KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Many businesses got creative when they had to close, and now they are getting even more creative to reopen.
Faron Meek, owner of FM Music Vintage Sounds in North Kansas City, decided he wanted to go back to the prohibition era for his store's reopening. The store has thousands of records, many of them used and many of them from local artists.
Starting Monday, customers can come to his record store and shop one at a time, but in order to get in, they have to have a password. They can get it by texting or calling Meek at 816-716-2770. That's how they can sign up for a half-hour or full-hour spot to shop. They'll be the only person in the store and can listen to whatever music they want while shopping.
"We're just trying to reopen safely but also have fun with it," Meek said. "I was watching a show Saturday night and the idea of speakeasy was mentioned in the show and I looked at my wife and I said we're opening up as a speakeasy."
He said a lot of customers have already signed up for the spots. One man told him he can't wait to get back inside and flip through the thousands of records.
"That just made my day that he was excited about being able to come here and shop next week," Meek said.
Another business is preparing to open Monday too. Rory Welsh, Director of Operations and Sales for Studio Dan Meiners Florist and Event Space, said the timing couldn't be better with Mother's Day right around the corner.
"We lost out on both Easter and administrative professional's day, which are two floral holidays where we usually get a lot of business from, so we're excited for Mother's Day," Welsh said.
The business will do contact-less flower deliveries to homes, and customers can also come pick up orders where they will be waiting on a table outside.
Welsh said as soon as the business announced its re-opening on social media, the calls started coming.
"I was just blown away by the amount of orders that came in," Welsh said.
Welsh said flowers are pretty limited right now because they import most of them from other states and countries, but customers can select 'designer's choice' for a beautiful arrangement of the freshest flowers in stock.
"It's definitely a different type of Mother's Day, but I think we can bring some joy to everybody," Welsh said.
