The North Face, Perry Ellis and soon, luxury resaler
If you’re in the market for a polo shirt, an Everest ready tent or a discounted luxury handbag, Carlsbad’s high-end outlet mall has new three stores that fit the bill.
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One is outdoor gear and apparel outfitter The North Face, which opened earlier this month.
This is the second The North Face brand opening in the county in recent weeks. The other is at Fashion Valley — but not an outlet shop.
The second new store at the Carlsbad outlets is Perry Ellis, the versatile menswear company that sells everything from suits to swim trunks. This is the county’s second Perry Ellis outlet location. The first is 46 miles south, at the Las Americas Premium Outlets in San Ysidro.
Carlsbad-based luxury resaler FASHIONPHILE, which sells “100% authentic pre-owned ultra-luxury handbags” and similar objects, aims to open in November. Now on its website — on the less pricey side: bags for around $150. At the opposite end: a freshwater crocodile Hermès Kelly bag listed for $237,500. Somewhere in between: a rose calfskin tote by Burberry, priced at $1,565.
Kearny Mesa gets tropical, Asian-inspired desserts — with a twist
Also in November, Flour Atelier, a bakery that specializes in nut-free custom cakes, is gearing up to open its doors at 4240 Kearny Mesa Road. That’s in Hawthorne Crossings, the mall anchored by Mitsuwa Marketplace. The bakery, transitioning from a home startup to a retail storefont, is a crowdfunding success story.
Its menu fuses classic dessert formats (macarons, cakes and cupcakes) with luscious Asian and tropical flavors. All baked without nuts.
At last weekend’s soft opening, treats included ube cupcakes topped with Filipino flan and ube jam, macha cupcakes with “pink blossom” chocolate curls, a few kinds of cakes (including a pandan cake with pineapple filling and guava whipped cream) and their signature nut-free macarons.
Its co-founders, Chrisell Gonzales Nguyen and Evelyn Itsumi Ozburn, write on their website that they each got around to baking as a later-in-life twist.
“Finally, after months of relentless determination and unwavering faith, they had their own space — an Atelier where they could showcase their boundless love for sharing their creations with the world,” the site says. The bakery is hiring.
Three county Rite Aids closing this week
Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy earlier this month. (One lamentable casualty: its Thrifty Ice Cream counters.) In court filings, the company said it is closing stores across the U.S. In San Diego, these are closing:
- 1670 Main Street, in Ramona. Last day was Oct. 19.
- 3813 Plaza Drive, in Oceanside. Last day was Tuesday.
- 6505 Mission Gorge Road, in Grantville. Last day was Wednesday.
Other news reports have said a Rite Aid in Mira Mesa is also closing, but a company spokesperson didn’t confirm that.
Escondido flower shop changes names and hands
Laura Groch, a former Union-Tribune reporter who covered North County, shared a tip that an Escondido florist has a new name.
After more than 35 years, the building signage for Rosemary’s-Duff is gone. In its place: Allen’s Floral Shop. Rosemary’s was a longtime tenant near downtown, she added.
Indeed, according to the Escondido Times-Advocate, the business’s roots (pardon the pun) go back to 1915, when it was first called Duff Gardens Flower Shop. Since then it’s changed owners — and names — several times, eventually adding the Rosemary’s. With the change to Allen’s Flowers Escondido, the business joins a regional chain, now with five stores across the county.
“We look forward to continuing to build on the legacy of Rosemary-Duff,” Allen’s says on its website.
Groch also pointed to a closure: Killer Pizza From Mars, in Escondido.
In its Yelp profile — which also lists it as closed — the company’s owner described the pizzeria as “Weirder than you’re thinking. Perfect place for all occasions. … Space toys, aliens, black lights, lasers, and video games for the kids. … Created, owned and operated since 1999 by David Mizell and no one else although some have tried to make you think they were the owners and that’s just a load of lies by people who never had an original idea in their entire lives. I digress..”
Another pizzeria — also named Killer Pizza From Mars — in Oceanside, remains open. A cook who answered the phone Wednesday said they had different owners. Head to its website for a handful of “good anytime” coupons: https://oceanside.killerpizzafrommars.com/oceanside-san-luis-rey-killer-pizza-from-mars-article
Do you know any stores or eateries that are opening or closing? Do you have a tip about San Diego shopping deals or news? Send me the scoop: roxana.popescu@sduniontribune.com.
