Michelle Wells has boxes to check before the July 8 reopening of her business, The Kitchen Collection, but marketing’s not one of those.
“I am not ashamed to say I’m gonna ride the Meeting Place coattails,” said Wells, who’s moving her business from Broad Street to the former restaurant space at the corner of Market and King streets.
“People know where (Meeting Place) was,” she said. “It was one of the most popular restaurants in the city. It’s an iconic building — 130 years old — and (owner) Thomas Johnson saved it from demolition.
“Not a bad place to move into,” she added. “Foot traffic on weekends, the parking is great. I think this is going to be gangbusters.”
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