Memphis Gift Basket to open first retail store with mini grocery
The 73-year-old building at 183 Chelsea Ave. is set to be a retail store for Memphis Gift Basket and fresh market. (Sophia Surrett/The Daily Memphian)
Online gift-basket retailer Memphis Gift Basket will open its first storefront and small fresh market this summer in Uptown.
Co-owners Jesse James and Joe Zeeben plan to redevelop a circa-1950s one-story building at 183 Chelsea Ave. into a retro art-deco-style store to sell and assemble its gift baskets and also provide a fresh market to Uptown.
“We’ve always wanted a storefront so people can come in,” James said. “That’s what I’m most excited about instead of always dealing with people on the telephone, email or website. It’ll be nice to be able to have clients and customers that will come in and we can build that relationship in person.”
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Sophia Surrett
Sophia Surrett is a University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism and media studies. She covers small business, nonprofits, restaurant real estate, hospitality and tourism and manufacturing.
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