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Hoping4Baby11
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Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
I was riding past this morning and saw a fence around it and the shingles off the restaurant!!!  At first I thought maybe they were redoing the place! But usually the fence means it's being knocked down!!! I got engaged at that restaurant!!! So Sad!!!
Anyone know??
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
I heard that a French restaurant is going to be there
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| Posted 12/9/11 12:21 PM |
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Hoping4Baby11
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Oh that's so sad..I love the Parkwood!! I'm like 2 mins from there!! I'll have to see what the French Rest. is like!! How did you find out??
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| Posted 12/9/11 12:24 PM |
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MrsSunflwr29
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
I live a few blocks away and only noticed yesterday that is looks like it is being torn apart... I always wanted to eat there but never had the chance..
Does anyone know what they are doing with the old church that is a few lots up?
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| Posted 12/9/11 1:10 PM |
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jam11308
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
I heard from someone in the W.I. Association group that it's going to be a Tapas restaurant.
The old church is being re-done as a medical office. They're keeping the original look & feel, but had to dismantle & re-do a lot of it to bring it up to new town codes.
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| Posted 12/9/11 1:31 PM |
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Posted by jam11308
I heard from someone in the W.I. Association group that it's going to be a Tapas restaurant.
The old church is being re-done as a medical office. They're keeping the original look & feel, but had to dismantle & re-do a lot of it to bring it up to new town codes.
A tapas place would be great, though I'm sorry to see the Parkwood go. That place has been a fixture in WI since I can remember. My parents love that place! I hope the new restaurant to take it's place is as good as the Parkwood.
And THANK YOU for sharing this info about the old Greek Orthodox church! You have no idea as to how sad I was to see that place being (well, what I thought to be) knocked down! There just something inherently wrong with knocking down any kind of religious building. I'm so glad to hear they're restoring it!
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| Posted 12/9/11 1:45 PM |
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Yes, I think a lot of people felt the same way! It's such a nice looking building & adds some character to Montauk Hwy. From what I understand the church was de-sanctified several years ago & the large cross that was outside was returned to another church of the same faith, in Lindenhurst I believe. I'm guessing that most of the religious items inside were sent there as well, which is a nice thought. I'm not really religious, but I agree with you - it would have been weird to see it knocked down!
ETA: I'm curious now about the Parkwood possibly being a French restaurant instead so I'm going to talk to some of my spies...if I hear anything, I'll report back early next week lol
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| Posted 12/9/11 1:50 PM |
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Agreed, I'm far from religious, but it just seemed so wrong! Not to mention, it DOES bring some character to Montauk Hwy. Between all the commercial properties, the church and the LaGrange just sitting there rotting, that section of highway has become such an eyesore.
Do tell if you hear more on the possibility of a french restaurant going in!
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| Posted 12/9/11 2:01 PM |
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Hoping4Baby11
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Posted by Jennie0898
Agreed, I'm far from religious, but it just seemed so wrong! Not to mention, it DOES bring some character to Montauk Hwy. Between all the commercial properties, the church and the LaGrange just sitting there rotting, that section of highway has become such an eyesore.
Do tell if you hear more on the possibility of a french restaurant going in!
DH noticied the Parkwood the other day and thought they were re-doing it perhaps. I didn't think they would fence it off though if they were fixing it up! So sad to see it go. Food was always so good there!! I always loved to see all the white lights at Christmas time there!!! I hope the good restaurant is just as good!!!
Yeah I wanna know about Lagrane too!!!! It been like that for a long time!!!!
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| Posted 12/9/11 2:35 PM |
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Hoping4Baby11
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Posted by MrsSunflwr29
I live a few blocks away and only noticed yesterday that is looks like it is being torn apart... I always wanted to eat there but never had the chance..
Does anyone know what they are doing with the old church that is a few lots up?
Good Point!!!! I live a few blocks too!!!! I wonder if we are close!!! I live a few blocks behind Villa Monaco.
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| Posted 12/9/11 2:38 PM |
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Posted by Hoping4Baby11
Yeah I wanna know about Lagrane too!!!! It been like that for a long time!!!!
So far there have been no new developments with the LaGrange that I know of which is very sad...it is literally just sitting there rotting. I did notice that there has been some activity in its back parking lot lately though...every now & then I see 2 or 3 cars in there and some people going in & out, but they look like they're workers, not suits/the owners. I wish they'd do something there 
The plans for the small office building on the lot between the LaGrange & TD Bank were scrapped a while ago too, even though they had architect drawing & everything. Apparently there was an issue with the building being slightly too tall & they couldn't get a variance or something like that so the owner of the lot scrapped the plans & now they're trying to sell it...It's such a shame. It looked like it was going to be a nice building...
