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 →
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Selectmen Consider Shortening Outdoor Dining Season in 2024; ADA Accessibility & Compliance Urged
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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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Filed under: Business, Government, Real Estate, ADA, Fred Camillo, Greenwich Avenue, handicapped parking, outdoor dining
P&Z Watch: Does Lack of Enforcement Manpower Correlate to Violations of Greenwich Outdoor Dining Regs?
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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 →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, Government, Real Estate, Greenwich Avenue, Margarita Alban, outdoor dining, outdoor dining nodes, P&Z
Keeping Rats, Bats & Mice Out of Your House: Local Company Takes a Unique Approach
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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 →
Filed under: Business, Food Drink Restaurants, Government, bats, Brian Sweig, outdoor dining, pest control, rats
Outdoor Dining Season Starts April 1 with New Rules & Requirements for Restaurants
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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 →
Filed under: Business, Food Drink Restaurants, Government, Real Estate, Ben Branyan, Fred Camillo, Greenwich Avenue, Janet Stone McGuigan
P&Z Conducting Anonymous Online Survey of Attitudes on Outdoor Dining: Takes 5 Minutes to Complete
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The survey runs Aug 3-16. Some people have loved the new outdoor spaces and others have not. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, outdoor dining
COOPER: Where’s the Data on Outdoor Dining?
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“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 →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Greenwich Avenue, John Cooper, outdoor dining, parking
Selectmen Discuss Request for Outdoor Retail “Nodes” in Parking Spaces on Greenwich Ave
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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 →
Filed under: Business, Government, Real Estate, Blankenship Dry Goods, Board of Selectmen, Fred Camillo, Katie DeLuca, Lauren Rabin
Glenville Pizza Seeks Permission from P&Z for Temporary Outdoor Dining
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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 →
Filed under: Business, Government, Real Estate, Glenville Pizza, outdoor dining, Vincent Ferraro
Greenwich P&Z to Hold Public Workshop on Outdoor Dining
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Greenwich Planning & Zoning will hold a public workshop on outdoor dining which is set for 7:00 pm via Zoom on July 12. Continue Reading →