Good Life Makes a New Life in Scarsdale

Scarsdale residents cheered when they saw Michaels reopen last week, and many marched in expecting to once again order their favorite mozzarella (mozzi) or turkey sandwich. But they were surprised to find much more than a sandwich and cheese shop. Greeted with a free sample of fresh watermelon-strawberry juice, customers quickly realized new tastes were in store.

Renamed, Good-life Gourmet, Spencer Place is now home to a three-meal-a-day operation. Headed up by chef Eric Korn who trained at the Culinary Arts Institute and served under a celebrity chef, Good Life Gourmet offers breakfast and lunch on site, prepared dinners to go and a full scale catering operation.

The shop has been redesigned and is an inviting environment where you can begin your day with Illy coffee fresh-squeezed juice and pastries, muffins and croissants baked by Martines in Tuckahoe. For lunch, Korn offers a changing menu of innovative sandwiches, salads and soups utilizing seasonal ingredients. The sandwiches are served on breads brought in daily from some of New York's finest bakeries. On a recent visit, the sandwich menu included a lemon roasted asparagus panini with basil goat cheese, brisket with caramelized onion and gouda and a five cheese sandwich with short ribs. On the lighter side, the salad menu featured roasted beet with goat cheese, heirloom tomato with roasted cipolliini onions and an herbed grilled chicken with carrots and apples in a tarragon vinaigrette.

And if you're impressed with lunch, wait until you see what Korn has in mind for dinner. Every day Good-life will prepare fresh, "homemade" dinners, that you can pick up, heat up and serve. According to Korn, "these will look like real meals on your dinner table, not fussy food on a plate you'd find at a restaurant." His menu shows French roasted chicken in a red wine sauce, pan roasted halibut, and wild mushroom lasagna to name a few. However, the menu will change everyday and dinners are reasonably priced from $12-$16, which is far less than you would spend on a take-out meal. Good-life is offering a mobile program to make ordering easy from your phone. If you text "goodlife" to 51684, you will be sent a text message every morning letting you know what's for dinner. From your phone you can order and pay for your meal and pick it up when you get off the train in Scarsdale.

With the Jewish holidays upon us, Korn will be offering catered Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur selections, so stop by the store to see what's available. And when you do, you'll be happy to see that Michael and Jason Cairo are still on the scene, helping Good-life make a new life in Scarsdale.

Good-life Gourmet
13 Spencer Place
Scarsdale, New York 10583

914-723-3024
www.good-lifegourmet.com

Open 7 am - 8 pm Monday through Friday
Saturdays - hours TBD