Nearly five years after launching their unique small business, the pieces of the puzzle (as it were) are coming together for retailers Tinka Robev and Andrew Azzopardi.
Puzzle Lab is now a visual feast, moving down a block on Government Street from a smaller outlet to a spacious, 2,832-square-foot flagship location whose storefront celebrates the whimsically stimulating jigsaw puzzles the business partners sell.
“Our goal with the storefront is to instil a feeling of childlike wonder — we’re trying to reawaken the inner child in the people who are walking by and walking in,” says co-owner Robev. “The world has gotten so serious and daunting that we’re really trying to breathe a little bit of fresh, screen-free playfulness back into people’s lives.
“It’s meant to draw people in and make people feel fun again.”
Founded during the isolating times of COVID in late 2020, Puzzle Lab’s latest move adds a new, visual kick to downtown and more space to play with.
