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Vol. 30 No. 3
JANUARY 12 - 18, 2023
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All ages are welcome at dance center welcomed them with open arms. “Our families and our comMaryAnn and Nanci Gras- munity have been so supportso’s business danced into the ive,” Nanci said. “Especially heart of Lynbrook. the other businesses on AtlanMaryAnn Grasso founded tic Ave. like Vincent’s and LynDance Workshop in 1979. She brook Bagels. They’ve really later took on her daughter, welcomed us and hopefully Nanci Grasso, as a partner in we’re stimulating the local the business. The economy.” business was on Nanci pointed Merrick Road for out the parents can decades until the drop their children two decided to move of f at the Dance to 16 Atlantic Ave. Workshop and then about a year ago. go grab a bagel or “We loved our run some errands. previous location, She said business but it was time for a has been great since lease renewal,” moving, but busiNanci Grasso said. ness was successful “And we were in the before the move. middle of Covid so The primary we thought it would focus of the Dance be a good time to is to offer NANCi GRASSo Workshop double down on our dance classes for business.” She children and adults. decided to expand “We offer tap, jazz, the store to a much ballet, hip hop, lyrilarger space on the second floor cal, competitive dance,” Grasso of 16 Atlantic Ave. said. “We’re also dancing at “I think it was meant to be,” Brooklyn Nets games during Nanci said about moving her halftime at the Barclays and store. “It was the only space put on performances at Hofstra that we looked at and as soon as University as well.” we laid eyes on it, we knew it Dance Workshop also puts was meant to be ours.” Since on performances for the Christthe move, the community has Continued on page 16
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Courtesy Jim McQuade
Jim mCQUAdE wiTh his four grandchildren, Luca, Sienna, Dylan and Madison.
A neighborhood grill is sold High costs affected McQuade’s in Lynbrook By BEN FiEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
Jim McQuade sold his business, McQuade’s Neighborhood Grill, and things are going to get “ugly” in Lynbrook. After 15 years of serving the Lynbrook community, McQuade sold his eatery to James Laurelli of Ugly Phil’s Brewing, who plans to transform the business later this year. The news was shared on Facebook on Jan. 5. The post garnered reactions from hundreds of people who supported the restaurant. People were upset to see the business go, but wished McQuade the best of
luck on his future endeavors. McQuade’s reasoning to sell the business goes all the way back to the coronavirus pandemic. “During the pandemic, restaurants took a huge hit and even after, people were still not going out to eat as often or booking parties like we were used to,” McQuade said. “The restaurant was very large with two catering rooms and we cut back hours of operation due to staffing shortages and other Covid-related issues. Increasing costs, staffing shortages, wages and overall inflation coupled with the decrease in sales made us feel it was the right time to sell.” After 15 years of running the restaurant, Continued on page 4
e’ve been a mainstay for many decades and we continue to do that.