
Holiday closings
By Idyllwild Town Crier

After five years, including two years at the Quiet Creek Inn, the Idyllwild Living Room Gallery at 54300 N. Circle Dr. is closing next month in mid-October. Until then the gallery will be offering all fine art and craft pieces at sale-discounted pricing. Owner Mike Ahern plans to move back to his family community of…
This week the Crier sat down with the new owners of Café Aroma, Eric and Adrienne Edmunds. The couple take over the storied “Café, Bistro and Social Club” from Erica and Stewart Klair, who made a lot of friends in their brief tour of duty here, and, like Aroma’s many guests, the Edmunds have only…
Four Seasons Nursery, on Highway 243 across from the Shell station, reopened for the season on Friday, April 3, according to owner Lisa Shinkle. And, just as many in town used the Easter weekend to plant flowers, Shinkle said she had put everything out on display over the weekend, just to pull it back in…
Ariel Hackney celebrated the grand opening of Merkaba’s Green Thingnursery Thursday, May 2. The name is a nod to Hackney’s first localbusiness, Merkaba, which she bought in December 2022. “It was among thereasons I moved up here. I’ve always loved Idyllwild, and always wanteda reason to be here. I loved Merkaba before I bought it….
By Ann SmithReporter Did you know that Idyllwild has its own niche in the geode market? Geodes, you say? What in the world is a geode? A visit to The Rock Shoppe will earn you the opportunity to learn about geodes, rocks and crystals. Cindy and Karl Lende opened their unusual shop in November 2020….
Lake Hemet Market closed Monday, Nov. 10, until sometime in January or February for renovations. Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, which owns the building, is making the renovations. Send your business updates to becky@towncrier.com.