Apparently lots. There seems to be a naming rights war going on in DTL over two (count em two) wine and cheese shops opening this summer. It's an embarrassment of riches folks. Time was not long ago when wine options downtown were Conlons and ... Oh yeah Conlons. Now we have C'est and C'est Wine, Say Cheese opening on Merrimack and back Prescott streets. You see the problem. Owners of both similar shops, Mark and Ricardo, will not back down from what they both say are original names. I don't care what they call them, just open already so we can wine and dine ourselves while we're young. Ricardo ( of the famed Gorham St. trattoria) is bringing in cheese, artisinal bread, oils, and wine, wine, wine to a cool cave-like space GG toured on Thrusday. It looks and feels good. And his partner Stephanie is no gourmand slouch. Cutting her culinary teeth (ouch) at the Cheese Shop in tweedy Concord, she's the real deal. Now over on Murkymack in the space once happily humming w/ Friend Fabric Art, Mark (whose last name will be held because I don't remember it) is set to open a fresh flower, wine/cheese, everything you need to feel wonderfully fufilled shop by Mother's Day. He allegedly has registered his name w/ the state and Ricky allegedly has not. No one's backing down. C'est la vie. Just open already, hey guys. Really does anyone care what these foodie shops are called?
What's in a name?
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How about "C'est Frommage!" ?
that picture is making me drool...
Hard to believe this is a coincidence. Even harder to believe are two wine & cheese shops opening in Lowell. Even harder to believe than that is the opening of what appears to be a yet a third "pair" of overlapping retail businesses in downtown Lowell. First Etsogos/Blue Telah, followed by Mr. Jalepeno/Mambo (the Mambo guys must be ticked), now C'est and C'est Wine. Somebody pinch me because this is bizarre and too good to be true. Lowell is on the brink of becoming the premier food destination of Merrimack Valley, or we're going to have even more empty retail space. Hopefully this will bring some balance, stability, and foot traffic to the downtown. What we really need pronto is for that Village Smokehouse and Lowell Beer Works to get here. I need southern BBQ and Blueberry Beer pronto.
I'm with you Craig! I can't wait to get my BBQ on and check out the Beer works as well. I'll definately stop by one of the cheese shops for a nice hunk once in a while as well. Hopefully they're nothing like the Monte Python cheese shop!