Lulu may have room for only four tables but the salon-like atmosphere prevails and attracts lively conversationalists. Just down from Lulu's is a corner drug store that s been in continuous operation since the early part of the century. Its handsome facade is in original condition. Two blocks away, Archie Moore's, the latest incarnation of an old, old neighborhood bar. boasts an authentic turn of the century interior. Bird watchers, dog walkers and canines alike meet and greet each morning and evening in the park atop the River's banks.
Local businesses reflect the area's diversity.
Neighbors choose from among three Chinese groceries. while green grocers and delicatessens cater to gastronomical tastes ranging from the mundane to the sublime. Romeo and Guisseppe's, DeRose's and The Orange Market are in friendly rivalry with one another and with New York City's Dean and Delucca-or so it seems. People walk to these places, just as they walk downtown to the Green. When Mom and Dad visit, they sit on the front porch for hours, just watching the seemingly endless parade of people. It's a welcome change from the suburbs where the absence of community is dramatized by the fact that not even sidewalks connect people to each other.