The Westport Local Press

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Leaders Lunch Together to Support Outdoor Dining

Left-right: Second Selectwoman Jen Tooker, Westport Police Chief Foti Koskinas, State Representative Stephanie Thomas, Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe, State Representative Jonathan Steinberg, State Senator Tony Hwang, Executive Director Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce Matthew Mandell 

Both State and Local leaders enjoyed lunch today at Tarantino’s on Railroad Place while discussing outdoor dining around the town and county. The discussions were held in partnership with the Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce, and was organized by State Senator Tong Hwang. The group sat on Railroad' Place’s new outdoor dining locations, which were constructed over the parallel parking spaces once found alongside the local train station strip. Ideas like that were the crux of the conversation as the group focused on ways communities could better provide support and flexibility to both restaurants and customers.