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In preparing a post on the Congress Avenue Retail Retention and Enhancement Fund, I’m struck with a blinding flash of brilliance: in lieu of McDonald’s, why doesn’t Las Manitas reopen as an eatery inside the Northcross Wal-Mart? Those giant arched Ms can’t be hard to come by – who wouldn’t want a McNitas in their neighborhood?
This article appears in December 22 • 2006.
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