Month: July 2014

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    Fun Facts #12 Would Jesus have shopped here?

    Last Updated on June 27, 2026 Would Jesus have shopped here? When Jon Heil opened his Better Beef & Bible store in the summer of 1976, rents for prime retail spaces on the not-yet-Trendy-Third Avenue were still very inexpensive. The sharp young marketing graduate took a chance and opened a small shop in the former Arrow Ambulance office at the corner of NW 23rd & Hoyt Street to specialized in what…

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