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Market 2 Market Aims to Reopen This Week
Gourmet sandwich shop to hold grand reopening at June First Thursday street festival.
Market 2 Market, closed since an April 5 fire damaged its storefront near the corner of Mount Vernon and E. Del Ray avenues, may reopen later this week, according to owner Larry Ponzi.
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Ponzi said the sandwich shop will have a soft opening on Thursday or Friday, then follow up with an official grand reopening at the June 6 First Thursday street festival in Del Ray.
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“We plan to come back bigger and better,” Ponzi said.
The grand reopening will include free samples and a beer tasting.
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Ponzi said a smoking electrical outlet was cited as the source of the April 5 fire, which caused an estimated $200,000 in damages. It was officially called “a fire anomaly,” he said.
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