When the Going Gets Tough, Christine's Roti Shop Does Breakfast

Raise a white flag in trying times? Nonesense. After 17 years in business, Christine Gouveia flipped a big white bird at all the naysayers, the pouters and the wallowers, and instead chose to open her Roti Shop four hours earlier than usual yesterday to launch a breakfast service...

By Jackie Sayet

June 2, 2009

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Raise a white flag in trying times? Nonesense. After 17 years in business, Christine Gouveia flipped a big white bird at all the naysayers, the pouters and the wallowers, and instead chose to open her Roti Shop four hours earlier than usual yesterday to launch a breakfast service.

So now ask what doesn't Christine do? Give up would be your best answer.

Christine's Roti Shop

305-770-0434

16721 NE Sixth Ave. (NE 167th St.)

North Miami Beach

Now open for breakfast 7 a.m. - 10 p.m., seven days a week

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