BUSINESS BUZZ

WHAT’S

UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

NOW OPEN

A new Jamaican restaurant, THE ISLAND SPOT, opened in late June in Jefferson Tower. The restaurant offers meat pies, curries, jerk chicken, fried chicken and oxtails, among other dishes. Owner Richard Thomas was born and raised in Jamaica, and he runs the restaurant with his mother, “Mama Joyce.” The restaurant is open 11 a.m.9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.

The old BRUMLEY GARDENS, in the 700 block of West Davis, is now the new BETTER BLOCK. The Better Block, whose mission is to help improve neighborhoods all over the world, also plans to sublease space to local small businesses and makers.

New Owners

BISHOP STREET MARKET recently sold to Cody Ellison and Ken Valencia. The two also own HOME ON BISHOP, DWELL ON DAVIS and BISHOP RANCH. Mike Harrity and Paul Kirkpatrick founded Bishop Street Market in 1996. Harrity says, “It’s certainly bittersweet. It was a difficult transaction, but at this point it’s a big relief.”