Akada Hair Salon
1635 W. First Ave., www.akadasalon.com
Note: Akada moves from a location on Grandview Avenue to West First Avenue this month, opening at the new location Sept. 2.
How long have you been open?
16 years total.
Describe your business in one sentence.
We are a high-end boutique salon.
What do you do best?
Provide excellent customer service, a relaxing atmosphere and top-tier hair salon professionals and services.
What do you like about the Grandview location?
I love Grandview! It’s centrally located, which makes it really easy for people all over Columbus to come here. It’s a great walking community, and there’s a sense of community among the vendors too. It’s a fun, trendy area. People are just happy to be here.
If your business were a dessert, what would it be?
We’d be the cherry on top! Because at the end of the day, this is a favorite place for people to come. It’s the best part of people’s days. When they leave, they feel great and they look absolutely beautiful.
Village Squire Barber Sho
p
1245 Grandview Ave., 614-488-3485
How long have you been open?
A little over a year in this location. We moved from a shop that had been there since 1926.
Describe your business in one sentence.
The community is our business.
What do you do best?
Make people smile, and transformations.
What do you like about the Grandview location?
The convenience to everything you would need and the sense of neighborhood. Everyone knows somebody.
If your business were a dessert, what would it be?
Cappuccino – caffeine to keep us going!
Jeni’s Splendid I
ce Creams
1281 Grandview Ave., www.jenis.com
How long have you been open?
At least a decade – the North Market was the first Jeni’s location, but this was the first real Jeni’s scoop shop.
Describe your business in one sentence.
We are splendidly local, sustainable and community caring.
What do you do best?
Make people smile! I’d say customer service, but it really has to be making people smile.
What do you like about the Grandview location?
The diversity of the community and the fact that we have awesome regular customers.
If your business were a dessert, what would it be?
A large ice cream cake. Because that would encompass all the desserts and the creativity that we want to showcase.
That Gym
1310 Grandview Ave., www.thatgymongrandview.com
How long have you been open?
Four years in June.
Describe your business in one sentence.
We are a personal training studio.
What do you do best?
Lead people into a healthy lifestyle.
What do you like about the Grandview location?
The community!
If your business were a dessert, what would it be?
A banana split – because there’s fruit, your ice cream (dairy) and, of course, chocolate. It’s a variety of goodness!
Thread
1306 Grandview Ave., www.shopthreadonline.com
How long have you been open?
We’ve been here two and a half years. We have a location in Dublin, too, that has been open about a year.
Describe your business in one sentence.
We are a carefully curated women’s boutique that specializes in unique, classic, yet boheme clothing.
What do you do best?
We offer a level of customer service and styling to match our unique product assortment.
What do you like about the Grandview location?
It’s suburban yet rural, so the mix of people and the activity level in terms of its ability to bring people from a lot of different places.
If your business were a dessert, what would it be?
A lava cake – because it’s good on the outside but even better on the inside!
