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In New Canaan, local merchants aren’t just people who sell us things: They’re our neighbors, our high school classmates, our kids’ youth sports coaches, our friends and often they’re the first people in town to give of their time, expertise, products and services to support human services organizations here.
Today we’re launching a series talking to New Canaan retailers about this holiday shopping season. Our first Q&A is with Heather Satin, owner of WAVE, a jewelry, clothing, accessories and home furnishings shop at 86 Elm St. Here’s our exchange. ***
New Canaanite: How is the holiday shopping season going so far? Heather Satin: It’s definitely picking up.
A mainstay of downtown New Canaan that’s been continuously owned for more than a decade, Connecticut Muffin this week closed its doors permanently. Tuesday was the last day of business for the coffee shop at 108 Main St. Reached by NewCanaanite.com, Christopher Ahumada-Figueroa, son of owner Giannina Ahumada-Figueroa, said it was “just the right time for us to move on.”
“I used to work there for some time but I moved on because I had to pursue my own career,” he said. “That’s one of the reasons why we decided to leave it, because we don’t have the help for it. And apart from that, it was just time to move on.
The biggest football game in the state will take place at 10 a.m. Thanksgiving morning as the fourth-ranked New Canaan Rams visit the third-ranked Darien Blue Wave in the annual Turkey Bowl. This year’s matchup is the 99th time these two powerhouse programs and arch rivals will face each other, this time with state playoff seeding on the line. For those unable to go in person, the game typically is broadcast live on NCTV 78 here (here’s the Darien feed as a backup). What follows is a look at what’s open and closed for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Town Hall will close at 1 p.m. Wednesday and reopen Monday.
Teriyaki East, the Asian fusion restaurant that opened this spring on East Avenue, has closed, according to its owner. Rafael Marin, the chef/owner of La Pescaderia, the popular Venezuelan seafood market and restaurant next door, said he came to a point where he wanted to focus on the existing business rather than both. The Asian fusion restaurant closed Nov. 2, he said. Marin said he’s now selling its assets to restaurateurs.
Marko Micic and Amy Cherrez—natives of Serbia and Ecuador, respectively, and lifelong dancers who became professionals before coming to the United States—met in May 2023 while each of them worked for different studios. The two began dancing together, developed a relationship and started to talk about launching a business. “We both had an interest in owning something that was ours,” Micic said. Now they do. Two weeks ago, the New Haven couple’s vision became a reality when Cherrez and Micic opened Fred Astaire Dance Studios New Canaan at 111 Main St., a second-floor space formerly occupied by the Caren Forbes store.