Money from the Coos Economic Development Corporation is helping the owners of the Live Free Food Store at 206 Main St. in Berlin make their business plan a reality. (LISA D. CONNELL PHOTO)
Ryan Charest and Ellen Mikesh, owners of the Live Free Food Store at 206 Main St. in Berlin. (PAUL CHAREST PHOTO)
Under construction is the Live Free Food Store at 206 Main St. in Berlin. (LISA D. CONNELL PHOTO)
Money from the Coos Economic Development Corporation is helping the owners of the Live Free Food Store at 206 Main St. in Berlin make their business plan a reality. (LISA D. CONNELL PHOTO)
BERLIN — A couple’s idea for a grab ‘n’ go-style cafe is coming into fruition as the Live Free Food Store takes shape in a red brick building next to the old courthouse on upper Main Street, with financing from the Lancaster-based Coos Economic Development Corporation.
Retail food entrepreneurs Ryan Charest and his wife, Ellen Mikesh, of Norway Street, plan to offer customers healthy food choices from public-facing building at 206 Main St.
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