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Changing face of local businesses

By Barry Merrill
NL Publisher

2 April 2008 — The face of businesses in the Princeton area has been changing lately. Some are new faces, and some are familiar ones.

The restaurant at the corner of Barden and Dr. Donnie Jones Blvd. recently went through a change in ownership. The buffet that had opened as The Green Hornet, under the ownership of that long-time Pine Level area restaurant, is now being run by Diane Brooks. She has changed the name to The Dawg House.

The corner restaurant was Shore Boys ten years ago, and the Rosewood area natives have returned to the area, taking over The Fish Box on US 70 in Rosewood.

Another couple of businesses on Center St. are changing.

Triangle Mobility has expanded their operations, effectively doubling their space, taking the next building to their original corner at Center and First.

Across the street in the old News Leader office and more recently Melissa’s Nails shop, Merrion Johnson is planning to open a men’s clothing store.

Mrs. Johnson is a native of Princeton. She has been operating a clothing store in Durham.
The Shore Boys come back to the Princeton area after operating the Princeton restaurant back in 1998. They had a motel and restaurant business at the beach, and gave up the Princeton restaurant when that business expanded.

Eventually that business sold, and Randy and Scott Shore have been on the road in a carpet and upholstery cleaning business.

Randy said last week that they that the years on the road were starting to take their toll, and when the opportunity to go in the Fish Box came up, they jumped at the chance to get back home.

“We always loved the Fish Box.”

They closed the restaurant down to clean it up, bring in some new equipment, and have now been open for a couple of weeks. While he says they have the menu about where they want it, they may do some more tweaking.

“Our specialty is seafood with flounder, trout, oysters, scallops, clams, tons of shrimp, mahi mahi, and salmon. When the season hits, we will have seasonal fish including spots and mullets.”

He speaks with pride about their potatoes. “All of our fries are made by hand. We make real potato chips fried on the spot. We also have loaded potatoes, baked potatoes, and potato skins. They are all fresh, our signature items.”

The luncheon menus feature “large mouth” sandwiches, served on one inch Texas toast. They offer what Randy describes as great cheesesteak. “We cut our own ribeyes off the loin.”

They also have a salad bar, and most entrees come with a one trip salad bar.

Triangle Mobility is celebrating two years of success in Princeton by expanding their business.

Raymond and Valerie Jones regularly ship medical supplies to 1500 patients from their Princeton store, and the volume has become so great they have moved some of their operations to the next building along Center St.

Mr. Jones said Monday that a big part of their business are therapeutic shoes. While most suppliers only carry a few styles, they have over 100 different styles for both men and women, often valued greatly by patients who have foot problems due to diabetes.

While they have nice displays up front in the store of the different shoe styles available, the counters behind are loaded with shipping boxes, that carry those supplies so important to many across the area.

Mr. Jones said they moved into the second store in January.

His niece, Merrion Johnson, has begun work on her clothing store, and painters have been working on remodeling. She says it will be some time before the new store actually opens, however. Tuesday morning she said it will be in May at the earliest.

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