Rants and Raves

Black Friday Bah, Fire District Merger Question Huzzah!

What to love and hate about living in East Greenwich this week.

RANT: With so much to be grateful for this season – a warm home and food on the table (knowing many have lost it all), the election finally over (well, abated for at least one year) the kids’ cats are on sabbatical from peeing on our beds (gross), narwhals (because if they exist, maybe unicorns do too), the return of the East Greenwich Hill and Harbor Turkey Trot, video games (because you can’t, scratch that, shouldn’t shoot stupid people in real life), the return of Jiggers, the opening of Silver Spoon Bakery (though my thighs aren’t quite as appreciative of that one), the survival of The Village Café, the reopening of the Odeum, our troops and anyone in any job that puts their life on the line, my dishwasher (or, more to the point, …

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The Village Cafe Opens On Main Street

The restaurant - formerly Twisted Dogs and before that The Sweet Nest - opened Thursday.

The opening of The Village Cafe could be classified as a Main Street Christmas miracle - coming as it does after the closing to two beloved breakfast spots - Jigger's and Audra's - in recent months. Or maybe it's third time's the charm for a site that's now seen three restaurants open there since May. After Angelina's Italian Deli closed, The Sweet Nest opened in May, closing in July. Then Steve Filippou tried decided to open Twisted Dogs in September, but it too closed quickly, in November. Anne Steger is the proprietor of The Village Cafe. She's worked in restaurants her whole life. “I had the money and I wanted to try this,” she said in November. “I’ve wanted this a long time.” The restaurant will serve traditional diner fare - eggs, …

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