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From Produce to Spices to Charms: New HmongStop Store Highlights Eau Claire Diversity
4 Oct 2022
News, Eau Claire
Mike Moua and Youa Lor, a local married couple, saw a gap in the Eau Claire food scene and decided to take something familiar to them, to the community dinner table. On Sept. 24 HmongStop opened its doors right off of Clairemont Avenue, offering traditional Hmong foods as well as jewelry.
“(Our mission is) to provide Oriental food items that are not available at other food retail stores and to bring authentic food items to the area,” said co-owner Mike Moua. “We decided to start a new small business and so we started with something we are familiar with.”
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