Over the last forty years, the Foster-Powell neighborhood has developed substantially — its major thoroughfare Southeast Foster Road, once home to many abandoned storefronts, is now lined with coffee shops, bars, and restaurants. But there was one thing that Thunderbird Bar co-owners Mike Mello and Nate VanDeventer thought was missing. “The neighborhood has a ton of good stuff for all age ranges, but we [specifically] have a lot for adults,” Mello says. “There’s not a lot for young people. We wanted to have something that’s nice for kids.”
Mello and VanDeventer both live nearby, so for them, making a positive addition to the neighborhood felt personal. So in
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