The auto repair business of the Getty Service Station, formerly located at 271 Post Road East which closed Jan. 15, has reopened as J & J Car Care Center at 1590 Post Road East, across from the Westport Inn. “Our core business was always car repair,” said co-owner Jay Ostreicher (r) “We’ve got loyal customers, and they’ve followed us here.” Westport resident Ostreicher said he and Norwalk resident John Fisher (l) co-owned the Getty station since 1988 when they purchased the franchise from the late Carl Dolberg and continued to own and operate the business for 24 years. He said that Getty’s policy changes “forced us and many other dealers out” of the gas pumping business. Reminiscing about he history of the gas station at the former location,  Ostreicher said that it was a Tydol station before it converted to the Getty brand in 1966. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The women’s apparel store, Chic Jolie, 24 Taylor Place, will close on April 30 and reopen on May 1 at its new location, 1217 Post Road, Fairfield in the Brick Walk section, according to owner and Fairfield resident, Alla Ionescu (above). Chic Jolie opened on Taylor Place in August, 2012 in the former location of the Jacadi children’s clothing store, also owned by Ionescu, that closed after eight years. “We’ve been here through two hurricanes and with the changing climate we cannot take another risk on being flooded again,” she said. “We’ve rebuilt it twice. We’re relocating, not closing. We’ve built a following of Westporters and shoppers from other Fairfield County towns and hope they will follow us to our new location in Fairfield .” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Finishing touches are being put on the new Panera Bread store at 1860 Post Road East. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The men’s and women’s apparel store, Vince., will open at Westport’s 115 Main St. on Thursday at 10 a.m. according to its operations manager. It is the first store in the state for the company which has 22 locations in nine states, according to its website. According to town records, the building, with a total of 6,350 square feet—2,180 retail in the first floor front, 1,600 in the rear, and an apartment above—was constructed in 1900 and last changed hands in 2006 for $6.25 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Shoes ‘N’ More, 72 Main St., which has seven locations in Connecticut and New York and closed its Westport store during Storm Sandy, will reopen in April, according to a sign on its storefront window. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com