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During public comment, Rachel Latto, an employee of Diane’s Books at 8 Grigg Street, just off the bottom of Greenwich Avenue, spoke for the book store owner Diane Garrett who had concerns that there are at least 7 restaurants at the bottom of Greenwich Ave, near her book store. Continue Reading →
The 210 seat restaurant will include 60 outdoor seasonal dining seats, and 150 indoor dining seats which include 10 at the bar, plus 8 at a seafood counter. Through wayfinding signage, marketing, advertising and event invites, the patrons will strongly be encouraged to use the free underground garage parking. Continue Reading →
The planned February 22 Selectmen meeting has been canceled and instead they will hold a special meeting via Zoom only on Tuesday, Feb 20 at 10:00am to discuss the outdoor dining plans for 2024.
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A walk down Greenwich Avenue reveals many possible outdoor dining violations. Fifteen restaurants in Greenwich were cited for operating outside dining without permits. Continue Reading →
While a new “rat czar” in New York City is garnering headlines, rats make Greenwich their home too. Why wouldn’t they? We are a shoreline community, and rats are attracted to water. And like NYC, where rats proliferated along with outdoor dining sheds during the pandemic, Greenwich Avenue also became a popular destination for outdoor dining. Continue Reading →
The selectmen voted 2-0-1 on outdoor dining. P&Z has a tightened up its regulations.
Restaurants have a brief window for the permitting process before the season begins on April 1. Continue Reading →
The survey runs Aug 3-16. Some people have loved the new outdoor spaces and others have not. Continue Reading →
“Accepting the bias inherent in choosing one group of merchants over
another should make the whole thing moot – either everyone or no one.” – John Cooper, Greenwich Continue Reading →
On Thursday the Board of Selectmen discussed a request from a retail business owner for a “node” in a parking space outside his store in order to display his wares on the basis of “equity” with restaurants. Continue Reading →
An application has been submitted by Glenville Pizza to Planning & Zoning for Temporary Outdoor Dining for a fenced in 40 x 50 ft outdoor dining area 243 Glenville Road. Continue Reading →