Calm Before the Crowd
By Guanxin Amy Luo
Published
Before the doors open, Patrick Gilmore slices and dices squash, mushrooms, onions and bacon for the weekend’s soups in the quiet kitchen of The Shoppes at Johnny Appleseed. Like Johnny Appleseed, the building’s namesake, Patrick and his wife, Erica, planted something in an empty space — a home that now sustains more than 65 local vendors.


