Bike Week is in full swing in Daytona Beach.
- Bike Week in full swing in Daytona Beach
- Tattoo shop celebrates first bike week
- Victory Tattoo opened second location last year
While bikers and tourists enjoy the event, a newly opened tattoo shop is celebrating.
The Victory Tattoo shop overcame quite a few hurdles since trying to open its second location last year. While trying to rezone the physical address to allow for a tattoo parlor, Hurricane Irma was making its way to Florida.
“This is the first tattoo shop to be beach side in city limits since 1971,” tattoo artist Richard Detore said.
According to Detore, the owners were worried about the weather conditions and determining what their next move would be. When it was time, staff members boarded up the business and waited until the hurricane passed. Although the property at the heart of the city did not sustain any damage, the Ormond Beach location did sustain cosmetic damage.
"Throughout this, our customers have been great, we didn't go through any hardship," Detore said.
Bobby Ellis opened Victory Tattoo in Ormond by the Sea in September of 2009. It took about a year to get the rezoning and permits to open their second location on Main Street in Daytona Beach which opened in October of 2017.