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Council Member Glidden Tours Lake Street Businesses
September 20, 2010
by Joyce Wisdom, Lake Street Council executive director
On Friday, September 17, Elizabeth Glidden and Lake Street Council staff, Joyce Wisdom and ZoeAna Martinez, took a whirlwind tour of some of the Lake Street businesses in the Eighth Ward.
First stop was The Dental Emergency Room at 707 East Lake, where they were greeted by Amelia Moreno, manager. The slogan there is “let us be the reason behind your smile.” While no one in the group stopped for dental care, there was much reason to smile. The Dental Emergency Room has been open since May 2009 and has seen considerable growth in their business. They have plans to expand at their location, adding additional treatment rooms. Everyone agreed that their success is an indicator of the need for professional services like theirs in this community.
Next up was El Amor Fashion at 511 East Lake Street. This is a family operation like so many others on Lake Street. While the matriarch of the family, Alicia, helped a customer find just the right wedding apparel, her husband Estevan, son Steven, and preschool granddaughter Esmeralda shared stories about their family business and its 10 years on Lake Street.
The group then paid a visit to Tamer Azzazi and Mike Jones at World of Wireless. Tamer Azzazi now has four locations, two on Lake Street and two in St. Paul. They closed a Bloomington location after opening at 505 East Lake, and are pleased that many of the Bloomington customers now come to this location. Add to those loyal customers the many neighborhood residents who have found their products and service here worthwhile and the World of Wireless business is continuing to grow.
Council Member Glidden was really enjoying the tour. She knows many of the businesses and owners in her Ward, but most enjoys opportunities like this to just visit in a rare open couple of hours on a Friday afternoon…but the tour wasn’t over yet. It was time to sit a minute, and enjoy a little Somali spiced tea at the newly open Safari Restaurant at 3010 4th Ave. S. Met by Jamal Hashi, on the run from his Global Market location, the group was impressed with the improvements Mr. Hashi has made to this property. He has quite the plan to keep both the restaurant and larger event space busy. Council Member Glidden commented on how pleased and supportive the neighborhood is to have such a responsible restaurateur here on 4th Avenue.
Carniceria La Huazteca owner, Alfredo Zagal, really welcomed Council Member Glidden at his location in one of Lake Street’s many urban malls, this one located at 419 East Lake. Mr. Zagal and Council Member Glidden became acquainted when Lake Street Council worked with Council Member Glidden, Mr. Zagal and other small grocers and community partners to revise the specialty grocers license so these businesses could continue to thrive and grow in our communities. Mr. Zagal noted that his business has grown 40% since those changes have gone into effect.
Last stop and lunch was at Los Ocampo, 809 East Lake Street. Council Member Glidden told Lilia Ocampo that she eats here often and loves the food. It is authentic Mexican and real quality. The talking seemed to slow down here as the group began to enjoy the food. What better way to end the tour!
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