Business News
Edited by Jeb Bing, jbing@pleasantonweekly.com
Indian Motorcycle opening with “demo days” New powerful cruisers, soft baggers on display Indian Motorcycle of Dublin, a new dealership at 6050 Dublin Blvd., will show the brand’s new motorcycles and offer test rides during a three-day demonstration fair starting Friday, Oct. 11. On display at the event will be the new Indian Chief Classic, a cruiser forged from key heritage design elements yet wrapped in advanced design, engineering and technology. With a showroom price of $18,999, the Chief Classic features iconic styling like valanced fenders, genuine leather saddle, classic tank-mounted in-
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Mark McKinney, store manager of New Leaf Markets in Pleasanton, joins employee Ishtar Darling at Saturday’s Purveyors Fair.
Hundreds turn out for New Leaf Purveyors Fair
strumentation, tear-drop fuel tank design, and sculpted and lighted front fender war bonnet. Also on display will be the Indian Chief Vintage, a soft bagger with handcrafted detail and a signature heritage aesthetic. The Vintage offers top-quality quickrelease soft-sided leather bags, leather fringe, chrome fender tips, vintage chrome badging on the front fender and a quick-release windshield for easy installation or removal. Demo days are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. N
Girasole Restaurant in Pleasanton closes Skip Hinsley to continue operating catering business
40 food, beverage vendors talk about their organic products Hundreds turned out last Saturday for a day of fun and shopping at New Leaf Community Markets in Pleasanton for its Purveyors Fair. The festive event on the Vintage Hills Center parking lot in front of the store featured samples and tastings by more than 40 food and beverage vendors whose products are sold at New Leaf. Also as part
of the fair were wine tastings, artisanal food demonstrations, “oldtimey” games and a bounce house and face painting for children. Live music was provided by the six-member rock and roll Max Cruise Band from Livermore. “We held the event to thank the community for the warm welcome New Leaf has received, and introduce the producers of
our products to them,” said Mark McKinney, store manager, shown above with Ishtar Darling, a store employee who helped tell shoppers about New Leaf. New Leaf Markets is at 3550 Bernal Ave., at Vineyard Avenue in Pleasanton. For more information about New Leaf, sign on to the grocer’s website at www.newleaf. com. N
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Girasole, a popular Italian restaurant in Pleasanton’s Meadows shopping center at 3180 Santa Rita Rd., has closed.
Girasole, a popular Italian restaurant in the Santa Rita Square shopping center at 3180 Santa Rita Road next to West Las Positas Boulevard, has closed. Its owner, Skip Hinsley, said age and the need to pay more attention to his successful and growing catering business caused him to close the restaurant. Pampered Palate Catering will continue to operate, but from a different Pleasanton location, Hinsley said. “It was a difficult decision, but my age and health make it difficult to continue the 24/7 (operating hours) necessary to maintain both the restaurant and our busy catering business,” Hinsley said in a statement also posted on the Girasole front door. Hinsley said a new owner will take over the Girasole building and will open a restaurant with a new name and featuring different
cuisine. The buyer’s name was not given. Hinsley is well-known in the Pleasanton political and business community and for years, long before he started a separate catering business, catered breakfast, lunch and dinner meals to the city’s major organizations. Last week, he catered the food for the Rotary Clubs’ breakfast for visiting delegates to the Pleasanton-Tulancingo Sister City meeting as well as last Friday’s Mayor’s Award dinner at the Dolores Bengtson Aquatic Center. “After 20 years, it’s time,” Hinsley said. “A huge thank you to the many fine folks who patronized Girasole over the years. Your kindness and loyalty made it a pleasure to serve you. We all will miss you.” Pampered Palate Catering can be reached at www.ppceastbay.com or by phone at 484-3503. Hinsley can be reached by email at chinsley@ comcast.net. N