Spooky Town Halloween Superstore, 1807 Post Road East opposite Stop & Shop, a family-owned and operated West Haven-based pop-up business for the past 30 years, has returned to a Westport location for the first time since 2017. Other Spooky Town locations in the state include Orange, Milford and Avon. An employee said the most popular items includes witches, ghouls, “anything scary,” “it costumes,” LOL Surprise (for little girls), Super Girl, Captain Marvel, Toy Story costumes, Super Heroes “and whatever is on TV or YouTube.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The Verizon store, 385 Post Road East in the Compo Shopping Center, will relocate two doors away to the space previously occupied by Halstead Real Estate. According to a Verizon employee, the transition will happen “within a few days.” Halstead will relocate to 56 Post Road East, the former Dovecote store, “around Thanksgiving,” according to John DiCenzo, Halstead executive director of sales “We’ve been in this location for 10 years, our lease expired, the new space has comparable room—around 3,000 square feet—and provides a very comfortable layout for our 30 agents,” he said. Baker Graphics previously occupied the space at Compo Shopping Center. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Another retailer is leaving Westport’s Main Stree. LF Store, 26 Main St., will close by Sept. 2, according to window signage. According to California Apparel News, an industry publication, the Los Angeles-based LF Stores announced all its stores will become a pure-play, digital-only retailer.  It will continue to run its digital retail channel, lfstores.com but will close down its 26 bricks-and-mortar stores. The Westport store has been on Main Street for 15 years, according to a local commercial real estate source. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Shoppers hunted for bargains today at LF Store, 26 Main St., which will close by Sept. 2, according to store signage. The store has been on Main Street for 15 years. The company has announced it is shutting all 26 of its stores and moving its business online. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

UPDATE Doug Quinn, a former bartender at Manhattan’s beloved P.J. Clarke’s who now runs the popular East 53rd Street Hudson Malone “culinary saloon” restaurant (It’s not an Irish gastropub, he says) is coming to Westport with what he describes as a “magical, iconic, Westport market to table restaurant, which is driven by hospitality.” The locale is 323 Main St., former home of the 323 Restaurant until last December. Its predecessor was the former Bogey’s Grill and Taproom, which closed its doors in August 2011 after a 17-year run. Quinn commented after an earlier version of this caption wrongly said he intended to establish an Irish gastropub in Westport. Renovations are underway, including raising the roof and adding a fireplace. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

UPDATE Community Dry Cleaners, 333 Main St., in the strip of stores including Coffee An’ Donuts and the recently opened spirits shop The Grapevine, has closed its retail store after more than 30 years in business under several owners, according to its current owners, Alfred and Patricia Pinto. Instead the business has transformed into a mobile-only service offering home pickup and delivery, for which it has won numerous positive reviews over the years. The Pintos took over the business in 1989. For more info, click HERE.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com