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We love being a Mom and Pop store. Mom-and-Pops are part of the DNA of NYC. Every morning when we unlock and roll up the steel gates we know that—along with our fellow small businesses nearby—we are keeping up that old school vibe! This makes us proud.
Shop with us and you are keeping your neighborhood vibrant and tapping into the history of New York City as a place where independent storefronts embody a block by block expression of the uniqueness of our big, inclusive city.
The East Village store was our first, then came Brooklyn. Both of our stores opened at a time when like-minded merchants and restaurateurs were reinventing these parts of the city. We helped each other rise to the occasion.
If you lived in the East Village in the late nineties you will remember Etherea Records, Limbo Coffee Shop, Save the Robots and Exit9 as the next wave at the top of Alphabet City. If you lived in Brooklyn in the decade known as the double aughts, then you were excited to see Smith Street transform with restaurants that left Manhattan behind and shops that reflected Brooklyn’s new local pride. Exit9 was there too and we love our little piece of NYC history. We might have some new neighbors, but our independent commercial districts are strong. We’re all working to stay independent and make these neighborhoods areas where you want to shop.