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| Rolling since 1956, Mickey's Bike Shop in Chicopee is closing as owners retire - MassLive.com Posted: 14 Aug 2019 02:11 PM PDT CHICOPEE — Curt Willis bought his bike from Mickey's Bike Shop in Chicopee probably 30 or more years ago. On Wednesday he was in the shop so longtime mechanic Frank Perlak could fix a bent tire rim. "Frankie can fix anything," Willis said. "I spent good money on a bicycle, and I want to keep riding it." But soon Willis and legions of other Mickey's customers are going to have to find another shop. Owners Hank and Jeanne Herchel are retiring, and Mickey's is closing Aug. 31 after 63 years in business. "It's bittersweet," said Hank Herchel, son-in-law of the original Mickey. "It's been a good, honest business. We've made people happy. But it's time." The Herchels started advertising "retirement" sales at Mickey's, 520 East St., Chicopeee, back in April. The sale morphed into a going out of business sale and the Herchels made it official and put up the "closing" signs last week. 3rd generation owner of 108-year-old Rogers bicycle shop in Northampton latest to close long-lived Pioneer Valley family business F.J. Rogers Co., in the Florence section of Northampton, which once made horse harnesses and sold farm equipment, joins such iconic businesses as Don Gleason's Camping Supply and the Yankee Pedlar that are closing this year. Hank Herchel said that he tried to sell the shop to a new operator. A few prospects checked the place out. "No one would pull the trigger," he said. "I told them, it's work. You are going to have to work at it. You are going to have to learn electric bikes. You are going to have to learn how to sell them and how to fix them. You are going to have to do business on the internet." Mickey's has avoided the new electric-assist bicycles and internet sales. But he said they're the new trends. A former physical education teacher, Herchel, 73, said he keeps up an exercise regime, but life for him has centered around the shop since 1971. "I play golf, I ride my bike and come down to Mickey's Bike Shop and put bikes together for other people," he said. "I'm not sure anyone in the younger generations are going to want to do that. But for someone in their 30s or 40s, this could be a good business." He's heard from some people who want to lease the building for a different use. For now, he's referring people to Highland Hardware & Bike Shop in Holyoke and Family Bicycle Shop in East Longmeadow if they are looking for sales and service. Michael Rzeszutek, father of Jeanne and father-in-law to Hank, opened Mickey's in 1956. Back then Mickey's sold toys, gifts and small appliances. Jeanne started off at age 10 working a cash register. Hank Herchel said he worked summers in the store for his father-in-law. One day in 1971, Mickey asked him how much he earned as a teacher. The answer was $6,800. Mickey offered $10,000 a year, and the rest was history. "I sent two kids through college, debt free, through this store," Herchel said. On Wednesday there was a lot of congratulating and consoling as customers filtered in and out. Most were there to pick up or drop off repair orders. A few, like Willis, looked over the new bikes. Herchel said he's down to about 20 bikes for sale. "Usually at this time of year we'd have 300 bikes on display," he said. "We've always been a family bike shop. We keep our focus on selling bikes for $600, $500, $400," he said. "If you are a triathlete, you don't belong here and I'll tell you that." Some customers lamented not only the loss of a bike shop, but also the loss of a neighborhood institution. "We are going to miss the neighborhood and the neighborhood is going to miss us," Herchel said. Like MassLive's Facebook page for more  |
| The Anti-Aging Deal in the Dermstore Anniversary Sale You Cannot Miss - Us Weekly Posted: 17 Aug 2019 08:00 AM PDT We love anniversaries. It's so fun to celebrate year after year of success, but obviously, our favorite part is when a brand we're obsessed with has an insane anniversary sale. We could not RSVP to those parties faster if we tried — and we've tried! Dermstore is celebrating another anniversary right now, which means the 2019 Dermstore Anniversary Sale is here and we're all over it. Dermstore recently relaunched its site, cementing itself as an essential destination for skincare, haircare and makeup discovery and education, so we knew we were going to find an incredible anti-aging product in the sale, and that's just what we did! See it: Get the StriVectin SD Advanced Intensive Concentrate for Wrinkles & Stretch Marks (originally $139) for just $111 at Dermstore for a limited time! Pick up a smaller version here! This StriVectin SD cream has only four- and five-star reviews right now, with the vast majority being perfect scores. Shoppers are seeing mind-blowing results, calling this product "worth it" in every single way. Their skin seems "firmer and more radiant" as well as "plumper and more youthful," and so many are reporting that their "[fine] lines look so much better." One shopper said they "want to swim in this" concentrate! Other happy shoppers are calling this cream "magical," noticing a "big change" compared to other products they've tried. They're "amazed" at how stretch marks are fading after just two weeks, and one even said it repaired their laser burn from a rosacea treatment when nothing else worked! This cream is for both face and body, featuring the "most advanced anti-aging technologies" around, including Collagex-CE Wrinkle Repair complex, which may hydrate and rejuvenate skin, and the patented NIA-114, which may strengthen our skin's natural barrier, reversing cellular aging. This cream claims to promote natural collagen production in our skin and stimulate its performance so within just a few weeks, we may start seeing life-changing results that only get better over time! See it: Get the StriVectin SD Advanced Intensive Concentrate