{"id":103,"date":"2026-09-29T15:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/our-story\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:51:08","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"103\" class=\"elementor elementor-103\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88337ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"88337ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45994c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e45994c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0292b9d animated-normal elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0292b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our story<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c90b6b1 animated-normal elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c90b6b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On Telegraph since 1983.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e35f6 animated-normal elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72e35f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Still family-owned. Still the place people come for a bottle, a lottery ticket and a taste of home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b50cbb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b50cbb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4bd2e0 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a4bd2e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5524652 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5524652\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55b8983 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55b8983\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-840d09c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"840d09c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The short version<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de969ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de969ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A neighborhood store with the world on its shelves.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02d44c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c02d44c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22b116f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22b116f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mike&#8217;s opened on August 6, 1983, and it&#8217;s still run by family. The sign out front says Mike&#8217;s Market: liquor, lotto, deli. Inside you&#8217;ll also find the Eastern European and Balkan groceries we&#8217;ve become known for, with imported feta and olives, cured meats, and aisles of jars, coffee and sweets from Serbia to Lebanon.<\/p><p>We&#8217;re a Middle Eastern\u2013owned business, and the flags hanging over the aisles say a lot about who shops here. Tell us what you miss from home. There&#8217;s a good chance it&#8217;s already on a shelf, and if it isn&#8217;t, we want to hear about it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c773ea5 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c773ea5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c4f129 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c4f129\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-320c610 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"320c610\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36957a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36957a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Behind the counter<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-985b45e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"985b45e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The people you'll meet.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1fc1ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1fc1ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c1e143 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c1e143\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some of the faces from our Facebook page, usually holding whatever just came in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8faddce e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8faddce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b0e2f animated-normal elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05b0e2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mikes-party-store-apollo-spiral-pies-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9\" alt=\"Mike&apos;s team member holding boxes of Apollo spiral pies in the grocery aisle\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d69d15a e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d69d15a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-476b83c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"476b83c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be066b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be066b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flags-over-the-aisles-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17\" alt=\"Flags from many countries hanging over the aisles at Mike&apos;s\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flags-over-the-aisles-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flags-over-the-aisles-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flags-over-the-aisles-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flags-over-the-aisles.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bb5fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4bb5fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b80d796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b80d796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Look up. Then look down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cf9fc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cf9fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flags over the aisles, money under the glass.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed40dad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed40dad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Flags from our customers&#8217; home countries hang from the ceiling. At the register, banknotes from all over the world sit under the counter glass, each one labeled by hand.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c13e941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c13e941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/world-money-counter-phyllo-dough-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Phyllo dough on the counter over banknotes labeled Italy, New Zealand and Australia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/world-money-counter-phyllo-dough-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/world-money-counter-phyllo-dough-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/world-money-counter-phyllo-dough-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/world-money-counter-phyllo-dough.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b85a4 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"35b85a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a94c27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a94c27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" href=\"\/visit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3429e54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3429e54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Come see for yourself<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e23e0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e23e0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Plan a visit \u2192<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14442aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14442aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>6235 N Telegraph Rd, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127. Open 7 days.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mousabatarseh.com\/mikes-party-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}