GREAT FALLS — Since 1997, Peres Meals Basket at 2700 Second Avenue North has been a staple within the Nice Falls neighborhood. They’ll now shut their doorways for the final time on January 31.
A regionally owned retailer can imply so much to a neighborhood, particularly when it has been round for greater than 25 years.
“Lots of people have loads of reminiscences of the shop,” stated Laurie Peres, proprietor of Peres Meals Basket. “We did out of doors films on Friday nights. We did tie dye on Friday. “In the event you wore tie dye, you bought a free drink.”
Sadly, Peres is shedding her sight and may now not handle the shop herself. Her youngsters have stepped up, however working further jobs on high of working a comfort retailer has taken its toll.
“You realize, they’re drained and so they cannot do a number of jobs and nonetheless survive,” Peres stated.
Peres now dedicates his time to taking good care of his grandson. Within the meantime, he hopes to discover a purchaser for the constructing.
“You realize, the constructing is fairly outdated and there are issues there,” Peres stated, “however I am certain, , we listed it and took out a few of the cash for the issues. “I believe that’s about proper, based mostly on the place I’d be.”
Wednesday is the Meals Basket’s final day of operation, and Peres will likely be there, sharing reminiscences along with his neighborhood earlier than the open signal goes darkish for the final time.
“I respect all of the help I’ve had all these years,” Peres stated.
To date, Meals Basket has had a handful of individuals fascinated with shopping for the shop, however nobody has dedicated to purchasing it.
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