First Area Stop & Shop With New Branding To Debut This Week First Area Stop & Shop With New Branding To Debut This Week
First Area Stop & Shop With New Branding To Debut This Week The first Stop & Shop with a new look is set to open up in the area this week. Following the announcement of its intention to introduce a new brand concept at more than 400 locations in the Northeast, the first in the Hudson Valley is scheduled to open up Friday, Nov. 9 on Route 6 in Mahopac. According to Stop & Shop President Mark McGowan, the new look will “reflect a more customer-centric strategy, based on convenience,” as well as a wider selection of fresh, local food products. Improvements reportedly include an in-store smoker, poke bowl and taqueria stations. The test market h…
Hyde Park's Apple Pie Bakery Café Reopens With New Look, Menu Hyde Park's Apple Pie Bakery Café Reopens With New Look, Menu
Hyde Park's Apple Pie Bakery Café Reopens With New Look, Menu HYDE PARK, N.Y. – True to its core -- sorry -- we can't resist the pun -- the Apple Pie Bakery Café has reopened at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). The award-winning café had been closed for a redesign as well as a menu freshening. This includes a mix of both classic Apple Pie favorites and crave-worthy sweet and savory selections.  Since its opening, the café has been one of the CIA's most popular restaurants, prized by local residents and visitors for its food, breads, pastries, cakes, pies and casual atmosphere. By 2017, the restaurant was serving two to three times the number o…
Hackensack's Ice Cream By Mike Finds New Home In Ridgewood Hackensack's Ice Cream By Mike Finds New Home In Ridgewood
Hackensack's Ice Cream By Mike Finds New Home In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Months after closing up shop in Hackensack, Ice Cream By Mike has found a new home in Ridgewood. The store's new location is 305 E. Ridgewood Ave., owner Mike Elias of Bogota said. He closed his Main Street store in Hackensack in October, saying: "Our tiny store was as a test for us, we were neither ice cream makers nor retailers," the post said. "We had a passion for ice cream and wanted to bring ours to market. Our ice cream was well received and recognized as one of the top ice creams in the state. We are so very proud of this recognition." The st…
Greek Family's Delicious Traditions Carry On At New Wayne Bakery Greek Family's Delicious Traditions Carry On At New Wayne Bakery
Greek Family's Delicious Traditions Carry On At New Wayne Bakery WAYNE, N.J. – Greek food lovers have new authentic spots in Wayne and Paramus to pick up savory treats such as spanakopita, cheese pies and baklava. Greek from Greece is now open at the Willowbrook Mall and the Garden State Plaza. The Greek bakery also has locations in Hoboken, Manhattan and West Nyack. The menu features an extensive variety of traditional Greek pies, cookies, cereal bars, muffins, croissants, wraps, salads, as well as various coffees, teas, smoothies and chocolate drinks. The founders of Greek from Greece were born and raised in Greece. “We can proudly say we know good …
Pony Up To A New Wine Bar In Rye Pony Up To A New Wine Bar In Rye
Pony Up To A New Wine Bar In Rye Cai Palmer, the owner of Rye's Wine at Five has taken his vinology skills to another level with the opening of The Red Pony. The new Purchase Street wine bar, open since late December, has been a longtime dream of his. "I've always wanted to have a European-style wine bar where you can sit with friends, have a nice glass of wine without a TV screaming a sports game at you, and not have the commitment of a full dinner," he said. Moving his wine shop next to the bar, at 1 Elm Street (it had previously been down the street at 4 Purchase St.), also gives the two places "a nice sy…
New Rochelle Mom Elevates Party Platters, Encouraging Folks To 'Graze' New Rochelle Mom Elevates Party Platters, Encouraging Folks To 'Graze'
New Rochelle Mom Elevates Party Platters, Encouraging Folks To 'Graze' Shari Ivler has always loved to cook and entertain.  Now, the New Rochelle resident has turned her passion into a business. The former interior designer -- she also worked in the fashion world (for Hugo Boss and Juicy Couture) -- had always dabbled in party planning and considers herself a creative person (she majored in art at Syracuse University). After having two daughters and planning countless events at her home, she started creating "graze boards" for her guests to enjoy. One day, after a friend commented on how gorgeous and delicious they were, graze New York was born. Th…