EV Motion plans to open quickly within the area final occupied by the Red Bank Family Pharmacy. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Coming quickly to downtown Red Bank: an electrical bicycle retailer.
The district can also be residence to a brand new beach-themed reward shop, and about to get one other crystals-based “wellness” retailer. But it’s additionally shedding a beloved cheese shop.
Read about all the most recent adjustments in redbankgreen‘s Retail Churn.
Cheese Cave proprietor Steve Catania in 2018. Below, Kris Winters has opened Locker 19 in the identical constructing as her first shop, Cabana 19, on White Street. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
• EV Motion plans to open quickly at 141 Broad Street, an area vacated in April by the Red Bank Family Pharmacy, supervisor Ron Mitro instructed Churn.
The enterprise will give attention to gross sales of electrical bikes and pedal-assist bikes made by Super 73, Wicked Thumb, Jupiter Bike and Electric Bike Co., Mitro mentioned.
Rentals aren’t deliberate “at this time,” he mentioned.
Mitro is a accomplice within the shop with Kenny Schwartz, proprietor of the close by Detour Gallery. With Jason Gamba, in addition they personal Indian Motorcycle of Monmouth in Neptune, of which EV Motion is a subsidiary, he mentioned.
Schwartz owns the bike shop’s constructing, which he purchased final spring. Out again, on the Canal Street aspect, is a 33-space parking zone the place clients might be in a position to test-ride battery-boosted bikes, Mitro mentioned.
• Cabana 19 proprietor Kris Winters has accomplished her plan to open a “little sister” shop known as Locker 19, as beforehand reported by Churn.
The shop debuted Friday, simply in time for the downtown Sidewalk Sale, of which Cabana 19 is an annual star attraction, promoting merchandise at 70-percent reductions, Winters mentioned.
Both retailers are situated within the White Street avenue constructing close to Broad Street that’s additionally residence to a Rook Coffee shop and Hair & Company salon. Locker 19 took over the area vacated in June, 2021, by Quicksilver Handcrafted Jewelry.
• According to its web site and window signage, a enterprise known as Back to Nature is opening at 25 Monmouth Street.
The web site carries crystals, scents, jewellery and different merchandise touted as “wellness” gadgets. The proprietor didn’t reply to an emailed request for added data.
Back to Nature, which additionally has a retailer in Chester, takes over the area vacated by Earth Spirit New Age Center, which relocated to 18 Broad Street early this summer time.
Though they’re in the identical line of enterprise, there’s no connection between the 2, mentioned Earth Spirit proprietor Chris Midose.
• The Cheese Cave is closing August 31, proprietor Steve Catania introduced on Facebook Saturday.
The shop, at 14 Monmouth Street, opened in early 2011 when Catania made a profession change from chef to retailer. Now, after greater than 11 years, he wrote, “the decision to close was not easy, as it has been a fulfillment of a dream to be an entrepreneur and to do something that I have always loved – to serve people and bring them some joy through food.”
He gave no cause for the closing.
Catania has been a pressure for the downtown enterprise committee, and is the instant previous chairman of the board of trustees for Red Bank RiverCenter, the promotion company for the borough’s particular enchancment district.
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