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UPDATE: Sue’s Candy is now open as of late August.
Sue’s Candy is “coming soon'“ to the lower level of The Oaks. There’s already a Sue’s Candy at The Oaks’ sister mall, Pacific View, in Ventura. Otherwise, I knowing about Sue’s Candy at this point in time. Stay tuned.
Sue’s will join See’s Candies and Lolli and Pops to provide the candy requirements of mall visitors.
“Signs” of progress towards the grand opening of the Amazon Fresh store at The Promenade at Westlake can now be seen. Still don’t know the timing but they are currently hiring at www.amazon.jobs.
Vintage Grocers operated at this location from October 2016 to March 2019, preceded by Bristol Farms from 1996 to 2016.
The Moorpark Amazon Fresh store at 742 Los Angeles Avenue opened in February.
It’s open!
Update 1/16/22: Looks like Wild Fork is weeks away from opening at this point and they are currently hiring for this new Thousand Oaks location at wildforkfoods.com/pages/careers.
Original post 5/6/21.
Wild Fork Foods Meat & Seafood Market is coming soon to the Northgate Plaza, southwest corner of Westlake and Thousand Oaks Boulevards in Thousand Oaks. The sign is posted on the standalone spot previously occupied by Maya Mexican Cuisine, Cut 360 Steakhouse, The Napa Tavern and Piatti Ristorante.
Wild Fork Foods offers blast-frozen beef, chicken, specialty meats, seafood, vegetables and other items for delivery to your door or available for pickup. There are 8 Wild Fork stores in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area. Learn more at wildforkfoods.com.
K1 Speed Thousand Oaks just announced that it will open TOMORROW, Saturday, January 15! Open from noon to 10pm Saturday, 11am to 9pm Sunday. Electric go-karts for all ages, video games, air hockey, billiards and more. The Paddock Lounge Cafe serves food and beverages. Address is 770 Lawrence Drive in Newbury Park. 805-321-8258
More information at www.k1speed.com/thousand-oaks-location.html.
UPDATE: Westlake Village / Thousand Oaks location to open on August 4, 2022.
Our friend Amelia S was the first to notice the sign on the former Vintage Grocers / Bristol Farms at The Promenade at Westlake on October 10, 2020 that Amazon Retail LLC had applied to transfer a liquor license to the entity, which led us to discover that an Amazon Fresh store would be occupying this spot in the future.
BIZ NEWS: @ConejoJoe had it 1st but have confirmed w/ city official that Amazon is planning to open a grocery store (Amazon Fresh) in the fmr Vintage Grocers/Bristol Farms spot at Caruso-owned Westlake Promenade. They opened their 1st ever Amazon Fresh in Woodland Hills in August
— Kyle Jorrey (@KyleBJorrey) October 12, 2020
It is now mid-December 2021, one week before Christmas, 12 months later, and the store is still not open.
There are Amazon Fresh signs prominently displayed, so we suspect it will be happening at some point, perhaps in 2022.
Amazon Fresh is also opening a store at The Village at Moorpark, 742 New Los Angeles Avenue in what was previously a Staples. (UPDATE: THE MOORPARK STORE OPENED IN FEBRUARY 2022.)
They are currently hiring store associates and other positions for the Moorpark store starting at $15.85 per hour plus up to a $3,000 signing bonus. So it does sound like the Moorpark store is closer to opening than the Westlake Village store.
Learn more about Amazon Fresh at amazon.com/freshstores.
The Amazon Fresh signs have been up for awhile at the Moorpark location.
UPDATE: Opening date pushed out one week, to November 19th.
The Five Below store at Janss Marketplace will be opening this Friday, November 12th. Five Below sells a variety of items for- you guessed it - $5 or less. learn more at fivebelow.com.
Bowlero is now open at The Collection at RiverPark in Oxnard, offering black light bowling, high definition video walls, arcade and a sports bar. They also serve food at a laneside lounge that includes things like wings, burgers, pizza, sundaes and more. Learn more at www.bowlero.com/location/bowlero-oxnard or call (805) 288-8953.
There's a grand opening event from 11am to 2pm on 11/13. RSVP at www.bowlero.com/bowlero-oxnard-grand-opening.
About Bowlero Corp (from their website):
In 1997, entrepreneur Tom Shannon purchased the original Bowlmor Lanes and revolutionized the industry. His vision for upscale bowling and events turned Bowlmor into a Manhattan nightlife hotspot and catapulted it onto the national stage, resulting in new locations throughout the US.
In 2013, Bowlmor purchased AMF Bowling Centers. The deal rescued AMF from bankruptcy and expanded Bowlmor’s portfolio to hundreds of locations across America.
The next year, Bowlmor AMF launched Bowlero—a dynamic new brand that would take bowling to an entirely new level. The company made headlines again that year, acquiring Brunswick Corporation’s bowling center business and uniting two longtime industry rivals—AMF and Brunswick—for the first time in history.
In 2019, we made another big acquisition: the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). With our partners at FOX Sports, we’re reenergizing the PBA and bringing the sport to millions of fans.
Today, the company is now Bowlero Corp—a global media company and the largest owner and operator of bowling centers in the world. Our team is over 8,000 strong, our lanes number over 12,000, and more than 28 million guests visit our locations every single year.
Office Depot at Moorpark Road and Hillcrest Drive in Thousand Oaks is closing its doors and has commenced a store closing sale. Sadly, this is of no big surprise, as Office Depot has closed hundreds of locations over the last five years as consumers migrate towards online shopping.
In its place will be a Grocery Outlet store. Date TBA.
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