Rumorsville: New Tenant In Sweet Melissa's Space Is A Total Head-Scratcher

Late last week, we heard through the grapevine that the former Sweet Melissa's location across from PS321 was finally going to reopen as...Lice Busters. [Cue deflating balloon sound] A friend of FIPS apparently ran into the Lice Busters owner's son, who said they would be opening a storefront location "next to the pizza place across from 321" within a couple of weeks. 

This is kind of a genius move, right? I mean, everybody knows that lice runs rampant through the hallowed halls of our most beloved local public school (not to mention all the other schools in the 'hood). No joke, I got the lice email from my kid's teacher at least twice a month -- and had to deal with those nasty critters themselves three times -- over the course of this past school year. Now, I'm a cheap motherfucker (and my kid has fine, straight hair), so I know how to do the Pantene combout like a boss. But if I had the bank, I would totally pay for someone else to deal with the problem, so I'm betting this location will do some gangbusters business.

It's really sort of a dead block, so this is probably the best possible, though totally un-sexy, scenario for that space. Just be sure to give a wide berth if you happen to walk by as a family is walking out the door.