The March sale of Claudio’s in Greenport marked the end of an era.
The main restaurant was opened in 1870 by Manuel Claudio and was billed the longest continuously family-owned eatery in the United States. READ
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For decades, ownership of a sliver of land at the south end of Main Street in Greenport has been in dispute. Or so the story goes in the village.
The thin, cement post that once held a cast-iron Greenport mailbox was left behind after workers removed the historic box Tuesday. (Credit: Paul Squire)
Greenport business owners and residents wrote letters and called the U.S. Postal Service, demanding that the historic, deep blue cast-iron mailbox bolted to the cement pole in front of Claudio’s restaurant be kept where it is.
But their efforts weren’t enough. (more…)
ELIH Golf Classic Honorees, Kathy Claudio-Wyse, Beatsy Claudio Tuthill, Jerry Tuthill, Janice and Bill Claudio, Jr. of Claudio Five Corp. (Credit: Courtesy)
Eastern Long Island Hospital will be honoring the owners of oldest same family run restaurants in the nation — the Claudio family of Greenport — during the hospital’s 22nd Annual Golf Classic fundraiser on Shelter Island.
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