buildings of distinction
TENANTS
can shop
at places
like Pete
Mairs’
Fathom
and Farm,
a whole-sale
and retail fish and meat
business at the northernmost
end in a renovated hair-styling
shop that opened last December
on the corner of Nixon Street.
“This area right here is just
showing up,” Mairs says. “We
do a huge walkup business.”
There are restaurants, coffee
shops, a bakery, a just-opened
Boombalatti’s ice cream par-lor,
at least one trendy new
hair salon and neighborhood
pubs, including Edward Teach
Brewing, which opened in
December in the old historic
firehouse.
The exterior features gray
brick and fire engine red doors.
The interior was designed to
resemble the Queen Anne’s
Revenge, Blackbeard’s ship.
Visitors see the past not just
in old buildings and historical-themed
architecture, but also in
the barber and beauty shops and
other businesses that survived
year after year.
Older barbershops and beauty
salons mingle with new
businesses in old buildings
like Bigg Redd’s Barber Shop,
Atmosphere Hair Studio and
The Brooklyn Salon. Left: Palate
Bottle Shop & Reserve and
Fathom & Farm contribute to
the neighborhood feel of the
street. Top right: Two residential
buildings on Davis Street
opposite the bakery.
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