Downtown North East sees boom as new businesses open, old ones expand
NORTH EAST Michael Yori was still a teenager when he and his then-girlfriend, Lynn Yori, opened Michael s Pizzeria on South Lake Street in November 1987.
Yori, now 52, has seen a lot of businesses come and go from downtown North East over the past three and a half decades. He s got one word for what he s seeing now, though: A boom. I don t think we ve seen this in 20, 25 years, where it seems like all of a sudden everybody wants to do something nice and make North East the place you want to show up to and be here, said Yori, who also owns Yori Wine Cellars. The more businesses that come, the more people it attracts and that benefits all of us.