By ROD LEE

Tammy Bourakis hasn’t forgotten the hard early days she and her son Kyle Nigosian experienced with their startup venture Mickey’s Car Wash on Galaxy Pass in the Pleasant Valley Crossing in Sutton.

“We applied for our building permit in February of 2020 and then full-blown Covid hit,” she says. “So we were shut down.”

Despite this setback, Mickey’s Car Wash & Detail Shop has done “really great” since.

A celebration of how far Mickey’s has come will occur with an official Grand Opening of the retail, detailing and pet wash components of the business on Saturday, November 12th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event will feature a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce at 10:00 a.m., food trucks, holiday gifts, demonstrations, promotions, and live entertainment.

“It’s been awesome,” Ms. Bourakis said. “It’s great, it doesn’t even feel like work. I get to work with my son every day and my other son, Jason Richard, is in the band that will be playing. He’s a drummer.”

  Now, the first time, she said, “we will have four businesses in one.”

Contact Rod Lee at [email protected] or 774-232-2999.