In my travels around town, I frequently pass a Foreign Car Repair Shop/Bakery and Café, a Car Wash/Italian Restaurant, and an Art Gallery/Dentist’s office.
What made these entrepreneurs envision these business mash-ups? Did a car wash owner and a restaurateur pool their money, thinking it would be innovative to run a car wash/Italian restaurant? After the excitement from a buff and a wax, did they think customers would want to kick back and dine on a plate of gnocchi?
Did the dentist have a burning interest in the arts, driving him to open a gallery in the same building as his office? Maybe he thought it would calm his patients to look at pretty pictures before he drilled into their rotted teeth.
And what about the car repair/café? I would think that the smells of the car repair side of the business would not be appetizing to café-goers. Or possibly the sweet, sweet smell of a double shot caramel macchiato and a chocolate dipped biscotti straight from the oven would tormet the mechanics, engrossed in fixing VWs and Yugos, unable to partake in the lucious goodness of the café?
One can only wonder.
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