As of last night, the Tully's location on 22nd and Market joined the many empty store front in Ballard. What was a vibrant corner with steady customer traffic just days ago is now a corner of boarded up windows.

Curious about what kind of business would survive in Ballard (in addition to its many restaurants, bars and burger joints) we posted a poll on the Ballard News-Tribune Facebook page.

Asking the question, "With all the empty store fronts around Ballard what kind of new business would you hope to see next?", we discovered that Ballard still longs for a taste of Scandinavia.

While the responses varies from lingerie shop to a small garden supply store, Ballard would most like to see a Scandinavian bakery/food store.

The idea of a juice bar was also popular among our Facebook followers.

Other ideas included a family-friendly soup and sandwich place, art supply store, European Pastry shop, craft studio, dance studio, toy store, children's clothing store, juice bar, hardware store or basically "anything that will bring back the balance of day time use businesesses," as Crystal Carlson stated on Facebook.

So there you have it entrepreneurs, business owners, and investors. Ballard has spoken: Ballard wants diversity.