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The third Thursday “Butchers, Burgers and Beers” event drew an enthusiastic crowd to Fleishers in Cos Cob where people sampled burgers and sausages, watched a butchery demo and sipped beer. A nice surprise were samples of dessert coffees from Raus Coffee Company and pies from Whistle Stop Bakery.
At Fleishers, the kitchen menu has been tweaked and will reopen on Monday, June 20. We look forward to trying the beef fat fries! Continue Reading →
In many traditional Italian homes, The Feast of the Seven Fishes will be served on Christmas Eve…although seven is not always the magic number… Continue Reading →
In Cos Cob, between Palmer Point Condominiums and what was previously the Chart House Restaurant is a boardwalk and seawall, which are both in a state of disrepair. The Selectmen voted Wednesday morning to authorize litigation against the property owner, GREI 1 LLC. Continue Reading →
“Does it look like the building was reduced from 20,000 square feet to 12,000 square feet in response to neighbors concerns or did they lack enough property to accommodate the requirements of the RFP. Is that why Greenwich Reform Synagogue made an unsolicited offer to purchase Tony and Barbara Lovallo’s property at 90 Orchard St.” – John Timm Continue Reading →
“The failure to gain the required four votes by the ZBA for the special exception approval lies in the Greenwich Reform Synagogue’s application and their representatives presentation failing to convince the ZBA that they met the Building Zone Regulations.”- John Timm Continue Reading →
It was a week of fireworks in Greenwich, beginning with a night of pyrotechnics at Binney Park and Greenwich Point, and ending in lawsuit filed in federal court by Greenwich Reform Synangogue against the Town. Continue Reading →
News of the federal lawsuit from the Greenwich Reform Synagogue, filed Monday July 7, took neighbors by surprise. Cos Cob neighbors’ attorney hadn’t been provided a copy of the lawsuit as of Tuesday and the GRS spokesperson’s comment was short: “We continue to work with town officials and hope to reach an amicable resolution.” Continue Reading →
Plans for a new Greenwich Reform Synagogue house of worship on Orchard St in Cos Cob are still up in the air, though there is a special Architectural Review Committee (ARC) meeting scheduled for July 10 at Town Hall. Continue Reading →
“Recently, a group of less affluent Greenwich citizens learned a group of more affluent Greenwich citizens planned to move their house of worship from a spacious “back-country” setting in a wealthy part of town to a small, federally protected wetland in a less affluent part of town, without first providing proper notice and obtaining all required permits.” Bill Effros Continue Reading →
“The Greenwich Reform Synagogue leadership, with the help of a hired PR company and extensive media contacts, has worked hard to create a narrative that anti-Semitism is fueling the opposition to their building. Nothing could be further from the truth.” – Sarah Darer Littman Continue Reading →