For shoppers on the Prowl in Northside, shopkeeper and neighborhood entrepreneur Aileen McGrath has good news:
Northside International Airport shops open this week, starting Sept. 19.
It has taken about a year of work, and lots of times at lots of different jobs, but McGrath has never faltered on her mission to bring new life to the space two doors from her indie-craft haven
Fabricate.
NIA includes the restaurant
Tacocracy and an assortment of independent boutique businesses. It has the looks of a carefully curated indoor flea market that you'd love to stumble across on a trip out of town, without the hassle of having to go out of town.
There's vintage clothing at
On the Prowl Vintage, assorted band equipment at
(False) Minotaur, a counter for
Blink Makeup and Design Studio,
wax aesthetic and
Wrong Brothers bicycles.
But the shops themselves, which start limited hours five days a week Wednesday, Sept. 19, are just part of the attraction. There's the bathroom gallery in the back, which is home to a photo gallery and features a Simon Leis Memorial Urinal (bulls-eye target included). It is also, quite possibly, the only
bathroom with its own Facebook page.
By Elissa Yancey
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