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The store, at 1324 Lititz Pike, has stopped renting videos and is staying open to sell off its inventory. Everything must be cleared out by Dec. 20, a store employee said.
Blockbuster opened at the Golden Triangle in 1990. In August its 18-year-old store at Rohrerstown Road and Columbia Avenue closed.
Blockbuster has some 8,000 stores throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia, including 12 in Lancaster County.
Clearview opens
The Clearview Family Restaurant opened late last month at 2000 W. Main St. in Elizabethtown. The nearly 250-seat restaurant along Route 230 near Cloverleaf Road had been closed for about six months. It most recently was known as the Tic Tac Diner.
The new owner is Katherine Kalathas, who also owns the Columbia Family Restaurant in Columbia. Kalathas said she oversaw some extensive cleaning and gave the restaurant a new paint job before opening. She did not estimate the cost of the renovations.
The 9,000-square-foot restaurant, which features a separate coffee shop area, has about 25 full- and part-time employees.
Hours: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Cactus Willies reopens
After being closed for 2½ weeks, the Cactus Willies Steak Buffet & Bakery at 101 Rohrerstown Road reopened Thursday.
The restaurant's new owners, Brian Kropp and Ahmed Tayel, oversaw some cosmetic renovations and have put more items on the restaurant's buffet. The partners also own a Cactus Willies in Baltimore. The roughly 250-seat restaurant in Lancaster has about 50 full- and part-time employees.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Smoothie coming
The Tropical Smoothie Café is slated to open by the end of November at 15 E. King St. The 1,200-square-foot space will be the second location for Matt and Cody Shaffer who own a Tropical Smoothie at Bloomfield Village in Lititz.
Tropical Smoothie features a variety of fruit smoothies and also sells sandwiches, wraps, soups and salads. On King Street, the restaurant will take space that most recently was occupied by the Amazon Café, which also featured smoothies.
Café to open
The International Café, a small café and grocery store, will open during the first week of November at 545 W. King St. The corner store-sized café will have four tables and will feature a deli, coffee and some grocery essentials.
Owner Yenework Zeleke has been overseeing some renovations, including painting and the installation of some new lights.
Wellness Center opens
Alicia's Massage & Wellness Center opened recently at 459 N. George St. in Millersville. The center offers therapeutic massage, holistic health care and spa treatments.
In addition to the owner, Alicia Pechiro, the center has three other massage therapists who are available by appointment.
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