Tuesday, August 14, 2007

New Liberty Restaurant Opens

New Owner-managers of the recently opened Grapvine Mediterranean Grill restaurant in Liberty are, from the left, Doyle Gosney, Cindy Howe and Dimitris Vernezos.
Grapvine Restaurant Has Experience On Their Side


A combined 70-years of restaurant experience has gone into the opening of the new Grapevine Mediterranean Grill at 79 Sullivan Avenue in the Village of Liberty.
Dimitris Vernezos, 39, of Woodridge, Doyle Gosney, 39, of Liberty and Cindy Howe, 44, of Liberty are the owner-managers of the restaurant which formerly housed Manny's Steak House and officially opened as the Grapevine Mediterranean Grill on July 11
Their reason for getting into business for themselves was "the opportunity to do something for ourselves and to provide simply good food at fair prices in a pleasant atmosphere."
The combined 70-years of restaurant experience is almost unheard of in todays food-service industry.
Doyle Gosney with 25-years of experience was born in New Jersey and lived many years in Lake Havaua, Arizona where he started as a short order cook after high school. He managed a restaurant there for some 7 years, was a waiter-manager at the Srardust Diner in Hacketstown, New Jersey for over 3 years and worked over 7 years as a waiter and later a manager at the Blue Horizon Diner in Monticello.
The famous laugh (heard around the world) of Cindy Howe will now become a permanent fixture at the Grapevine Mediterranean Grill and with this laugh and friendly demeanor comes a restaurant hostess and waitress with 28-years of experience.
Cindy can certainly be labeled as the best of the best when it comes to taking care of her customers. Over the years she has worked at Kenny's & Benny's, Toys' Bar, the famous Triangle Diner in Liberty, Angela's Restaurant and some 14-years at the Blue Horizon Restaurant in Mountie.
Dimities Vernezos was born in Greece and has lived in the United States for some 22 years. He and his wife, Paula, have two children and make their home in Davos at Woodridge. He formerly make his home in Liberty.
His 17-years of restaurant-food business includes 3 years at the Liberty Diner, several years each with Johnny D's in Newburgh and Jack and Jills in Middletwon, a food salesman for Maines and 12 years both as a waiter, hostess and manager at the Blue Horizon in Monticello.
Dimitris said he started out in this business as a dish washer and worked his way up to being a waiter and finally into management,.
The three new owner-managers noted the success of any restaurant business is the "quality and pricing of the food."
They presently employ between four and seven employees.
The restaurant has its own bar and two separate dining areas.
They are open 7 days week from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Reservations can be made at 845-295-3170.



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