Bookseller switches neighborhoods but not philosophy

Eat My Words, a bookstore which spent its first three years at 1228 2nd St. NE and another eight years at 214 13th Ave. NE, has relocated again.

Its new location, at 201 6th St. SE, opened on August 1. The store introduced itself to the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood with an event on August 16 with music and a poetry reading.

The new store is in a two-story edifice called the Telephone Building, which was built in 1902 as one of Northwestern Bell’s phone exchanges. The interior brick walls and 20-foot ceilings are a big change from the more modest space at 13th Avenue, and the floor space is 2500 square feet — a 35% increase…

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