We are excited to announce that we are launching a weekly round-up of happenings at the 24 wine, spirit, and beer specialty retailers. Continue Reading →
Frenchy’s Wine Road: Weekly Wine Shop Happenings
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Moon is Open in Former Asiana Space on East Putnam Ave
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After top-to-bottom renovations, a new restaurant, Moon, opened on Jan 21 at 130 East Putnam Ave. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, Moon, Omakese
Opening on Jan 27 on Greenwich Avenue, Kissaki will honor the Japanese tradition of Omakase
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Kissaki will open Jan 27th at 355 Greenwich Ave, next to Richards, for takeout and delivery to start. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, 355 Greenwich Avenue, Kissaki, Omakase, sushi
Last Day to Buy Beer at Acme is Friday…
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The Acme stores in Greenwich at 160 West Putnam Avenue and 1261 E Putnam Ave in Riverside Commons will soon stop selling beer. Signs on the doors to say that effective Saturday, Jan 23 they will no longer sell beer in their Connecticut store locations. The last day to purchase beer will be Friday Jan 22. In the stores, beer is on clearance. Beyond that the stores have marked down the majority of items.
It was back in 2015 that Acme arrived in Greenwich after A&P filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years and ceased operations after 156 years. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Business, Food Drink Restaurants, Acme, Balducci's, beer, Kings
Oriental Gourmet Reopens in Old Greenwich after Freak Car Crash Shutters Restaurant
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The longtime family owned Chinese restaurant has reopened for take-out after renovations following a car crash into its kitchen wall. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Business, Food Drink Restaurants, Chinese restaurant, Danny Chan, Old Greenwich, Oriental Gourmet, Sound Beach Avenue
Sweetgreen Opens on Greenwich Ave, Offering Simple, Seasonal, Healthy Salads and Grain Bowls
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Sweetgreen specializes in simple, seasonal, healthy salads and grain bowls made in-house from scratch, using whole produce delivered that morning. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, Greenwich Ave, Sweetgreen
Corbo’s Closes Deli in Old Greenwich after 14 Years
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“How lucky are we to have had something that makes saying good bye so hard.” – John Bosco, Corbo’s Delis and Catering Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, #OG, Corbo’s Corner Deli, John Bosco, Old Greenwich
Frenchy’s Wine Road Continues Its Tour: Cap, Cork & Cellar and Putnam & Vine
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Cap, Cork & Cellar is one of the most inviting stores around, with high ceilings, large-paned windows, and a wood floor.
Putnam & Vine is very clean, with clear sights-lines and clear separation of sections and displays. One such display was a lot of fun: boxes containing bottles of each of the ingredients for a given cocktail. The cocktail recipe is marked on the front of the box. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, Cap Cork & Cellar, Frenchy’s Wine Road, Putnam & Vine
Two Great Reasons Why You Should Shop Local This Holiday Season
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“Joe and Dom have to be the two nicest gentlemen in town. Plus, they’re both generous – they help out all the people in town.” – Mark Marullo Continue Reading →
Filed under: Business, Food Drink Restaurants, Health, Holiday, #shoplocal, Chicken Joe's, COVID-19, Dom Delfino
Wine Stores in Spotlight during Christmas Season
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“At a time when so much of the wine business is consolidating, and super-stores are proliferating, Greenwich caters to an increasingly sophisticated wine, beer and spirits client by providing stores that carry well-conceived stocks and libraries of fine wine, as well as loads of apt value choices that just make me smile.” – Francois Steichen, Frenchy’s Wine Road Continue Reading →