Photos by Stacie Joy
This morning saw the grand reopening of Essex Card Shop.
As you know, the storefront at 47 Avenue A between Third Street and Fourth Street was destroyed in a fire this past Jan. 10.
EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by and found a happy owner, Muhammad Aslam, and his daughter, Mehnaz Noreen, the retail sales manager...
Some locals were there to support the shop's first day back and pick up some office or school supplies, greeting cards, etc.
Stacie also had the chance to check out a fully stocked store...
Because people will ask: Longtime manager Jayant "Jay" Patel is currently traveling in India and will return soon.
16 comments:
What great news! Only 8 months later and right at back to school time.
I'm tearing up so much right now
Absolute admiration for them! What it took to go from that awful destruction to being open & fully stocked & with smiles on their faces is amazing to me, and I applaud their tenacity. We are very lucky to have them in our neighborhood.
Sending all best wishes to Mr. Patel, his daughter, and all at Essex Card Shop!
It’s wonderful and also amazing they reopened so quickly after all that damage
I can't believe the fire was in January. I could have sworn it was the beginning of the summer. Time flies
My partner and I are so so happy for Muhammad, Aslam and Jay . . . . and the rest of us!
Yay! Happy Beginning in so many ways!
Oh this is so great, wow. Shout out and gratitude to everyone who funded their Gofundme and supported this in thoughts and actions. Can’t wait to stock up on writing supplies there. What a community, so nice to see something good happening. Life and love are seemingly local.
so great they were able to rebuild reopen and stay, don't even need any supplies but gonna go buy some anyway Support Your Local Everything!
This is such good news. Wishing the Patels all the best success in the new shop.
Very good to see! We shopped there regularly and are so happy to see them open again.
HOORAY!!
I can't wait to shop there again! Love that place.
Well done Guys! See you for printer ink shortly. HP63 :).
So happy they have reopened. Best of luck and thank you to all involved in keeping this great small business open.
May the force of the EV be with you!
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