Posted by Jennie0898
Agreed, I'm far from religious, but it just seemed so wrong! Not to mention, it DOES bring some character to Montauk Hwy. Between all the commercial properties, the church and the LaGrange just sitting there rotting, that section of highway has become such an eyesore.
Do tell if you hear more on the possibility of a french restaurant going in!
ITA & will definitely keep you posted. The woman that works for me is VERY involved in the town & all of the committees & associations so I get all of my info from her. I usually question her about all of the local developments a few times a month lol
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Posted by jam11308
The plans for the small office building on the lot between the LaGrange & TD Bank were scrapped a while ago too, even though they had architect drawing & everything. Apparently there was an issue with the building being slightly too tall & they couldn't get a variance or something like that so the owner of the lot scrapped the plans & now they're trying to sell it...It's such a shame. It looked like it was going to be a nice building...
I had no idea they were even considering another commercial building for that piece of land! Yeesh! 
Since you're in the know, so to speak 
What's the deal with that empty piece of land next to BOA across from the traffic light where the pizza place, florist and deli once were before it mysteriously burned down?
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| Posted 12/9/11 2:54 PM |
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Posted by Jennie0898
Since you're in the know, so to speak
What's the deal with that empty piece of land next to BOA across from the traffic light where the pizza place, florist and deli once were before it mysteriously burned down?
lol You know, she told me about that piece of land a while ago & I can't remember? Argh. I'll ask her again 
Jenn, do you remember when that burned down? Were we still in high school? (btw, it's Melissa - of "Melissa & Joe" - just in case you forgot that I'm "jam" lol)
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Posted by jam11308
lol You know, she told me about that piece of land a while ago & I can't remember? Argh. I'll ask her again
Jenn, do you remember when that burned down? Were we still in high school? (btw, it's Melissa - of "Melissa & Joe" - just in case you forgot that I'm "jam" lol)
Oddly, that particular piece of land just irritates me! I think because I'd heard that it was an insurance scam and so to see that land just sitting there looking as horrible as it is just pisses me off.
And YES I totally knew that was you!!!
And yeah, I remember when that place burned down; that's when I heard it was an "inside job" and for insurance money.
Of course that was a long time ago and we were much younger so who knows if I heard it right or if that really turned out to be the case. It certainly sounded much more exciting than an accidental fire!
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
I know that the chef from O's in St. James is opening a restaurant in West Islip soon. He is French and O's is a Tapas place.
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| Posted 12/9/11 5:45 PM |
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
OK - some updates :)
It was heard at a local meeting today that the Parkwood IS becoming a French restaurant like a pp mentioned. I'm guessing the Tapas rumor started because of the info the poster above mentioned 
There are rumors that Pace is about to start building on the empty lot that's between the LaGrange & TD Bank, but it's not know what it will be yet...
The lot at the end of Higbie (on Montauk) is apparently stuck in the middle of a family estate battle, as I thought it was. It's been going on for YEARS & so far as anyone knows, isn't about to be resolved...
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| Posted 12/15/11 5:20 PM |
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MommaG
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
How funny that Parkwood is going to be a French restaurant - that's exactly what it was about 25 years ago.
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| Posted 12/15/11 9:14 PM |
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MrsSunflwr29
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
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Posted by MrsSunflwr29
I live a few blocks away and only noticed yesterday that is looks like it is being torn apart... I always wanted to eat there but never had the chance..
Does anyone know what they are doing with the old church that is a few lots up?
Good Point!!!! I live a few blocks too!!!! I wonder if we are close!!! I live a few blocks behind Villa Monaco.
I am just north of Union over by Best Yet. I have to go to the village twice a week and I didnt notice the change until last week. It must have been a really quick turn around.
I am also curious about the vacant lot across from Sallys bike shop. That whole little shopping center next to it (Bike Bar & Liquor store) is such a eye sore to the area...
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| Posted 12/15/11 11:55 PM |
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Re: Anyone know what happened to the Parkwood Cafe in West Islip??
Posted by MommaG
How funny that Parkwood is going to be a French restaurant - that's exactly what it was about 25 years ago.
I didn't know that! That is funny!
Posted by MrsSunflwr29
I am also curious about the vacant lot across from Sallys bike shop. That whole little shopping center next to it (Bike Bar & Liquor store) is such a eye sore to the area...
I haven't heard anything about that lot in years - I'll ask around...
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