09/12/2026
A little over 7 years ago, we got the keys to our sweet Charlestown shop.
I found a photo the other day…of the little sign we taped in the window before we had even opened our doors.
“Hey, Charlestown! We’re so excited to be here!”
Looking at it now, I can remember exactly how that moment felt.
Opening a store in Charlestown had been a dream of mine for a long time…but where, how, when?!
Then I found this corner space that needed so much work and so much love. At almost exactly the same time, my dear friend Ellie told me she was moving to Boston.
It felt like a sign for both of us.
And we went for it.
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The space was a complete gut renovation and a total labor of love. Ellie and I poured everything we had into it. We worked tirelessly, figured things out as we went, moved things around a million times, laughed a lot, probably cried a little, and somehow turned an empty storefront into something that felt like us.
And eventually, something that felt like all of you, too.
We had no idea then just how much this shop and this community would come to mean to us.
Which makes what I have to say next incredibly hard.
After seven years, Slate Charlestown is closing.
Even typing those words feels awful.
Earlier this summer, we learned that our building had been (very unexpectedly) sold and that the new owner wasn’t planning to keep us in the space. What followed has been a total roller coaster of uncertainty…trying to figure out if there was a way to stay, hoping something might change, looking at every possible option and, if I’m being honest, probably holding onto hope longer than I should have.
But the reality is that we have to leave.
And we don’t want to go.
That feels important to say because this isn’t a decision we made because we were ready for something new…
I wasn’t ready. I’m still not ready.
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I love this store. I love this neighborhood. And more than anything, I love the people who have walked through these doors and made Slate part of their lives.
I keep thinking about Ellie’s role in all of this…
I couldn’t have done any of this without her. Period.
She helped me dream it, build it, shape it