for Wrinkles & Stretch Marks (originally $139) for just $111 at Dermstore for a limited time! Pick up a smaller version here! This cruelty-free concentrate is suitable for any skin type, including acne-prone, sensitive and mature. If we're using it to visibly reduce the appearance of stretch marks, it's recommended that we massage it onto clean, targeted areas both morning and night. If we're using it to prevent or lessen wrinkles on our face, we should also use it both morning and night on clean skin. Feel free to use it for either benefit, or both! Scoring 20% off a luxury skincare item like this is huge, and it was the first thing to hit our shopping cart as we dove into this sale. StriVectin's line of innovative and cutting-edge skincare products is backed by 35 years of research and 30 years of independent clinical results, so nabbing something of such high quality for nearly $30 off is a steal! If we want to start small, we can pick up the smaller version, also on sale, but note that it's less than half the size but over half the price, so we may find investing in the larger size the way to go. Either way, the results we see will be the same, and we can't wait to get started! See it: Get the StriVectin SD Advanced Intensive Concentrate for Wrinkles & Stretch Marks (originally $139) for just $111 at Dermstore for a limited time! Pick up a smaller version here! Looking for more? Check out more from StriVectin here and explore the rest of the Dermstore sale here! Check out more of our picks and deals here! For access to all our exclusive celebrity videos and interviews – Subscribe on Youtube!  |
| Neighborhood store in Bay City to close after more than 95 years - ABC 12 News Posted: 16 Aug 2019 01:29 PM PDT BAY CITY (WJRT) - (08/16/19) - They survived the Great Depression, the Great Recession and other lean years.  But the evolution of how people cook and shop is forcing a family-owned business to make a tough decision. The owners of Kramer's South End Grocery decided to close the store for regular business on Sept. 14. "We're all getting old and falling apart too, just like the equipment," joked Larry Kramer, who runs the Bay City store with his brothers Scott and Bryan. Their grandfather opened the store in March of 1924. Closing the store at the corner of Ingraham Street and 30th Street is new territory. "Sad, fear. What's going to happen," Kramer said. The store has been an important part of their lives since they were born. "Forever and ever. This is all pretty much we've done other than farming," Kramer said. Their parents, the second generation owners, passed away 16 days apart this past February. There have have been other changes as well. Kramer said fewer people cook. "We have a beef roast in there or something and a young girl comes in and says, 'what's that?' 'Well it's a beef roast.' 'Well what do you do with it?' And you tell them and, 'oh yeah, my grandma used to cook those'. And nobody knows anymore how to cook old fashioned, you know meat and potatoes." How and where families shop has changed over the generations too. "Dads got a car, mas got a car, all three kids got a car," Kramer said. "They don't need little places in, back in the neighborhoods like this any more." They will miss their loyal customers, but look forward to spending more time enjoying life. "Be able to see the grand kids more, watch them play ball, watch them dance, and that kind of stuff," Kramer said. "Do a lot of yard work that you don't feel like doing after you're here 14 hours a day." After the business closes for regular business they expect to make arrangements for special orders a couple times a month. They plan to post more information about that on their Facebook page.  |
| Tack Boutique closes shop - West Orange Times & Windermere Observer Posted: 14 Aug 2019 09:18 AM PDT  For eight years, Tack Boutique was the equestrian center of downtown Winter Garden, with its offerings of riding outfits and accessories and horse-themed décor. Nora Farrell has owned and operated her business at 21 S. Main St. since its opening in June 2011. Prior to that, she ran it as a mobile store for a year, attending horse shows and visiting barns to sell her merchandise. Farrell retired and closed her doors permanently July 31, and it was a bittersweet day for the shop owner. Many of her customers became her friends, and she said she will miss the regular visits and conversations. "I appreciate my loyal customers so much, and I loved getting to know them all and developing relationships with my customers," Farrell said. "That was a really great part of my job, part of the business." Much of her business came from repeat customers, who frequented the store to buy products for themselves as well as gifts for friends and family. "That was the thing about being downtown," she said. "I had people come in all the time." Farrell said it was fun to see who was going to walk in the door next because she had customers from all over the world. Although she was located on one of downtown's side streets, people acknowledged her sign outside and ventured in. Her best sellers were the starter packs for new riders. Now that she has closed her brick-and-mortar business, Farrell said she is considering setting up an eBay account or selling merchandise to other stores. "It was just a personal decision (to close)," Farrell said. "My mom is 89; my sister just moved down here. I wanted more time to just spend with my family. (My husband) Nick travels a lot; I might get to travel some with him." Most days, it was Farrell behind the cash register; she had only occasional part-time help plus assistance from her husband and three children. "People don't realize it's 24/7 when you own your own business, and I was just tired," she said. "(On) the business side of it, I think I plateaued. I never got to the next level where I could hire another person." Farrell might have closed her shop, but she has no intentions of leaving the equestrian world. "I've been connected to it for my whole life," she said. "I'm not hanging up my boots or anything like that. I'm hoping to get back into riding because I really haven't been on a horse in a few years." She said she would like to spend some time volunteering at local therapeutic horseback-riding organizations, such as Freedom Ride Inc., and those with animal therapy programs, such as Soul Haven Ranch. She admits she doesn't plan to stay retired forever and would be happy working again, hopefully in the horse industry. But for now, she is OK with giving up her storefront and stressing less about the issues that come with business ownership. "It was my home for eight years," Farrell said. "I will miss it, but I'm happy to not have to be here all day every day. It's just time for someone else to take the reins, so to speak."  |
