Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe Now
Two Chicks District Co., an Indianapolis home furnishings store opened by “Good Bones” stars Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen Laine in 2020, will close at the end of the year, Starsiak Hawk announced Friday on social media.
The store at 1531 S. East St. in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood will begin a going-out-of-business sale on Oct. 26, she said.
“We’re heartbroken to share that Two Chicks District Co. will be closing to the public at the end of 2023,” she said on Facebook. “As a small business, the store has faced numerous challenges, especially during the unprecedented times we opened in, during COVID. The incredibly difficult decision to close the store is one that I have not made lightly.”
Bates-Hendricks and Fountain Square neighborhoods—since 2016 for HGTV’s “Good Bones” series. (Photo courtesy of HGTV)
The eighth and final season of “Good Bones” was launched by HGTV in August. Less than a month later, on her podcast, “Mina AF,” Starsiak Hawk said 85% of the customers who visited Two Chicks District were tourists.
“I wanted that to be a cool spot for local people to come, and they just don’t,” Starsiak Hawk said at the time.
In her Facebook post, Starsiak Hawk said she was also planning a private shopping event at the store called “Meet & Mingle with Mina” on Oct. 7.
“I wanted to create a gathering place in Bates-Hendricks; a place for locals as well as visitors coming to our amazing city,” she said. “I want to thank the local community as well as the incredibly dedicated fans of “Good Bones” for their support and for being part of this journey with me. My team and I know many of you have made Two Chicks District Co. a destination on your travels, and understand that this news may come as a disappointment. Please know how much I value every single person I got to meet and spend time hearing their stories while in the store.”
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.
They don’t come because it’s way over priced and people don’t want hoodies that say Two Chicks and a Hammer.
My family loves going to District Co and thinks their prices are reasonable! I rock my “Two Chicks and a Hammer” hoodie all the time and always get compliments on it! These ladies put Indianapolis on the map and turned these run-down neighborhoods back to life! Don’t be a hater!
Right
Good. Riddance. Their whole presence is a joke.
I appreciate your success! How many other people could have done what you two did? You will continue to be successful!!!
They are cheap, fly by night flippers who do substandard work with a show.
The average remodelers does about twice their volume but with higher quality work lol
The city’s lack of support and indifference to what they were accomplishing to turn bad neighborhoods into preferable ones is unconscionable. As for the nation pro-imagery each week,…well, it WAS a multi-million $ ‘freebie’. These gals and anyone in the wake doing the same thing, instead of being thwarted at every turn should have been provided ‘green light’ preferable treatment. Maybe ‘TC&H’’ should retro charge the city for millions of dollars in free publicity.
Fountain Squees revitalization predates Two Chicks lmao. Their terrible, and cheap, designs have actually hurt it’s context.
Such a false narrative.
They went around building codes and permits – they don’t get special treatment because they got a TV show
+1
So…Murray drops in multiple times to drop bombs on a successful local businessperson. How quaint.
On an article indicating their lack of business success none the less.
The city should have worked with the two women to keep their
show on the air. Their free publicity for the city of Indianapolis was immense.
Their show featured Indianapolis in a very positive light.
Except their product was terrible.
They had so many red tag stop orders the city was likely tired of dealing with them.
They don’t pay their contractors nor their staff and make sub-quality flips…. Why do we want them representing us?
Not at all that’s reserved for The Future Highrises that will continue to come to the City.
JJ Frankie,
Have you lived in any of their houses or have done a personal inspection of any of the 140+ homes they have renovated or rebuilt? Or are you just reading fake news? Just curious… a pretty deep accusation if you haven’t!!
Murray and Frankie, can you point to the spot on the doll where the TV show hurt you?
2 Chicks is not my jam, but arguing with their success is moronic. Long running TV show, 100+ houses flipped. Storefront retain business, all in areas that needed revitalization. Are the flips done somewhat cheaply? Yes, like every single flip. They had an idea, made it work, and created wealth along the way.
It’s easy to be critical when you are on the outside looking in. I know she made a lot of mistakes. But you always look back and say I could have done better. Or what the **** was I thinking. Sometimes you don’t always make the best decisions in the moment. And working with family was definitely one of those hindsight mistakes. It took a lot of guts to do what she did. I’m proud of her for taking responsibility for her actions and failures. Most people would blame it on someone or something else.