(Shaina Czudak and Jim DeLooze)
58 on Main, the art gallery and coffee shop in Le Roy, has been providing locals with art, coffee and a friendly place to chat for a year now.
In celebration of its one-year anniversary, the shop handed out free birthday cake and gave customers a chance to win a photo booth party.
Jim DeLooze, local artist and photographer, and Sean Valdes, co-owner of D & R Depot, run the shop together.
The combination of art and coffee has been a hit in the community. Customers can take painting, pottery and photography classes as well as enjoy a coffee and pastry. Paint nights and pottery painting classes are offered on Friday nights. Photography classes for beginners are offered on Saturday mornings.
The shop also has room for events like small parties. The parties come with the option of catering from D & R Depot and a photo booth.
"It's a real accomplishment for a small startup business to survive a year," DeLooze said. "The art gallery and coffee shop really complement one another and I don't think I could have ran the gallery as a stand alone business."
In the future, the shop hopes to offer pottery birthday parties for children and welcomes any local artists who would like to teach a class to contact them.