| Blushing Bride on 17 boutique is up for sale in Elkhart - South Bend Tribune Posted: 18 Aug 2019 04:00 AM PDT  For eight years, Julie Dilorenzo's job was to find the perfect dress for every bride to be. As the owner of Blushing Bride on 17 in Elkhart, she knew that goal was nearly impossible, but for her, it was more about creating a great experience. "I know that I'm not going to sell to every person that walks in the door, but if they are greeted and treated with courtesy, that's all I want," Dilorenzo said. "There's a reason my tag line is to love your experience." When Dilorenzo opened Blushing Bride in 2012, she wanted it to last at least three to five years. After nearly a decade, she says it's time the business takes a new direction. The boutique at 901 Parkway Ave. is for sale and if it isn't sold by December, the store will close. Dilorenzo said it wasn't an easy decision to close the bridal store, but it was time to prioritize herself. "I wish I would've opened up (the business) earlier in my life, but I've got grandkids and any good business owner needs to be on the property all the time," Dilorenzo explained. "I'm just at a different place and don't want that commitment anymore. I want to go see my grandkids or go get lunch with my girlfriends." Video: Blushing Bride on 17 to undergo a new transition So what does this mean for future brides? Dilorenzo reassures that she would never put brides in a compromising situation. That's why she will only sell dresses that brides can get immediately off the floor at the store or if she can guarantee they will get it within 30 days after ordering it. Anything else, she said, she will refer to other stores. "It will be a transitional close and I want people to understand that because it was really important to me to not just lock the doors one day," she said. "I'm not going to sell something today that has to be cut fresh (from a vendor) because it won't get here until January. I'm not going to do that to the bride. This will be closed with a clean, professional transition." Another consideration for Dilorenzo was the changing landscape of retail. When she first opened, many brides would come in with their family and friends to pick out the best dress for everyone. Now there are many other avenues to find their dresses. "Brides still want that experience of coming in and trying on dresses with their family watching. But, I took a really big hit when it came to bridesmaids because bridesmaids are all over the country and it's easier to say 'get this dress in this color wherever you can,'" Dilorenzo said. "There's a lot of new bridesmaid companies that have popped up online that just offer the dresses a lot cheaper. I always tried to keep my markups within reason, but still with the ability to allow me to make some money. But now, it's just so inexpensive for people to buy online." If the business does sell to the right buyer, Dilorenzo said she would be interested in mentoring to help keep the business afloat. She would advise to the new owner to expand more into prom dresses and away from bridesmaid dresses. She would also advise they listen. That, she said, is the most important part of making people feel special when they shop. And it's working with customers that she said she will miss the most. "(When you work with a bride,) you get someone who knows what she wants or trusts you to pick something and there's that moment where they say 'I love this' and the family loves it, it's just magical," she said. "There is just something magical about helping a woman find the right dress to say I do in." Have you heard?Selah Day Spa on University Drive in Mishawaka closed unexpectedly this past week. It is unclear why the spa closed or if it will reopen. ... Ben's Soft Pretzels will now be available for all major events within Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, including Colts games. The pretzels will be made fresh at the stand and this will be the 23rd venue for the Goshen-based pretzel company. ... New restaurant La Fonda de la Miami opened last Wednesday in the former Javier's Bistro, 2007 Miami St., South Bend. The Mexican restaurant offers menu options ranging from pancakes and omelets for breakfast to burgers and burritos for lunch and dinner. It is open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. ... A new Taco Bell is coming to Granger. According to a construction design release, the Mexican fast food restaurant will locate at 13120 Indiana 23 at the former KFC location near Goodwill. A timeline of when construction will begin or when the restaurant will open has not been established yet, officials say. ... Wyatt's Beef and Brew on Indiana 331 in Bremen has closed for a month due to road construction. According to its Facebook page, this is the first time the restaurant has had to temporarily close and the decision was made due to the limited amount of customers during construction.  |
