Welcome, Sweetgreen!
The national salad chain opens today, in the Compo Acres Shopping Center space formerly occupied by Organic Krush.
They’re doing a special meal match with Food Rescue US.
From 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Blossom + Stem has created over 100 bud vases filled with local flowers for customers. There’s also iced coffee and cookies, and Sweetgreen swag.
Westporters who know Sweetgreen are excited. Let’s hope the hype is true.
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More restaurant openings. And this one took a lot less time than the 2 years from when Sweetgreen first applied for an exterior sign, to today.
Saugatuck River Caffe — a self-described “Italian deli” — has moved into the space vacated by Winfield Street Deli. They opened yesterday.
The new owners are very familiar with the property: They own Arezzo restaurant, around the corner.
That means patrons can use Arezzo’s patio — one of Westport’s premier riverfront dining spots.
The menu features hot and cold sandwiches, wraps, salads, paninis — and of course, coffee.
Saugatuck River Caffe is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Click here for the website, with the menu and more information.
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The 49th straight monthly Red Cross Blood Drive at VFW Joseph J. Clinton Post 399 is tomorrow (Wednesday, July 31, 1 to 6 p.m. Veteran blood donors — and first-timers — are welcome.
Click here to make an appointment. Use sponsor code VFWWESTPORT. You can also call 800-733-2767.
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The Public Works Department’s annual roadway crack seal program begins today.
Work will take about a week, on 12-15 miles of town streets.
Alternating one-way traffic flow will be used. Keep your eyes open — and drive carefully.
Attention will be paid.
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Staples High School Class of 1987 graduate Linda Hall’s latest piece — “What Alice Munro Knew” — has been posted on The New Republic’s website.
The subtitle reads: “After news of Munro’s betrayal of her daughter, its hard not to see a preoccupation with guilt and secrets in her later work.”
Hall is an associate professor of English at Skidmore. (Hat tip: Fred Cantor)
Linda Hall
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“Westport … Naturally” photographer Johanna Keyser Rossi snapped this great close-up of a butterfly, at the Library Riverwalk:
(Photo/Johanna Keyser Rossi)
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And finally: On this date in 1975, Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from the parking lot of a Michigan restaurant. He was never seen again.
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