Restaurant. bar club. Most nights they had either karaoke, or a three-piece band, but a month or so ago the leader of the band died, and but the other two carried on. The whole time this lady owned the place it has been one struggle after another, and I believe she finally had enough.
For a while they offered membership certificates that some folks used to try and get reciprocal privleges at other bonafide yacht clubs - mostly for admission to their members only clubs and restaurants.
Sweet Darlene's popular restaurant and bakery closed a couple of years ago and the building was torn down after her kids decided they didn't want to continue the business. La Mesa RV bought out the Four Corners swapmeet several years back, laid down asphalt and made it into an RV sales lot, which has been vacant for the past two years. I guess it cost too much to transport all those RVs in and out of town from their other dealerships.
This year the Main Event swapmeet sold their seasonal vendor land to Terrible Herbst, who's almost finished building another truckstop.
Rice Ranch found their revenue was less than their tax bill, so they shut down everything north of Keuhn Ave. and reverted the land to agricultural status. This leaves Tyson Wells as the main remaining vendor area, and it was less than half full during Big Tent Week.
The Stagecoach Inn restaurant became a Chinese restaurant this year but couldn't afford to put up any new signs. Just a printed copy of the menu on the front door.
The QIA building desperately needs a new roof. So far their Gofundme campaign has raised $850 out of the $250,000 needed to replace it.
And Paul Winer, the naked bookseller died in 2019.
On the good news side, there are now about 20 Tesla charging stations behind the Carl's Jr, which was originally a Wendy's. I don't know if they're functional because every time I drove by they were all empty.
Times change. And not always for the better.