| 'They’re part of the city’: 2 local icons sent off in true New Orleans style - FOX 8 Live WVUE Posted: 17 Aug 2019 08:48 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]'They're part of the city': 2 local icons sent off in true New Orleans style FOX 8 Live WVUE Those who knew her and many who did not gathered in Treme to celebrate the life of Nancy Parker, as well as long-time radio host CJ Morgan, who died earlier ...  |
| A giant list of vegan food in Tucson — now with more restaurants! - Arizona Daily Star Posted: 17 Aug 2019 12:00 PM PDT We've now updated this list with more vegan dishes and restaurants via your suggestions. Thanks! Here's a big freaking list of vegan dishes you can find around Tucson! You don't have to be vegan to enjoy the restaurants on here ... But if you are, I hope you find some new places to put in your restaurant roster. We've spent the past couple weeks eating at vegan spots like Tumerico, reaching out to the vegan community and searching the Internet for plant-forward dishes across town. I'm sure we've missed some gems, so email me at aberlin@tucson.com with your recommendations! We'll be adding to the list throughout the summer. I hope this inspires you to try something new, or at least tell a friend! *Editor's note: Some restaurants may appear twice on the list in different categories. We thought it would be easier to search that way ... Breakfast/brunch Tofu scramble at The Cup Cafe, with potatoes and fruit. • The Cup: The classic diner inside Hotel Congress serves a wicked tofu scramble with vegan sausage, fresh fruit and potatoes. It also recently introduced a vegan "Beyond Burger" for lunch. / website: hotelcongress.com / address: 311 E. Congress St. • 5 Points Market and Restaurant: This trendy diner lets you substitute vegan sausage for eggs and cheese in many of the dishes, including the Breakfast Salad with butternut squash and roasted poblano peppers. There's also a Forbidden Rice Chilled Pudding with coconut, cashews and pistachios, as well as a smoked beet sandwich for lunch. / website: 5pointstucson.com / address: 756 S. Stone Ave. • Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea: You can substitute tofu for eggs in any of the breakfast items, including the scrambles and the breakfast burrito. They also carry veggie sausage. / website: bentleyscoffeehouse.com / address: 1730 E. Speedway • Blue Willow: The homey midtown diner has a separate vegan menu with items like tofu scrambles, oatmeal, a breakfast burrito and several sandwiches including the sweet potato with hummus, red onion, spinach and tomato. / website: bluewillowtucson.com / address: 2616 N. Campbell Ave. • Prep & Pastry: Check out the "plant-driven" section of the menu for a chickpea scramble with veggies, avocado, heirloom tomatoes, potatoes and more. There's also the oven-roasted sweet potato hash with corn, bell peppers, spinach and asparagus. / website: prepandpastry.com / addresses: 3073 N. Campbell Ave. and 6450 E. Grant Road • Welcome Diner: The Three Sisters burrito on the breakfast menu has tempura battered squash, roasted corn, smoked pecan "cheese," guacamole and more. They also have a jackfruit po'boy for lunch that's braised in Barrio Rojo ale. / website: welcomediner.net / address: 902 E. Broadway • Urban Fresh: This downtown nook offers tofu breakfast burritos, Irish biscuits in a coconut cream stout gravy, sweet potato pancakes and more from 8-11 a.m. / website: urbanfreshtucson.com / address: 73 E. Pennington St. Burgers, sandwiches and wraps The owners of Beaut Burger wanted to have the feel of a classic burger joint — without the meat. • Beaut Burger: All of the "burgers" on this small stand inside the MSA Annex are vegan, made with a mixture of millet, beans, veggies and more. They also do a tasty vegan peanut butter ganache rice krispies treat. / website: beautburger.com / address: 267 S. Avenida del Convento • La Cocina: This downtown hideaway has vegan burgers for lunch with your choice of toppings like avocado, green chiles and onions. Or check out the Quinoa Bowl with braised spinach, roasted veggies, Thai peanut sauce and tofu. They also do tofu scrambles for brunch. / website: lacocinatucson.com / address: 201 N. Court Ave. • Ermanos Craft Beer and Wine Bar: The kitchen at this Fourth Avenue gastropub spent six months perfecting a brilliantly pink patty made from smoked beets and oats, among other ingredients. They also have a jackfruit torta made from the real deal, rather than a can, with special vegan buns from Alejandro's Tortilla Factory. / website: ermanosbrew.com / address: 220 N. Fourth Ave. • Goodness: Almost anything on the menu at this casual spot can be made vegan by omitting cheese or substituting agave nectar for honey in the acaà bowls. Goodness does several vegan sandwiches, bowls and salads including The Veg sandwich with garlic kale, butternut squash, roasted peppers, hummus and more. / website: fukushuconcepts.com/goodness / address: 2502 N. Campbell Ave. • Urban Fresh: The green chile burger patty is made from tofu, flax, mushrooms and panko, and sports avocado, roasted green chile and more on a sesame seed bun. They've also got a raw seed burger made from sunflower and hemp seeds mixed with nuts and veggies. It's served on a lettuce leaf with tomato and onion. / website: urbanfreshtucson.com / address: 73 E. Pennington St. • Welcome Diner: The Broadway spot does a Jackfruit PoBoy sandwich that's braised in Barrio Rojo Ale and topped with Carolina barbecue sauce and coleslaw on a birote roll. / website: welcomediner.net / address: 902 E. Broadway  Scott Volpe at his Fiamme Pizza Napoletana portable wood-fired pizza oven outside of Tap + Bottle. • 1702: The campus-area pizza and beer joint has vegan pizza dough as Daiya mozzarella available for substitute. They also serve vegan calzones, sandwiches, a hummus plate and more. / website: 1702az.com / address: 1702 E. Speedway • Falora: Vegan options at this trendy pizza restaurant include the Za Zucca with butternet squash puree, zucchini, garlic, sage and Brazil nuts. The crust itself is vegan, so most items can be made vegan without cheese. / website: falora.com / address: 3000 E. Broadway • Fresco Pizzeria and Pastaria: The Very Vegan pizza has vegan mozzarella with red onions, mushrooms, black olives, Roma tomatoes, zucchini, bell peppers and more. / website: frescopizzeria.com / address: 3011 E. Speedway • Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink: The vegan pizza at this downtown restaurant is a masterful combination of mushrooms, peppers, eggplant, onions and more, with nutritional yeast optional for $1. / website: reillypizza.com / address: 101 E. Pennington St. • Renee's Organic Oven: Lot of vegan options, or you can substitute Daiya mozzarella for regular cheese. Try the Vegan Crush with red sauce, vegan pesto, olives, zucchini, artichoke, broccoli and peppers. / website: reneesorganicoven.com / address: 7065 E. Tanque Verde Road Mexican food Chilaquiles covered in chocolatey mole sauce and topped with jackfruit carnitas at Tumerico. • Charrovida: This Mediterranean Mexican fusion spot at Casas Adobes boasts separate grills for meat and plant-based foods. Vegan options are plentiful and clearly marked, like cauliflower al pastor and a vegan plate of bandera enchiladas. website: charrovida.com / address: 7109 N. Oracle Road • Tumerico: The entire menu at this Fifth Street nook is vegan, and changes every day. You won't miss the cheese, because there's a rich cashew cream on many of the dishes. And the guacamole is awesome. / website: tumerico.com / addresses: 2526 E. Sixth St. and 402 E. Fourth St. • Desert Island Eatery: This eclectic restaurant has plenty of vegan Mexican items, in addition to Carribbean and soul food. You can order anything from vegan burritos and nachos to jerk barbecue tofu and curry chickpeas with potatoes. / website:facebook.com/desertislandeatery / address: 2513 N. Campbell Ave. • Tania's 33: This popular west-side restaurant has lots of vegan fillings including lentils, cauliflower, soy chorizo and hibiscus. / website: tanias33.com / address: 614 N. Grande Ave. Asian and Indian food The veggie ramen, $10, was packed with zucchini, bok choy, corn, bean sprouts and more. • Raijin Ramen: This isn't necessarily a vegan hotspot, but they do have a vegan ramen made from a soy broth with zucchini, bok choy, seaweed, corn, bean sprouts and more. / website: facebook.com/raijinramen.tucson / address:2955 E. Speedway • Bombolé: Two vegan combo plates are on the menu at this new downtown lunch spot, with rice, Indian lentils and Honduran cabbage salad. / website: eatbombole.com / 100 N. Stone Ave. • Golden House Chinese Fast Food: This casual restaurant on the southeast side devotes a large part of its menu to vegetable and tofu dishes as well as veggie chicken, beef and shrimp substitutes. / website: goldenhousetucson.com / address: 9431 E. 22nd St., Suite 127 • Senae Thai Bistro: Many of the dishes on the vegetarian menu can be made vegan, and the Gaeng Karee Gai yellow curry can be made vegan by substituting chicken for tofu. / website: senaethai.com / address: 63 E. Congress St. • Yoshimatsu: You'll find vegan options all over the menu, with kushi yaki vegetable skewers, noodle dishes, tofu bento boxes and tempura. / website: yoshimatsuaz.com / address:2741 N. Campbell Ave. African and Mediterranean food Chef Mustafa Al Shati poses with his brick oven at the new Za'atar location on Grant and Country Club. • Cafe Desta: Ethiopian food naturally has a lot of vegan options, and this downtown restaurant spells them out on a separate section of the menu. You can also get a vegan plate with all seven. / website: cafedesta.com / address: 758 S. Stone Ave. • Queen Sheba: This midtown Eritrean restaurant has a similar menu to the Ethiopian spots, with options like avocado salad, green spinach and cabbage. / website: queenshebatucson.com / address: 5553 E. Grant Road • Zayna Mediterranean: Servers are trained to help customers with vegan items. Many dishes like the house salad or the falafel and cauliflower sandwich can be prepared vegan upon request. The fryer is also vegan-friendly. / website: zaynamediterranean.com / address: 1138 N. Belvedere Ave. • Zemam's: This Ethiopian restaurant has 10 veggie dishes to put on your injera bread, like shiro chickpeas, red lentils, gomen wat collard greens and more. / website: zemams.com / addresses: 2731 E. Broadway and 119 E. Speedway  Cashew Cow's raspberry 'ice cream' is swirled with a housemade fruit puree that tastes like fresh fruit and cream. • Cashew Cow: You'll be surprised to learn that all of the ice cream at this midtown spot is made from cashew milk. Non-vegan friends will love it too, it's that good. / website: cashewcow.com / address: 6 S. Eastbourne Ave. • B-Line: This Fourth Avenue cafe usually has a vegan dessert option in the display case, like the strawberry peach pie. Check ahead for availability. / website: thebline.xyz / address: 621 N. Fourth Ave. • Hub Ice Cream Factory: This downtown ice cream shop has rotating vegan ice cream flavors, as well as sorbet. / website: hubicecream.com / address: 245 E. Congress St. • Tilted Halos cupcakes at Caruso's: The Fourth Avenue Italian restaurant serves vegan cupcakes in a jar from the local online bakery Tilted Halos. It's $7 for two cupcakes with flavors like raspberry, lemon vanilla bean, and hibiscus lemonade. You can eat them there or take them to-go. / websites: tiltedhalos.org and carusositalian.com / address: 434 N. Fourth Ave. Late-night options The vegan burger, top, and jackfruit asada torta at Ermanos. • Ermanos Craft Beer and Wine Bar: The late-night menu at this Fourth Avenue gastropub has some vegan options like the roasted beet vegan burger and jackfruit asada torta with cashew aioli./ website: ermanosbrew.com / address: 220 N. Fourth Ave. • Cans Deli: This Fourth Avenue restaurant recently expanded its food menu with several vegan sandwiches like a reuben with pastrami-style beets and a Banh Mi sandwich with marinated tofu. There will also be a vegan grinder with honey cashew "cheese" and the CLT with crunchy carrots done up like