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The return of a neighborhood store
Story and photos by Renee Doehrel
People bring us presents. Everyone has been generous and
supportive!
Ralph Rattelmueller, Barbara Johnson,
and daughter Julie own and operate
the recently opened Mimosa Market in
Brewery Gulch. We "old-timers" in
Bisbee fondly remember the store as
Aira's; and then in the 90's as
Cranberry Mercantile. But for the
original residents, this building first
housed a dance hall; and in the 50's it
is said to have been the San Sue
Restaurant.
The Mimosa Market family moved to
Bisbee from Denver earlier this year.
Tired of the big city life, they visited
Bisbee, and like many of us, it was in
instant love affair. They purchased the
building the first day they saw it, and
renovations ensued shortly after.
photo: Renee Doehrel
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Ralph, once a chef at the Normandy Restaurant in Denver, lived in
Nuremberg, Germany until he was 6 years old. He arrived in Colorado
knowing only 6 English words, and was shocked when he couldn't
order a beer with his lunch. He claims he learned the English language
best by following sailors up and down the streets of downtown Denver
while his mother was at work. Sailors in Denver?
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Barbara left her homeland of Texas
to find a more suitable lifestyle in
Denver as well. She remembers,
however, Chicotskis neighborhood
market in Corpus Christi with narrow
aisles and groceries piled to the
ceiling. Going to the market was a
social event. "It was like a
community center, which is what we
want Mimosa Market to be for
everyone here," she beams. There's
an ongoing "special request list"
taped to the front door and Barbara
encourages her customers to pull up
a chair and sit for a spell. Bring in
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some family snapshots and she'll
show you their album packed with
photos of their recent migration to
Bisbee.
The welcoming family environment
doesn't stop at just the two-legged
customers. Mimosa Market also
sports a special pet waiting area just
outside the front door. Behind the
closed gate is a continuously running
watering hole and you can even grab
a doggie biscuit from the cookie jar
at the counter for your road-weary
pooches.
The Airas
Ralph and Barbara are far from
new to this line of work. They
lived in Hawaii for 4 years and
operated the Kona Theater
Café, a restaurant and bakery
located in an old vaudeville
theater. Ralph baked
everything from bagels to
wedding cakes, and claims to
have been the only person in
Hawaii to make homemade
bagels. They flew a batch from
the big island to Maui every day.
Ralph Rattelmueller and Barbara Johnson
Renee Doehrel
Mimosa Market carries a wide variety of items. In addition to the usual
necessities, the store offers bulk herbs and grains, soy milk, tofu,
fresh produce (some organic) and at least a half-dozen different
brands of peanut butter...including the mayor's request - Reese's
Peanut Butter.
Mimosa Market
Renee Doehrel
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Bisbee, Arizona news,
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The return of a neighborhood store - continued
1:16
From the editor
The week
Events
Weather
Letters
Further confessions
of the killer bee
guy
Of rayguns and
robots
Color it bold
The return of a
neighborhood
store
New Columns
Steve Bovée
David Eppele
Renee Doehrel
Pick up a pound of Old
Bisbee Roasters' coffee or
try some homemade
muffins from the bakery.
You can get your cold cuts
sliced to order on the
1934 vintage meat slicer
that was once Jimmy
Aira's. Their recently
opened deli includes a
fine line of meats and
cheeses along with fresh
roasted chickens,
homemade meatballs,
homemade salad
dressings and much more!
While we were there talking with the Mimosa family, a customer came
in for the first time and exclaimed, "Wow, you really have a first-class
market here! Everybody's been telling me about it."
Ralph and Barbara hope to get their beer and wine license some time
in November, and plans are in the works to set up a coffee shop in the
back. Ralph will also start making another of his specialty items,
Truffles. He already has a flyer printed that lists his line of truffles and
other poetic musings:
Dear Truffle-muncher,
Dick Bakken
Neil Ziegler
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This is a very personal business and really, an experiment in
alternative living. My name is Ralphie and I am the Top
Curmudgeon of Milliways, Inc., a multifaceted artistic endeavor. I
have been a chef off and on for most of my life. I sincerely love to
make delicious foods and believe that, if done with the right mix of
joy and attention, they will nourish more than just our cells. Please
be assured that I will probably not have all items on hand at any
given time. I make chocolates in small batches with as much
personal love and attention as possible so this means that
industrializing for the sake of demand is simply out of the question.
If I got, you get; if not, try later or ask me to let you know. I also
assure you that once in a huge while I will make a mistake and
something will be amiss. Inc such a case, I will do my best to right
it. These truffles are for the few. For those who have examined life
and found it beautiful, frightening, mysterious, strange and really,
really funny, and anybody else that wants to buy them.
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