The Saugatuck Craft Butchery, 575 Riverside Ave., owned by Ryan (above) and Katherine Fibiger, which opened at the Saugatuck Center in November 2011, will relocate across the street before July 4. “Our new shop across the street—the L-shaped building on the right—will more than double our space, give us more room for meat cutting and in the new wing we will offer more prepared foods,” said Samantha Garwin, marketing manager. Chef Mark Heppermann said the expanded prepared food section will offer more sandwiches, a greater variety of chili, meatball, tureens, pates, meatloaves, and more. “We’ll have some outdoor seating in addition to indoor tables that will seat around 10,” he added. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Saugatuck Craft Butchery will occupy the L-shaped building on the right when it moves across Riverside Avenue in July from its current home. The new store will be part of phase two of the Gault family’s mixed use retail and residential Saugatuck Center Development. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Kibberia Middle Eastern Restaurant and Cafe will open in late June at 361 Post Road West in the location formerly occupied by John’s Best. Owner/chef Carole Iskandar (above) owns a restaurant with the same name in Danbury (www.kibberia.com). Danbury resident Iskandar said the restaurant will have a casual environment that seats 100 and offers take-out service. She said customers will order their food, which includes many vegan dishes, at the counter which will then be served at your table. “We’re applying for a liquor license but plan to offer a BYOB policy until then.”  The native of Lebanon who moved to the United States when she was 14, said she chose Westport for her business expansion because “so many of our customers come from Westport and they encouraged me to open a similar restaurant here. They say ‘Westport has nothing like this.’” John’s Best closed in January after 45 years in Westport (See WestportNow Jan. 8, 2013) (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The blizzard of frozen yogurt stores in Westport continues with the opening later this month of Peachwave Yogurt at 170 Post Road West, across from the Kings Highway Elementary School. The Westport store will be one of 20 in Connecticut, the nearest Fairfield County locations include openings scheduled for Wilton, Norwalk and New Canaan with existing shops in Ridgefield, Bethel and Danbury. Oklahoma-based Peachwave markets its product as “low in calories and fat, high in calcium, and high in protein,” according to its website. Peachwave joins Sweet Frog, Pinkberry, Top This, all on Post Road East, and FroYo World on Post Road West. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Consumers Petroleum has acquired the convenience store, Citgo gas and service station at Westport’s 786-788 Post Road East for $1.6 million, according to the Trumbull-based company. The Town Hall transaction record shows the land sale was valued at $900,000. After 80 years in one family, the service station was put up for sale last October. (See WestportNow, Oct.10, 2012) It was founded in the early 1930s by Joe DeMattia. According to Ken Paolini, a 22-year staff member, the new owners will take over in “three to six months or maybe even a year from now” and plan to eliminate the service bay, offering self-service gas plus a large convenience shop. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

UPDATE Miller Motorcars of Greenwich plans to establish a presence in Westport by opening a showroom at 1026 Post Road East, according an an application on file at Planning & Zoning. Company officials did not return a call for comment. Larry Bradley, P&Z director, said the application is pending review by the Architectural Review Board. “This is new to us,” he said. “We have not had a new car dealership open in Westport in decades, although there has been turnover in ownership in the past.” He said the plans include the creation of three service bays. The location is the former home of J. McLaughlin, an apparel retailer that closed on July 15, 2012. (See WestportNow June 28, 2012) The Miller website said its offerings include Bentley, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The Mexican restaurant Oaxaca Kitchen, 376 Post Road East in the Compo Acres Shopping Center, has closed. An employee at a neighboring store said, “They were busy and then of a sudden they were gone.” The Thali India restaurant, under the same management, opened there in April 2010 and before that it was the Taipan restaurant. According to its website, owner and chef Prasad Chirnomula operates another Oaxaca restaurant at 228 College St., New Haven and three India cuisine restaurants under the name of Thali in New Canaan, Ridgefield and New Haven. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

UPDATE Sharkey’s Cuts for Kids will reopen in Westport in June or July at a building under construction at 1568 Post Road East, the former location of Goodwill Industries, according to founder Scott Sharkey. The salon was previously at 1866 Post Road East but closed in May 2012 when it lost its lease to Panera Bread, he said. Sharkey said the company, founded in 2002 and “the fastest growing kids salon in the world,” has moved its headquarters to Westport from Cos Cob and the new salon here will be its flagship location. “We have over 245 franchises sold throughout the world, all originating here in Connecticut and in Westport,” he said. Sharkey’s theme, according to it website, is: “The salon just for kids where the haircuts are cool.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com