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January 2012
The
Bellport Cash Mob was started by Village Resident Terri Hall and is not
affiliated with the Bellport Chamber of Commerce or Bellport Village Hall in
any way. Instead, it’s simply a community group made up of local residents
who want to help small, locally owned, businesses survive
by agreeing to spend at least $20 each when the Mob gathers to "Mob" a local
business. They understand
how important these small local businesses are to our community and our
quality of life and they want to try to help in some small way.
100+ Bellport Cash Mobbers recently gathered to Mob a local business. Please Click Here to read all about it and see photos of the Mobbing.
We
thought all the “Snowbirds” out there would enjoy seeing the first snowfall
of 2012. Just click the link below for some photos. And speaking of
Snowbirds, the seagulls down at the dock were dodging the snowflakes hoping
that we had brought them something to eat.
The last time I bought a new snow blower, it took seven years to burn the
paint off the muffler. This year I bought a brand new industrial strength
snow blower so I’m hoping for the same results this time. This morning’s
snow wasn’t enough to bring out the new snow blower and in two days it will
be raining and in the 50’s so we dodged this one. I’m hoping for at least
another six years before the paint is off the new muffler.
Click
here for photos of the first snow of the season.
Bellport
Village's newest shop, GND Home, officially opened to the public with a
"Grand Opening" on January 14th. Guests were greeted with delectable treats
provided by "Porter’s on the lane" and the "Nakama Steakhouse and Sushi Bar"
which are both located just a few steps away from GND Home's new location at
14 Bellport Lane in the Village.
Although the temperatures were dropping, nearly 100 people turned out to
welcome GND Home to Bellport. This new shop will function as a working
interior design studio for Giovanni Naso, the owner of GND Home, and will
also be open to the public with a "plethora" of one of a kind items.
Click here for more
information.
It’s hard to know where to begin because the Café Castello is really three different shops in one. Actually, the Café is four or five shops in one and everything is available for either “Eat In,” or “Take Out!” Let’s look at the many shops one at a time.
Everyday, from 7am to 2:30pm, the
Café Castello is open for breakfast and coffee. The
food is great, fairly priced, the Café is spotless,
and the coffee pots are there all day long right up
to closing at 10pm in the evening. They serve at
least three different coffees and if you’re a coffee
lover, you’ll be more than happy with the quality of
the coffee the Café is serving. You’ll also find
lots of muffins and pastries of all types too.
At around noon, the Café starts
serving Lunch/Dinner and many different kinds of
pizza become available. You can have something as
simple as a single slice or a full dinner including
a salad, entre, coffee, and desert. Notice that
Breakfast and Lunch overlap so for lunch, you can
have anything from either the Breakfast or
Lunch/Dinner menus.
Click for the Lunch/Dinner Menu
Let’s not forget that the Café is
a wonderful Pizzeria. If you take a look at the last
page of the Lunch/Dinner Menu, you’ll find all the
different kinds of pizzas that the Café Castello is
making every day. We’ve sampled many and frankly,
they serve the best pizza we’ve ever had. The
constant stream of customers picking up pizzas to
take home attests to the quality of Café Castello’s
pizzas!
Next, there’s Catering! The Café will prepare “Regular” and “Large” trays of just about anything you’d like to have for your next catered affair. You can order everything individually, or you can order “Packages” for 20, 40, 80, or more people at a time. Racks and Sterno are included with every order.
We could go on and on, but we’ll
wrap this up by telling you about the Café Castello
Italian Specialties Shop. The Shop features Fine
Italian Delicacies imported from
There’s so much more I could write about such as the Daily Specials, Pasta Nights, and Sunday Football Specials, but you can find all of those on the Café’s webpage.
Instead, I’d like to end with a
personal note. I am very allergic to garlic, please,
no vampire jokes. I go into anaphylactic shock and
have to be taken to the hospital where I lie on a
hospital bed waiting to see if I’m going to die.
Needless to say, this makes it very difficult for me
to eat out at either Italian or Chinese restaurants.
When I mentioned this to
Swan Realty Announces their Top Sales Agents and Contributors in 2011
Deborah
Galligan broker/ owner of Swan Realty Corp would like to congratulate their
top Agents and Contributors in 2011:
Top Agents for 2011
Gold:
Stephanie Bryson L.A.B.
Silver: Christopher Sattler L.A.B.
Bronze: Prudence Brower L.S.A.
Top Agent for the 4th Qtr
Patricia
A. Trainor L.S.A.
Top Contributor for 2011
Christopher
Sattler L.A.B.
Click here for more information
about Swan Realty.