Brown Mart Smoke Shop Not “Ever True to Brown”

Brown Mart Smoke Shop Not “Ever True to Brown”

The Brown University fight song features the line “We are ever true to Brown,” but the independently owned smoke shop that had recently embraced the “Brown” name and incorporated a Brown bear into its signage is now dropping the affiliation.

 

In October, GoLocal reported that a smoke shop located on Waterman Street just off Thayer Street had changed its name from Daily Stop Mart to Brown Mart Smoke Shop.

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Now, just a few weeks later, the smoke shop has removed the Brown-looking name and logo.

 

The reason for removing the name is unknown. No one is talking—was it a cease and desist from Brown?

 

Or, did the mini-mart not want to be tied to the University’s slave-trading legacy?

 

Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest hospital group a few months ago changed the system’s name to Brown Health, no word is they are dropping the Brown name.

 

Editor's Note: In an earlier version, Waterman was listed as Avenue. It is a street in Providence.