[POLL] What Type of Business Is Missing in Hauppauge?

Through our Empty in Hauppauge Series, Patch has been asking Hauppauge residents to tell us what businesses you would like to see take over abandoned and empty storefronts in town.

Readers' suggestions have varied wildly from wanting more restaurants and fast food places those hoping for more open space with trees and playgrounds for public use.

"I think a Chipotles [sic] would be nice there," said Christina Rieckehoff, suggesting possibilities for the

A reader named Michele commented a Long Island Museum might do well at , opposite the Hauppauge Public Library.

The , near Burger King, might do well as a CVS or Walgreens said Patch reader Christina Merendino. It would eliminate the need for a parent to have to travel to Smithtown or Islandia in the middle of the night if an emergency happens.

Is there any kind of consensus on what types of businesses Hauppauge needs to attract to flourish? What would make local residents life more convenient?