What Changed on East Parkway This Fall? Scarsdale Village's New Tables, a Wine Shop's Move and What's Still Coming

Zachys left its building at 16 East Parkway and moved to Port Chester during the pandemic. In January 2023, One Rare Italian Steakhouse opened in that building, as lohud reported at the time. This fall, a wine shop moved back onto the block. A new Italian restaurant opened around the corner on Spencer Place. And the old Bank of America branch at East Parkway and Christie Place is about to hold a Pilates studio and a café.

Put together, the few hundred feet where East Parkway meets Christie Place and Spencer Place now cover morning, lunch, evening and a Sunday afternoon bottle of wine. The opening hours are mostly up to the businesses. The Village Board, though, set conditions on how the next tenant runs things on the sidewalk.

The wine shop came back to the wine block

Scarsdale Wine Merchants used to be at 2 Depot Place. Now it's in a larger store at 30 East Parkway. The Bronxville Beacon reported on October 2, 2026 that the move followed the Depot Place landlord's decision not to renew the lease. The State Liquor Authority approved the relocation on June 16.

The new storefront is a few doors from the former Zachys space, so East Parkway is once again a place to buy wine as well as order it with dinner. Owner Kristie Petrullo Campbell is a sommelier. In Scarsdale10583's September 30 roundup, she said she plans to start weekend tastings at the new location. The tastings have been announced as coming soon, so check with the shop before you plan a Saturday around one.

The hours suit the block. The shop is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. On a weeknight, that's enough time to pick up a bottle after work and still make a dinner reservation down the street.

Capretta adds lunch to the Spencer Place corner

The dinner reservation might well be at Capretta, 57 Spencer Place, in the space Akai used to occupy near East Parkway. Dinner service started September 15. On September 22, Mayor Justin Arest, Deputy Mayor Dara Gruenberg and Trustee Tim Foley cut the ribbon, and lunch service began the same day. Lohud first reported the opening.

Lunch is the part that changes the corner. With Capretta serving at midday, the block now has a sit-down option between the morning errand and the dinner hour.

Capretta is the eighth restaurant from Z Hospitality Group. The group started in 1991 with Terra in Greenwich and also runs Aurora in Rye, along with Mediterraneo, Eastend, Solé and Blackbird in Fairfield County. According to the restaurant's website, as cited by the Beacon, the menu includes:

• Handmade pastas
• Wood-fired meatballs with whipped ricotta
• Butterflied branzino and Parmesan-crusted West Coast halibut
• Detroit-style pizza alongside regular pizzas

Dinner runs 5 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, until 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and until 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. The phone number is 914-202-6900. The room is described as airy and bright, with doors that open to the street. Scarsdale10583 called it "an instant hit."

Down the block, One Rare at 16 East Parkway still serves the steakhouse end of the evening, with ribeye, filet mignon, wagyu and a dry-aged Tomahawk, plus wine and cocktails. Two full-service dinner rooms and a wine shop within a short walk of each other make East Parkway the Village's most complete evening block this fall.

100 Christie Place, from bank branch to lattes and Pilates

The bigger change for daytime hours is at the corner of East Parkway and Christie Place. Bank of America's former space at 100 Christie Place has two approvals tied to it.

Caffè Nero got a special-use permit from the Village Board on July 28, 2026. Core Burn Pilates was approved for a 1,539-square-foot studio at the same address at the September 22 Village Board meeting.

Core Burn's timing is the clearer of the two. Its Scarsdale page lists 100 Christie Place and the phone number 914-844-6867. Its first round of pre-opening packages has sold out, and a new round has been released. The class calendar on that page starts on Monday, November 2, 2026, the Monday after this post goes up.

Caffè Nero hasn't announced an opening date. How it will run is better defined than when it will open, because the Village wrote the operating terms into the permit. At the July 14 board meeting, Christie Place residents raised concerns about sidewalk seating, possible noise, and where trash would be stored and picked up. Scarsdale10583 reported that the July 28 resolution addressed those concerns.

The resolution requires a delivery and mobile-order pickup plan, approved by the Village Manager. Its stated purpose:

"...designed to minimize adverse impacts on traffic, pedestrians, nearby residents, and the Christie Place development."

That plan has to name delivery locations, set delivery hours and the café's hours of operation, lay out procedures for third-party delivery drivers and mobile-order pickups, and name a manager to contact about operational issues. The permit also includes these conditions:

1. A refuse management plan. It must identify where trash is stored, when it is collected, and the practices for keeping its effects on the corner to a minimum.
2. Scheduled reviews. The Village Manager, Police Chief and Village Planner will review how well the refuse and delivery-parking measures are working in years one, three and five after the certificate of occupancy.
3. A separate sidewalk café permit. Any outdoor seating on Christie Place or East Parkway needs its own permit before tables go out.
4. Sign review. Any illuminated sign goes to the Board of Architectural Review and cannot be neon.

For anyone who walks this corner every day, those conditions answer the questions that come up with any busy café, such as where the delivery drivers stop, where the trash goes and whether tables will be on the sidewalk. Outdoor seating is not automatic. It depends on a second approval. The traffic and trash measures get rechecked over five years, so how the corner works isn't fixed on opening day.

How the corner adds up, once both tenants open

Here is the block in order of the day, using posted hours where they exist:

1. Morning: Core Burn Pilates classes at 100 Christie Place from November 2. Caffè Nero will follow at the same address once it opens, with hours set in its Village-approved operating plan.
2. Midday: Lunch at Capretta, 57 Spencer Place, which started September 22.
3. Afternoon to 8 p.m.: Scarsdale Wine Merchants, 30 East Parkway, open until 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
4. Evening: Dinner at Capretta from 5 p.m., or One Rare at 16 East Parkway.

A year ago, the corner of East Parkway and Christie Place was a bank branch, and the wine shop was over on Depot Place. By the time the café opens, one short stretch will cover a morning class, coffee, lunch, a bottle of wine and two dinner options.

This weekend and the Sundays left

The corner isn't the only thing changing in the Village this season. A few dates fall in the days after this post goes up:

• Tonight, Thursday, October 29: The Children's Spooky Soiree at Scarsdale Public Library runs 6 to 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, October 30: Boo Bash at the library runs 9 to 11:30 a.m. The library says construction has started and parking may be limited, so it's worth walking over from the Village if you can.
• Sunday, November 1: Public Safety Day at Destination Scarsdale, the Scarsdale Business Alliance's Sunday program on Chase Road outside the Post Office. It pairs the farmers market with activations from member businesses.
• Sundays through November 22: The farmers market and Destination Scarsdale continue each Sunday through November 22, the last Sunday on the calendar. At Weinberg Nature Center, the weekly Oak Explorers sessions run on November 1, 8, 15 and 22.

Chase Road is a short walk from East Parkway, so a market Sunday can end at the wine shop before it closes at 5 p.m.

The 75th Annual Halloween Window Painting took place on October 18.

One more change to plan around if you're thinking about holiday meals. Standing Room Only, the Colonial Village Shopping Center caterer whose food has served kiddush lunches, shivas, holiday meals and celebrations, announced it is closing after 37 years. Scarsdale10583 reported the announcement from owner Jack Tacconi on August 31. If you've ordered from them for Thanksgiving in past years, call ahead now.

I've watched this corner of the Village change over many years, and I'm happy to talk about what this fall's openings mean for the blocks around East Parkway, or just compare notes on where to have lunch. Maryann Petrescu is always glad to hear from neighbors. Let's Connect.