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So-Low: Friendly local supplier of loin

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By John Hoff
November 30, 2009

Regular readers are aware of my great enthusiasm for the So-Low store at Lowry and Emerson Ave. N., where you can get (oh my word!) brie cheese for a buck. 

Recently, a friend of mine purchased a pork loin there for $1.87 and used the ultra-affordable loin-age to make a wonderful meal. I'm pretty sure that was the night we planted the "We Watch, We Call" sign in the window box, right where the Don Samuels sign used to be.

I mean, what do we want? What does ANYBODY want?

To eat our pork loin in peace and safety. It's not so much to ask and, luckily, our public officials such as Don Samuels are delivering tangible progress. Wonderful old homes are being snapped up in NoMi and the neighborhood is rapidly transforming, but we still have colorful, character-filled treasures like the So-Low store.

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