Westporters are wondering what’s happening next to Westport Wash & Wax, where Long Lots Road feeds into Post Road East.
As reported last December on “06880,” it’s the new town trend: retail, offices and residential.
White Plains-based DMC LLC is constructing 2 mixed-use buildings — 3 stories, 10,000 square feet each. Retail and offices will occupy the first floor; 16 residences will be above.
Plus 4 more townhouses at the rear of the property, each with 3 2-bedroom units.
The site of the new retail/office/residential complex at the foot of Long Lots Road. The green building has been torn down.
Six of the 28 (total) apartments are “affordable,” according to state 8-30g regulations.
Included in the development: 93 parking spaces.
Right now, work is going on behind a construction fence. All that’s visible from the road is a single chimney.
Meanwhile, a few yards away at the former Bertucci’s, work progresses s-l-o-w-l-y on Ignazio Pizza. That’s the 2nd location for the thin-crust pizzeria. The 1st is underneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
It’s a toss-up which place — the as-yet-unnamed retail/office/residential complex, or Ignazio Pizza — will open first.
Dan — some time ago, you wrote an article about the number of pizza places in Westport and concluded that it had the second most pizza establishments in the US next to Chicago. I think it was in the Westport News. Does that still hold, or will this new restaurant move it up to #1?
I referenced that as an old wive’s tale/urban legend!
Well, at least you know I read your articles. 😉
OK, rainy afternoon, slow day in the office…….Westport has a population of 27,840 and 8 “Pizza Places” by my count (Julian’s, Joe’s, Westport, Angelina’s, Romanacci, Jordan’s, Planet Pizza, Four Brothers).
That gives us 3.48 pizza places per 10,000 people. That would make Westport about average for CT, according to this data set https://www.statista.com/statistics/377601/states-with-the-largest-number-of-pizza-restaurants-per-capita-us/
Wait a second, bad analysis…..That would give us 2.87 pizza places per 10K population, which means we are below average for CT
I guess that doesn’t include all the other places that serve pizza: Tutti’s, Rizzuto’s, Tarry Lodge, and countless others.
As I recall, the survey was done at least 15 years ago, maybe longer. There might have been more pizza places,or fewer residents. Anyway, I’m sure they had Westport in 2nd place after Chicago, although, as Dan said, it was probably an Urban Legend.
I’m glad Mr. Slez isn’t around to see this!