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Beloved NYC store Fishs Eddy ‘gasping for air’ amid pandemic
Oct 1, 2020
A beloved Big Apple dishware emporium has been left like a “fish gasping for air” — barely able to afford rent amid the coronavirus pandemic’s financial crunch, its owner says.
Manhattan staple Fishs Eddy is drowning in money woes with fewer tourists around to peruse its aisles of eclectic goods — which include Ruth Bader Ginsburg coffee mugs, founding fathers shot glasses and “Buttah”-emblazoned butter dishes.
“We’re like a fish gasping for air — literally,” storeowner Julie Gaines, 57, told the Post on Wednesday.
Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, the small business was “bruised,” she admitted. But now, funds meant for restocking the eccentric merchandise are dwindling — and Gaines said she’s struggling to pay her Union Square-area rent.
“There is no extra money for anything. No money to do extra patterns for dishes, every penny is going towards survival now,” said Gaines.
“This is really killing me,” she added. “We’re on the defensive now and just really really trying to stay alive.”
Before the city went on lockdown in mid-March, visitors from all over the world flocked to the neighborhood favorite to purchase its iconic skyline dishware, which feature the Twin Towers and was once the subject of a spat with the Port Authority.
But now, “There is no line at the register,” said Gaines.
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