Blue Nile, a corner store and a cornerstone in Lowertown, is closing its doors [Video]

When JC Amado learned the Blue Nile convenience store in Lowertown was closing its doors at the end of November, he decided to return to his old neighbourhood for a visit.

He didn’t need anything from the little shop at the corner of King Edward Avenue and St. Andrew Street — he just wanted to see his old friend, proprietor Debalke Melaku.

“[Blue Nile] was just our regular go-to place for milk, groceries, little things that we were missing at the house,” said Amado, who until recently lived with his family a few doors down the street.

It became much more than that, and Amado said his own kids came to regard Melaku as …