Two Louie’s—a new market located at the edge of
The Strip District—is already drawing regular patrons and lunch crowds.
Bridging Downtown with The Strip at 1233 Penn Ave., the new market is a labor of love and a family affair for co-owners and wife and husband team Lisa and Rich Kasenic.
“This was my dream but none of it would have happened without them—it’s been a family effort,” says Lisa Kasenic, whose father Tony Aubrecht puts in countless hours at the market. The 1,600-square-foot market features refinished hardwood floors, exposed brick, outdoor bistro tables, and a tin ceiling. Rich Kasenic created the market’s stainless steel counters, while Lisa’s uncle worked on the shelving.
“I spent a lot of time looking in the city. This is the perfect location. We’re the first and last place people pass each day because the parking lots are near us,” adds Kasenic, an accountant by trade who’s worked for GNC and Grubb and Ellis, and has always hoped to run a mom-and-pop deli. “We have built-in crowds with the offices and lots of business from the bus station construction. It's a neighborhood on the cusp of development. We’re filling a niche."
Currently serving salads and breakfast and lunch sandwiches, Kasenic plans to add homemade soups and hot lunch entrees to the menu. Open six days a week, Two Louie’s also carries Tom Friday’s Market, Marburger Dairy, and Nicholas Coffee Company products. Kasenic says the addition of basics like toiletries, paper products and canned goods have been popular with area patrons.
Writer:
Jennifer BaronSource: Lisa Kasenic, Two Louie's Market
Photograph copyright Brian Cohen