Entrepreneurship in the Park

In an effort to snag beach goers who are too impatient to await the ice cream truck’s arrival or too lazy to walk up to Bert’s or the Scoop du Jour, Manal Sahmarani and her husband last week set up a tented refreshment stand in the Park near the Bathhouse. Their plan is to dispense pop, ice cream and popcorn to Park denizens and the occasional boulevardier who might wander by during the afternoons (this is my overblown explanation of their business plan, not her description of it).

She tells me she will be at her station in the Park (E. Madison St. and E. Howe St.) through the end of the summer.