Thursday, October 1, 2026
Families, shoppers and Sea Cliff residents filled the west end of Sea Cliff Avenue for a “block party” featuring vendors, live music and outdoor dining Friday night. Local businesses, both on the avenue and elsewhere participated.
K.C. Gallagher’s offered outdoor dining and Sea Cliff businesses located on the avenue including Peace Soap, K. DiResta Collective, Dreams West, the Sea Cliff General Store and Trois Jour Boutique set up booths near Memorial Park. The street was closed from Central Avenue to Summit Avenue.
Trois Jour Boutique Owner Marian Lipiello described organizing the event as a “group effort” between business owners and the village. She added that the event gave her business more exposure.
“I thought it was really great,” Lipiello said. “A lot more people than I expected showed up, and I saw a lot of new faces, a lot of people who didn’t know my shop was there.”
Sol Vibration, the village’s new wellness center founded by Salon Solis Owner Graciela Bustos and Antigone Rising guitarist Cathy Henderson, unveiled its storefront.
Businesses on the east end of Sea Cliff Avenue also stayed open past their typical closing time. The nonprofit Love Your Neighbor Project had its own table. Twin Moon, a local tattoo parlor not located on Sea Cliff Avenue, was also present offering glitter tattoos.
“The community was so excited,” said Laura Bonelli, owner of the Sea Cliff General Store. “It was just what Sea Cliff is about.”
Both Bonelli and Lipiello said that they are interested in holding the event again.
