Small Business Saturday: Organic Botanica, a community staple for 60+ years
In honor of Small Business Saturday, News 12 sat down with a local business that has been passed down for generations.
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Nov 26, 2022, 11:07 PM
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Updated 608 days ago
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5h agoIn honor of Small Business Saturday, News 12
sat down with a local business that has been passed down for generations.
Steve Amateau is the second-generation owner of
Organic Botanica and Fordham Business Improvement District board
member.
Amateau tells News 12 that his family immigrated to New York
City from Greece and says that his grandpa and father started this
business.
"My family needed a living for themselves first, so
they settled in Spanish Harlem at first and I opened up shop here
in Harlem,” says Amateau
Original Botanica is also well known in the community for its
wide selection of items, such as herbs, candles and incense.
The Original Botanica has been serving the city since the
1960s and continues to do so in the store and online.
Amateau says he’s grateful hopes to pass the store down to
the next generation of family members.