bacon. / website: cansdeli.com / address: 340 N. Fourth Ave. • Geronimo's Revenge food truck: Find them parked next to Che's Lounge on Fridays and Saturdays until about 2:30 a.m. The food truck serves vegan mac and cheese, vegan cheesy fries and vegan tacos. They've also got different vegan specials like the cauliflower wings. / website: facebook.com/geronimosrevengefoodtruck / address: 350 N. Fourth Ave. • Shot in the Dark: This all-night coffee shop has vegan wraps like theDe Jardin with hummus, tomato, pesto, spinach, red onion, sprouts and more. You can also make most of the vegetarian items vegan by subtracting the cheese. / website: shotinthedarkcafe.org / address: 121 E. Broadway • Tallboys: Vegan options are clearly marked at this late-night Fourth Avenue diner. Choose from vegan tacos and burros, a vegan salad with beets, avocado, nuts and more. / website: tallboysaf.com / address:600 N. Fourth Ave. Vegan and vegetarian kitchens These vegan tacos at the Tasteful Kitchen are wrapped in daikon radish. • The Tasteful Kitchen: This vegetarian restaurant puts an emphasis on non-GMO ingredients and keeping produce in its natural state. Try the miso eggplant with coconut black rice and Thai curry sauce. / website: thetastefulkitchen.com / address:722 N. Stone Ave. • Beaut Burger: All of the "burgers" on this small stand inside the MSA Annex are vegan, made with a mixture of millet, beans, veggies and more. They also do a tasty vegan peanut butter ganache rice krispies treat. / website: beautburger.com / address: 267 S. Avenida del Convento • Lovin' Spoonfuls: Since 2005, Tucson's most popular vegan restaurant has provided an eclectic menu that caters to people with unique diets. They've got pastas, rice dishes, fried "chicken," burgers and more. / website: lovinspoonfuls.com / address: 2990 N. Campbell Ave. Suite 120 • Urban Fresh: Healthy salads and wraps are the name of the game at this downtown lunch spot. Try the raw Rainbow Wrap with sunflower seed pate, avocados, peppers, sunflower shoots and more in a lemon cashew dressing. / website: urbanfreshtucson.com / address: 73 E. Pennington St. • Zinman's: This funky neighborhood vegan bistro has a little bit of everything; it even mills its own grains right next door. They've got tofu scrambles, Ethiopian food and pasta salad?! / website: zinmans.com / address: 111 W. Fourth St.  |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2019 07:00 AM PDT This story comes to you from Sahan Journal, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to providing authentic news reporting about Minnesota's new immigrants and refugees. MPR News is a partner with Sahan Journal and will be sharing stories between SahanJournal.com and MPRnews.org. Just off the main drag, beyond a sea of corn fields in southwestern Minnesota, there's the Bubai Food Store. Shoppers pull up and leave their car engines running while they head inside the town's sole grocery store. They can browse the shelves, where instant mashed potatoes and bratwurst buns share space with Thai fish sauce, or help themselves to hot egg rolls stacked in a warmer on the counter. The store's character has changed along with the community. It's become an anchor for Walnut Grove's roughly 700 residents, but faces the same uncertainties as the town it serves. Nearly two decades ago, owner Terry Yang and his brother opened the store to bring familiar foods to what was then a burgeoning Asian American community. In the early 2000s, Yang and other Hmong immigrants flocked to the area, drawn to available farmland, jobs at local factories and the slower pace of small-town life. Today about half of Walnut Grove's population is Asian American. Yang, who is 63, wanted to retire last year. But he wasn't able. Most of his 10 kids left Walnut Grove to go to college and have settled with their young families in the Twin Cities, more than three hours away. None of his children want to take on the long hours and small profit margins associated with running a rural grocery store. "It's time for me to take some time, and visit my kids and stay with them," Yang said. "Before time is over." The influx of Hmong Americans into Walnut Grove and the surrounding area has slowed to a trickle since its peak in the early 2000s. Now an entire generation of young people have come of age in the area, with some people of Hmong descent now serving in positions of leadership in city government and schools. The immigration gave the community a boost, but two decades in, they're facing the same challenge as other rural parts of the state: How do you give young people a reason to stay?  A mural depicts a girl in a typical pioneer dress standing next to a girl dressed in traditional Hmong clothing on the wall of Bubai Food Store in Walnut Grove. Photographed on July 2, 2019. Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News Little town on the prairieWalnut Grove's Main Street is healthier than many small towns. Besides the grocery store, there's a bank, a bar and other little businesses wedged into a handful of the mostly brick downtown. Some are supported by the town's connection to the pioneer story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who wrote about living in Walnut Grove. Bubai is down the street from a museum honoring Wilder that's housed in a series of buildings modeled after her books. Not all is bustling on Main Street, though. There's an old phone booth with rusted hinges, a dilapidated two-story brick bank building and a boarded-up mechanics shop. Most parts of rural America have been losing population to urban centers for decades. This means not only fewer tax dollars for public infrastructure and less income for local businesses, but that these small towns can no longer afford to support their own schools. Facing that same dilemma in 2001, Walnut Grove combined its school district with nearby Westbrook. But shortly after, the arrival of dozens of Hmong American families saved Walnut Grove from the snowballing