April 8, 2015
On the move in Maryland Heights
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Patrons enjoy the live music at The Jive and Wail, a new dueling piano bar that opened in Maryland Heights in November of last year.
Several new businesses have opened their doors in the past few months By Sara Hardin Business is booming in Maryland Heights, including several new locations that have opened in the area. Whether you’re hungry for a cold beer and a fish taco, need a quick fix on your car, or you’re eager to kick back with drinks after a long work week, Maryland Heights has what you’re looking for. Fuzzy’s Taco Shop is a taco hotspot that opened a new location in Westport Plaza on Feb. 19. With pre-existing locations in Webster Groves and West County, owner Scott Bonner has high hopes for building a new customer base in Maryland Heights. “We’re very excited about this new location,” said Bonner. “Our hopes are that we can bring Fuzzy’s to people who haven’t experienced it, and that we have a long-lasting relationship with the community here.” Unlike the other locations, the Westport Fuzzy’s offers a full bar; but it still offers the same menu full of a variety of delicious tacos and ice-cold beer. Bonner says that the location’s introduction into Westport has been a smooth transition, thanks to the business-friendly atmosphere that Maryland Heights provides. “Maryland Heights is very helpful and very easy to work with. I don’t think we could be teamed up with a partner better than Westport. They have been unbelievably helpful in promoting our business and helping us along the way.
I’m just so excited about what’s going on in Westport, and I’m sure that in the next year or two we’re going to see it really boom.” After getting your taco fix, stop by for drinks at The Jive and Wail, a new dueling piano bar that opened in November of last year. “We like to say, ‘When you come to The Jive and Wail, it’s always different, always fun,’” explained Joty Padda, representative for the Marketing and Promotions Department for The Jive and Wail. The Jive and Wail offers a full restaurant menu and bar that strives to cater to groups of all kinds; whether it is for a birthday party or a corporate get together. It’s the live entertainment; however, that makes the experience truly unique. “It’s a very high-energy, requestdriven, interactive show,” said Padda. “It’s basically controlled by the audience members; they give requests to the piano players and we have two piano players playing at all times. Each night, depending on the crowd make-up, the requests and the players that are on stage, you’re going to get a different experience.” When at The Jive and Wail, it will come as no surprise that the piano players are nothing short of world class, with repertoires so extensive that each player can fulfill almost any song request on command.
“We love the support from the local community, whether it’s the municipal folks, the Chamber of Commerce, the fellow business owners, or just the general public,” said Padda. A name that may very well sound familiar, Car-Doc Automotive, Inc., opened the doors to their new location in Westport Business Park on Jan. 2 of this year. Owner Mark Schenberg opened Car-Doc Automotive’s first location in a tucked-away converted office building in 1989, and since then the business has built a loyal customer base See ON THE MOVE page 2
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