Wellfleet will have reason to celebrate in 2009 when it acquires not only a real French bakery with a honest-to-goodness boulangerie chef, but a French bistro with an experienced brasserie chef who has already earned an excellent reputation. I reported earlier in this blog that the French connection was on the way. Now it has made local headlines! Philippe Rispoli and his wife Valeria have chosen the abandoned clam shack in South Wellfleet, across LeCount Hollow Road from the Rail Trail parking area, and intend to open a new 60-seat restaurant as well as a French bakery. Chef Boris Villatte will be shaping the dough at Saveur de Pain. Both young Frenchmen already have experience working in the USA. Rispoli is executive chef at Daniel Bouloud Brasserie in Wynn, Las Vegas. Villatte supervises bread-making at Wynn Resort. This is truly exciting news, especially for everyone in South Wellfleet. Last month the trees beside the bike and surf shop were removed for reasons unknown. The whole South Wellfleet complex will get a sprucing up this spring, no doubt, and it has already begun.
The Wellfleet Candy Company will sell its famous chocolate oysters from this location. The other businesses on the lot include the Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce, Seaside Liquors, the post office annex, the South Wellfleet General Store, and Blue Willow. During the economic downturn, Wellfleet can celebrate the fact that businesses continue to invest and even believe in the build-it-and-they-will-come syndrome.
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Hi!
I have only commented once before, but I enjoy your blog tremencously! We visit Wellfllet for 2 weeks every summer and stay not too far from your wonderful looking home! We are a family of 5 with 2 small and sweet dogs so we rent a home very nearby...your photos help me pass the winter by....I long for the too short days we get to spend in what is heaven for me....how wonderful to hear that business and life in Wellfleet is thriving!
I hope you and Sven have a wonderful year filled with wonderful guests!!!
Thank you for taking some of the chill and dreariness out of our New York winters!!
Thanks so much for this comment! Do stop by and say hello next summer. Glad to hear my blog helps you get through the winter.
Same here. I am looking out the window this morning at the foot or more of snow that fell last night, putting off the minutes until I have to go out and shovel it. And there is more coming down. I love to ski and this will provide great skiing into March but, sigh, it would be lovely to walk on the beach.
I rent a home in Brewster for 2 weeks in September, but Wellfleet is my favorite town. This blog keeps me connected to this wonderful place year round.
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