Mary O's
Irish pub and soda bread shop · 2+ locations · Manhattan: East Village
Mary O'Halloran has run this East Village Irish pub herself since 2010. When the pandemic nearly closed it, a Humans of New York post brought over $1 million in scone orders — money she used to open a soda bread shop a few blocks away.
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Mary O'Halloran has owned and run both locations herself since opening the Avenue A pub in 2010, with no investor or outside financing on record. Both storefronts were paid for out of the business's own sales, including over $1 million in scone orders a 2021 Humans of New York post brought in. She is the only person it answers to.
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