Serenity-is its location really that bad?
[QUOTE=Ryan1979;5629443]Google "Magnolia Square" or "Carnival Market" on Ashford. It's on the end of that strip mall facing Beagle street[/QUOTE]After reading the reviews and comments about the location I had to go take a look. One day after I grabbed lunch at Home-style Hawaiian and knew it was a few blocks away I headed to see for myself what kind of neighborhood it was in.
It is tucked back out of the way so much it took me a few minutes searching in the little strip mall to find it. Looking at the store front it is so bland it would be easy to miss. Very stealthy front, you would never know if you didn't know.
True, it is in a somewhat older strip mall. True there are dumpsters just feet away from the front door. And yes people were sort of hanging around, but did anyone notice that the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting room was right next door?
I really hope the place was nicer on the inside because the outside is not very inviting with long dark drapes covering all the glass. Only the Serenity Stenciled sign helped me really locate it. I sat there in my car noticing the security cameras over the front door facing the parking lot in two directions. As I sat there checking messages on my phone for a few moments I was somewhat hoping a staff member would come out and try to entice me to come in so I could see some of the product. Didn't happen.
Lots of guys complain how busy the strip malls are at their favorite AMPs. This is one of the best secluded parking lots a monger could hope for. Unless you live in that neighborhood, nobody you know would ever be there. Even if by some odd fluke of nature, they were at the market, they would never be in this back corner. Even your car would not be viewable from the main business area. On top of that the other businesses were not busy and you could enter and leave with nobody the wiser.
If the product and service are good, this is a good place for those who need a discrete out of the way AMP to visit.
Unfortunately, I had other commitments and had to get moving along, otherwise I'll would have gone inside even if it was just to say hi.