LOS ANGELES - A small business owner with big dreams aspires to bring some much-needed positivity to the Fairfax District with his shaved ice shop vividly painted in cheerful colors.Its owner, Lemeir Mitchell, brings a 40-year-old Philadelphia shaved ice recipe to the West Coast.
Happy Ice will host its grand opening Saturday, which is nearly three months after it was delayed due to the pandemic and nearly three weeks after peaceful protests erupted in violence and looting, damaging multiple businesses in the Fairfax District.
Mitchell stood guard to protect his store and even distributed Happy Ice during the protests. Mitchell, an entrepreneur and Philadelphia native initially moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming a notable.