decline other small towns faced as jobs left and businesses closed. In 2000, just one of the nearly 600 Walnut Grove residents identified their race in the Census as Asian. By 2017, data from the Census estimated about 325 people of Asian descent in the little town, about half the current population. Loy Woelber, a friend of Yang's, grew up on a dairy farm in the next county over. He started working as an administrator in the school district in 2001, right as Hmong American families started moving to the area. Woelber, who is partly of German descent, connected with the Hmong families through their shared rural backgrounds. "I had a bunch of chickens. When I knew families were coming, I'd bring them a chicken," Woelber said. "So we'd butcher the animal in the morning, and be able to have a party in the afternoon." Woelber remembers the excitement of that time. New kids would be lined up at the secretary's desk trying to enroll in school, even after winter break. Enrollment swelled and Main Street again filled out with businesses, including Bubai. But Hmong migration to the town slowed, then sputtered, then all but stopped. And now the population in Walnut Grove and surrounding towns has started once again to drain away. Census estimates show that the town has lost 101 residents since the start of the decade. "All the men and women in the Hmong community that I got to be around all these years, their kids are all gone," Woelber said. "Maybe one out of the six or so might stay home." The boom times brought about by migration are over, Woelber said. And now the Walnut Grove area finds itself in the same predicament as other small towns. Some kids go to college outside the region and then can't find anything in their fields at home. Others try to patch together a living from side work or physically demanding jobs in agriculture or one of the factories in the region. Some are drawn to opportunities in the larger cities of Sioux Falls or Mankato. Woelber's five children were all in the same situation as their Hmong American classmates. As they went off to college and started careers, they couldn't find jobs in their specialties at home. "My five children have graduated, all from this system. All had an amazing experience because up here they're in a little town and they get to have a multicultural experience, they get to see the world," Woelber said. "I don't want them to leave." But as more and more kids do leave, it makes it harder for the community to sustain basic services: a hardware store, a pharmacy, a grocery store. "It really becomes a necessity, where folks are like, 'You know what, I love it here, but, man, how can I be a part of making it happen?'" 3 of 3  1 of 3  2 of 3   At left, Sheila Vang, 18, works at the lunch counter at Hoyt Oil & Convenience in Walnut Grove on July 2, 2019. At right, Beth Danielowski (far left) listens to director's notes before rehearsal for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant on July 2, 2019, in Walnut Grove. Danielowski, who played the part of Mrs. Kennedy, has performed in the pageant for 11 years. Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News Holding down rootsSheila Vang, 18, works at the lunch counter at the only gas station in Walnut Grove. Motorcycles peel down the nearby road and pull up to the gas pumps. The station is across the street from Nelly's Little Cafe on the Prairie, city offices and a big pile of gravel. She knows most of the people who come in. Vang graduated high school this year and plans to study marketing at community college a half-hour away in Marshall, Minn. She'd like to stay in Walnut Grove. It's peaceful and quiet. She likes that she knows everyone. But she does see drawbacks as she gets older, and said she plans to look for a job in Willmar, 80 miles away, where her sister lives. "Because the town is so small, I'm kind of worried about finding a job here," Vang said. Her graduating class is split between those who would prefer to stick around — but like her, face challenges finding work — and those who want to experience life in a bigger city. Walnut Grove residents are proud of their small-town and its history. They host a yearly pageant in honor of Laura Ingalls Wilder. It includes dozens of actors, horses and even a wildfire. It's staged in front of the facade of a small town that volunteers built in the middle of a field. Beth Danielowski, who is white, grew up in a small town five miles outside Walnut Grove and graduated from high school in 2017. She's wearing a long dress and bonnet for her role in the pageant. She's acted in it for the previous 11 years. Danielowski is torn. She'd like to stay in the area where she grew up. But she also doesn't want to have to drive 45 minutes to Walmart. "It's difficult living in a small town because there's not much opportunity for diverse things like theater and different cultures," Danielowski said. A friend of hers who performed in the pageant every year moved away to Brookings, S.D., for school. Danielowski said she's lucky now if she sees her a few times a year.  Kou Thao (center) and his wife, Khou Lor (right), select food on July 27, 2019, during the open house celebration for the Agape Hmong Alliance Church in Walnut Grove. Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News The next generation takes the leadAlthough the origin story of Hmong Americans in Walnut Grove often includes references to Little House on the Prairie, very few local Hmong Americans participate in the annual pageant honoring Laura Ingalls Wilder. It happens around the same time as the annual Hmong International Freedom Festival in St. Paul, which draws people of Hmong descent from around the upper Midwest. Although Hmong Americans have lived in the Walnut Grove area for two decades now, the communities still find themselves somewhat separate. Kou Thao's family came to the area from California in 1995, when he was in his early teens. Drinking a Diet Coke in a Perkins restaurant in nearby Marshall, Minn., Thao, 36, admits he's never seen the Laura Ingalls Wilder pageant that draws so many visitors to the region. "It's going to sound really stupid on my end, but I've lived here all my life and I never really knew the whole story," Thao said. "If you haven't read the book, or if you don't follow that, then it doesn't really make sense to you." Thao serves on the city council of Tracy, Minn., next door to Walnut Grove. He said he's tried to leave the region over and over again, but something holds him there. But Thao does feel like he owes something to the town he grew up in — and to his parents' generation that brought him and other Hmong Americans to southern Minnesota. "We still have a lot of the elder population here," Thao said. "I feel like it's important for us younger folks to stick around for them, because all of us can't just uproot and leave them out here by themselves." But the older generation has changed as well, said Thao's wife, Khou Lor, who is 28. She grew up in Wisconsin, met Thao at the annual Hmong gathering in St. Paul, and moved to Tracy after they fell in love. They have a young daughter together. Elders who fled their homelands following the Vietnam War have begun to shed their focus of just surviving, Lor said. Many are wistful for the countries they came from and long to return. But they keep a looser hold on the lives their children are building in the United States, she said. One reason Thao wanted to serve on the Tracy city council was that he was shocked to learn that the population of Tracy was declining. He'd assumed that Hmong immigrants would have offset any losses. But Hmong Americans have pretty much stopped moving to the region. Instead, Lor and Thao find themselves watching Karen immigrants move to the area and try to adapt to the culture the same way the couple's own families had to decades ago. Lor remembers her parents pushing her stroller across town through the snow to get to Walmart. They wore sandals in the freezing weather. "Karen families that have older parents, like how our parents were back then, they would literally stare out the window and just sigh because they miss the old country so much," Lor said. "You have a heart for them because you know that it's not easy, and so you do really hope that they're successful in finding their place and their space in this community."  Peter Thor poses for a photograph at Marshall Middle School on July 2, 2019, in Marshall, Minn. Thor, the school's assistant principal, moved to southwest Minnesota in 1992 with his family. Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News More than two decades ago, as some of the few young Hmong Americans in the area, Thao and his friend Peter Thor would get together to play basketball. It was sometimes difficult for both boys to grow up in an area that was almost completely white. Both have now risen to positions of leadership in their communities. Thor, 39, is the assistant principal at Marshall Middle School. When Thor's family came to the region in 1992, he didn't have Hmong American role models. His mentors were his teachers. "You didn't know what you could hope for, because your parents didn't know either," Thor said. "I feel like my generation had to go through all that stuff to show other kids growing up now that, 'Hey, you can kind of do whatever you want to do.'" Taking on positions of leadership can be intimidating for people of Thor and Thao's generation, he said. Historically, the region has been much whiter than the rest of the state. "You don't know if it can cause some uneasiness with others," Thor said. "I sometimes feel like I want people to know that I've earned this spot, that it wasn't just given to me because I'm a minority." But Thor said a bigger struggle for him personally has been feeling accepted within his own culture. He has four young children with his wife, who grew up near Marshall and teaches science at the middle school. Thor's wife is white and had great-grandparents who were 100 percent Norwegian. Thor remembers one of his uncles objected to the marriage, saying it would send the message to cousins that marrying outside the Hmong culture was acceptable. "And I said, 'What's wrong with that? She has the same values as I do. We're going to live here for the foreseeable future,'" Thor said. "It's not like we have a homeland to go back to. This is our homeland. We're Asian Americans. And we're Minnesotans." That doesn't mean Thor left behind the Hmong culture. When he and his wife were dating, they'd go over to his parents house every Wednesday to learn to cook Hmong dishes. They still try to bring their kids over to their grandparents' home to practice speaking Hmong. His kids' shared Hmong and European ancestry is no longer unique. "Everybody looks so different in our school system, and looking different is kind of the norm," Thor said. "We accept people for who they are and what they believe in. I feel like that respect level has definitely gone in the right direction, and I think that's why people stay in this area." There's a mural painted on the brick wall of Terry Yang's grocery. The community raised money for it in 2012. It shows a girl in a typical pioneer dress — representing the town's ties to Laura Ingalls Wilder — standing next to a girl dressed in traditional Hmong clothing. In a few places, the paint has begun to peel and the colors have faded. The building housing Terry Yang's grocery has been a store for decades. But once it was a bar. Some old timers remember in the '60s when the building's second-floor was a movie theater. The space where the projector once beamed across the room onto a screen is now filled with debris. Yang knows that things change, including his grocery, which is at the heart of what Walnut Grove has become. "We built it. We established it." Yang said. "And when we don't want to do it, we just close down or sell."  |
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