Myers of Keswick: A British grocery store in the West Village offering 'comforts from home'
"I always like to describe it as a little taste of England," owner Jennifer Myers-Pulidore told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
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"I always like to describe it as a little taste of England," owner Jennifer Myers-Pulidore told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"It's one of the few professions where you work with your heart, your hands, and your head at the same time," co-owner Tom Geppel told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"That was my dream, to open a small business here," co-owner Pompeyo "Papa" Martinez told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"We whip the whipped cream by hand. We make our hot fudge, caramel, most of our syrups," owner Vito Citrano told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"Most of my customers are regulars. They come almost every day, and they feel that this is their home," Panagiotis Binioris said.
For hard-to-find flavors from faraway continents, professional chefs and home cooks flock to a specialty food store founded in 1944.
Multiple generations are working side-by-side to pursue a dream they didn't know they had.
"When you can say you've kept a customer, a loyal customer, for 60, 70, 80 years, through the generations, then you know that you've had a successful business," co-owner Lou Di Palo told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"I walk in here every day, and I feel the legacy of my family," fourth-generation owner Alice Goldberg told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"It doesn't really matter who you are. You're welcome here," co-owner Victorious De Costa told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
In pursuit of food and familiarity, many regulars have been coming back for decades.
The neighborhood staple includes an old-fashioned soda fountain.
"I like the things that are a little bit odd and a little different," owner Delanee Koppersmith told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
At Zingone Brothers grocery store, the family trade has stood the test of time.
"'Lutong bahay' is homestyle cooking, which is sort of the ethos in the kitchen," chef and co-owner Christina Mauricio told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"I appreciate that I have people that will pass other bike shops to come here," co-owner Chris Dixon told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"It's small but has a lot of charm and good chocolate," the owner told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
Brothers Terry and Steve Wiederlight inherited the business from their father and grandfather.
The city's first Asian American woman-owned bookstore sits on Mulberry Street.
"All the hard work is paying off. We can see it," co-owner Martha Caro told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"You're my friend as soon as you walk in," owner Anthony Meras told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"That's my hidden agenda, to make everyone a reader," owner Dawn Harris-Martine told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"The secret to our success, I always say, is that we always give the people good value for their money," co-owner Herbert Morscher told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"It's like stepping into a bowl of minestrone soup; you don't know what you're going to find," owner Ernie Rossi told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"I love to be with the people here. I've been doing it for 56 years, and it's happy. It's a happy job," owner Vicente Barreiro told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
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It will be rainy on Thursday morning, and the weather will change to snow as temperatures drop across the Tri-State Area.
Thunderstorms are expected in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut this weekend after severe weather hit the Midwest.
Periods of rain will move through the New York area Thursday, but spring temperatures are on the way for the weekend.
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The Tri-State Area's weekend is looking like a tale of two seasons with both snow and sunshine.
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President Trump ordered the release of 172 million barrels of oil from the U.S.'s Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Wednesday, after oil prices rocketed to their highest levels in years amid the U.S.'s war with Iran.
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