New Businesses in Town

There's new business is in Deep River, CT! Check it out.

El & Ela's.....

...is located at 159 Main Street, in Deep River. It is a place where you will know exactly what's in your food! El & Ela's is an eatery where almost everything is home made. Owners Elliott Dunsing and Elizabeth Taran, who spent eight years at the famous Restaurant du Village in Chester, are the proud owners. Both have culinary degrees and, of course, much hands on experience.

El & Ela's features home made items including breads, soups, salads, pickles, sandwiches, pasta....and the list goes on and on. Food is available to eat there at their really neat shop, or take out...including take out dinners! All items carried are locally produced.

Get to El & Els'a today! Contact them at:

860-526-9377

fax @ 860-526-9388

E-Mail them: elandelas@att.net

Another new business is located at #1 Main Street in Essex, CT

Lord Nelson Antiques

Lord Nelson Antiques speciales in maritime antiques and collectables.

Stop in, the items are fasinating.

Lord Nelson Antiques is open Wednesdays to Saturdays from 11 am to 5 pm and Sundays from noon to 5 pm and always by appointment.

860-767-0245.

CT small business weather

What weather! Although Dr. Mell says it's suppose to get cooler, these last several days have been perfect!... and great weather like this is great for folks shopping. It sure is nice to see people walking the streets of our Towns all smiling and carrying various vendor shopping bags.


In my Essex Office of PrudentialCT Realty on Main Street ( I am also a Realtor), large numbers of shoppers pass by. The assortment of shopping bags shows a trail of their recent visits (who needs bread crumbs). What's also amazing is the number of dogs people walk with! But, many tourists as well as locals constantly stream by.

Speaking of Essex, CT...check out the coming "Patriot's Weekend in Essex", April 16 & 17. The Essex Library, The Griswold Inn & The Fifth Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Line are going back in time!

On Friday April 16th @ 8 pm, The Tap Room of the "Griz" is sponsoring a Soldier's Choir and will perform sea chanteys and patriotic songs along with other costumed singers.

Saturday, April 17th from 10 am to 4pm a revolutionary encampment will be set up at The Pratt House (19 West Ave.). This encampment will include soldiers' drills, colonial cooking, and crafts, spinning, metal-smithing, spontaneous reenactments and a skirmish or three!

In case you didn't know, this event is in celebration of the British invasion and ship burning. The War of 1812 saw many "privateers" taking advantage of the CT River, where they built their fast boats which would overtake the much slower British merchant ships. The loot was then taken and sold. In an effort to stop these Privateers, on April 8, 1814 a British contingent landed just south of today's Essex harbor, over took the village and burned 28 ships in the harbor and several being built. This loss was the largest financial loss of that war. This reenactment sounds to be fun for the entire family. Have a great time!