Suffolk on Sunday: Choosing What We Want to Keep

A friend of mine—Kris Brown, owner of The Pinner House and Café Davina—posted a short reel on Instagram the other day. Just one sentence, written plainly, without flourish:

Cute towns only stay cute when you choose to shop small.

I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. Because once you let that sentence settle, another question follows close behind:
What would downtown feel like if your favorite place simply wasn’t there anymore? Not closed for the evening.
Gone.