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Stew’s News
Happy 40th anniversary, Stew Leonard’s! You’ve come a long way from a couple of milk carton vending machines at the corner of Saugatuck, Riverside and Treadwell Avenues in Westport. Your latest $4...
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Haiti Is Here
The news from Haiti — as devastating as it is — may seem distant from Westport. Haitians working in Fairfield County support relatives back home. Days after the earthquake, the fate of many is still...
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Top This, Ben & Jerry’s!
The void filled by the departure of Ben & Jerry’s has been filled. Top This — a frozen yogurtorium — has opened downtown. It is sandwiched — gastronomically speaking — between Starbucks and...
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Wait, Wait…It’s Paula Poundstone!
The world, says Paula Poundstone, is just waking up from a giant party. There are pizza crusts and broken bottles all around. We had a good time last night, but this morning we all have to pitch in...
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Stew Leonard: Marketing Whiz?
C’mon, Stew’s. Do you really need to advertise your Movie Night and pumpkins that badly?
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Arrividerci, Palmieri
“We had Italy right here in Westport,” Mary Palmieri Gai recalls of her youth in the 1950s and ’60s. “We made our own sausage. We had chickens. My mother had 6 kids, and all the laundry was there on...
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Pre-Blizzard Report
Stew Leonard’s was only mildly chaotic this morning, in advance of the blizzard of the decade century Cenozoic Era. Then again, it was only 8:10 a.m. Earlier, at CVS, I ran into Bill Mitchell. “I...
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Mitchells, Stew Leonard’s Form “Strategic Partnership”
It’s not a merger, exactly. But 2 of the area’s most famous — and successful — business families are entering into a “strategic partnership.” The move — by Mitchells of Westport and Stew Leonard’s —...
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“I Do” At Stew’s
I went to Stew Leonard’s yesterday for the usual: bagels and juice. I saw the usual: an insane parking lot, and half of Westport. Plus the unusual: a marriage. Okay, a marriage proposal. Though the...
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Talking — And Donating — Turkey
Sunday’s fire destroyed more than a significant portion of Saugatuck Congregational Church. Also lost: over 30 donated turkeys, part of the annual Thanksgiving Feast (now set for 1 p.m. Thursday at...
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Scarfing At Stew’s
At Stew Leonard’s the customer is always right — it says so right there, in stone — but I wonder what Stewie and Tommy think about the customer I saw a couple of days ago. He grabbed 3 wings from the...
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Scarfing At Stew’s: The Sequel
A few days ago, I ranted about a segment of shoppers at Stew Leonard’s: the folks who — in addition to all the free samples — scarf down bagels, wings, ziti (and anything else) as if it too were...
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Westport Country Playhouse Has A Cow
If you’ve seen “Into the Woods” — the current Westport Country Playhouse production — you know that Milky White is an udderly adorable cast member. Okay, she’s a wooden cow. But she’s no different from...
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Moshe’s Noshes
My friend Moshe Aelyon is a creative genius. A master of fashion, design and entertainment, there’s always something cool going on in his life. Moshe Aelyon One of his many sidelines is blogging about...
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Sharing The Turkey Bounty With All
One good turn deserves another. Two — well, read on. A year ago this Sunday — 4 days before Thanksgiving — Saugatuck Congregational Church was nearly destroyed by fire. Less than 3 weeks ago, Hurricane...
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Belta’s Farm: Bayberry’s Hidden Bounty
Bayberry Lane is like many Westport streets. There’s a mix of homes: handsome converted barns; stately Colonials; 1950s split-levels; modern, multi-gabled McMansions. Nothing — not a sign or a peek...
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Stew Leonard Jr. Dishes On Lobsters
When your name is Stew Leonard Jr., it’s hard to imagine you won’t be part of the family business. But Stew — a Westport native — tells the New York Times that, had it not been for a chance encounter...
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What Would You Do At Stew’s?
It’s a tough scenario. You’re busily shopping at Stew Leonard’s. A little old lady comes up and asks you to read a label for her. Then she has a question about “oxidants.” She wonders if you like...
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Stew’s Lucky Turkey
Alert “06880” photographer Lynn U. Miller was at Stew Leonard’s yesterday morning. (“Don’t ask why anyone in their right mind would be at Stew’s the morning of Thanksgiving,” she says.) She spotted...
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Stew Leonard Jr.: Amazon Purchase Of Whole Foods “A Game-Changer”
Amazon’s proposed $13.4 billion purchase of Whole Foods has rocked the grocery and retail industries. An hour ago, Stew Leonard Jr. was one of the experts CNBC called on for expert reaction. Stew...
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