Vol. 78, No. 33
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BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Chamber welcomes new training center
Seven years after the casual Southern and New Orleans-style restaurant, Mara’s Homemade, was transplanted from the downtown hub of Manhattan to at 236 West Jericho Turnpike (in the Muttontown Plaza), a large number of devoted diners still make the trip from their apartments homes in the city or outer boroughs to visit Mara’s. In an interview last week, owner Mara Levi said she considered their travel time on the LIRR to Jackson Avenue or Hicksville and then needing an Uber or Lyft for the stretch from there. Others have rented cars to visit Syosset specifically for Mara’s. “We had a family come in from lunch and they were customers from the city. They said they dined at our Manhattan place the day we closed there and they were crying, but now they bought a house here. Once they get fully moved in on Long Island, they told us to expect them in here all the time. People who we saw in the city have ended up getting married, having kids and moving nearby in Syosset or Jericho and we are seeing them often,” Mara said. Mara is a native of Dallas,
As the summer weeks pass by and the Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce continues celebration a local business boom, one new Syosset business is getting ready for its grand opening ceremonies. Special events on Thursday September 13 and Saturday September 15 are scheduled to welcome the new G2 Training center to the heart of Syosset at at 95 Jackson Avenue In an interview with the Advance and News Journal on Friday, August 10, the co-owner of G2 Training -- a personal training, health coaching and spin cycling studio planned for Syosset’s downtown, just steps from the LIRR station – said she’s got a new game plan for getting fitness and positive wellness coaching into the Syosset market. The “G2” branding happened not only because the co-owners are Gregoria Myer and George Mifsud, but on a visit to scout locations to open their studio, a representative of the equipment supplier coined the duo “G-squared.” Originally Myer did want the company name to be G-squared with the numerical symbol, but she figured most people will pronounce that as “G-Two” anyway. “So we became G2,” she said. Mifsud lives five minutes from the new Jackson Avenue studio. The former (retired) NYPD detective decided to move into Syosset after looking at several towns in Nassau County with terrific school districts because he has two young children. At first the G2 team were looking into spaces in Myer’ home neighborhood of Middle Village, Queens. One day Mifsud drove past the 95 Jackson Avenue location and noticed the convenience to major roads and the stretch of other local merchants and businesses. He understood the centricity of the downtown,
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SUMMER CAR SHOW
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Live music, food, raffles, and lots of beautiful cars made for a delightful, fun-filled summer evening in downtown Syosset at Syosset’s first Summer Car Show. Many thanks to Jack Biondo, the Ferrrari Club of America, Mercedes Benz, The Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce, “Red tomato artisanal pizza”, and Mike Tedesco entertainment for providing this enjoyable summer event. Above, Chamber President Charo Ezdrin poses with car owner Stephen Ferraro. See page 8.
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