Business

Caffeine & Carburetors Expanding to Elm Street

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When he launched “Caffeine & Carburetors” four years ago, New Canaan resident Doug Zumbach thought of the Sunday gathering as a good way to bring people together for a hobby that lends itself to just that: in-person meetups. The owner of an eponymous, gourmet coffee shop at the corner of Pine and Grove Streets, Zumbach recalls that the first gathering drew 50 classic cars with the vehicles’ attendant enthusiasts. In an essential way—and one which Zumbach himself works hard to preserve—his original vision hasn’t changed a bit. “People come from all over just to look and talk cars—and that is the basis of the hobby,” Zumbach said. “It’s what drives the hobby: wanting to see other cars, learn about cars, meet other owners,” he added.

Biz on Biz

Ceramic Dish Set Catches New Canaan Olive Oil’s Eye

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For this installment of “Biz on Biz”—where we cold-call a downtown shop to ask an owner or worker to tell us about another business’s product, service or something else they absolutely love—we visited New Canaan Olive Oil on Elm Street (here’s their Facebook page), a fellow New Canaan Chamber of Commerce member. There, owner Heidi Burrows told us about an item that had caught her eye while browsing for the first time in the new Ten Thousand Villages shop down on Main and East Avenue. “They have so much stuff, but what caught my eye were the ceramic dishes,” Burrows said. “They have them in so many different sizes and different sets and they were gorgeous. They were glazed, on the outside they were brown and on the inside it was sort of a cream color.