A UK coffee chain's first Westchester County café will take a step closer to opening when Scarsdale's Board of Architectural Review considers signage for Caffè Nero at 100 Christie Place on Monday, Aug. 10.
The signage review is one of 15 items on a packed agenda that also includes four new-home applications scattered across the village.
The agenda, posted July 29 on the village's Agenda Center, shows the board will evaluate new homes at 17 Highland Way (Cooper Realestate Dev), 64 Lincoln Rd (64 Lincoln Rd Realty LLC), 7 Mayflower Rd (Raj Krishnan), and 30 Farragut Rd (Yan Li). Two of those projects, at Highland Way and Lincoln Road, are Planning Board referrals listed as "New House Preliminary," meaning the BAR will weigh in on design before the Planning Board makes a final decision.
Krishnan's 7 Mayflower Road project is also before the Planning Board, which held a continued public hearing on the proposal Wednesday, Aug. 5. That board's next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Caffè Nero signage
The Caffè Nero application, filed by Christie Place LLC, covers signage only at the corner of Christie Place and East Parkway.
According to lohud.com, the chain specializes in coffee from beans grown at high altitudes and the Scarsdale location will be its first shop in Westchester. The Aug. 10 vote does not constitute final approval for the café to open; other permits may still be required.
Additions, alterations, and a pool house
The remaining items include a pool house, driveway gates, and shade structure at 189 Heathcote Rd (189 Heathcote Rd LLC); an addition and deck at 254 Madison Rd (Shi & Liang); stucco and roof colors at 24 Eton Rd (Mr. & Mrs. Pavlov); an addition at 81 Greenacres Ave (Mr. & Mrs. Zakiarski); additions, front porch, and deck at 22 Brookby Rd (Mr. & Mrs. Laporta); exterior alterations at 126 Penn Rd (Zhang & McCoy); and a pergola at 30 Secor Rd (Mr. & Mrs. Ahuja).
The seven-member board, chaired by Brad Cetron, can approve a project, approve with conditions, hold it over, or refer it back to the Planning Board.
It's a deliberate process. "I understand it's a cumbersome process," Cetron said during a BAR hearing in April 2025, as reported by The Scarsdale Insider, sympathizing with an applicant whose project had been sent back multiple times.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 1001 Post Road. Residents can subscribe to agenda alerts at scarsdale.gov by clicking "Notify Me," and meeting videos are posted afterward to the village's Laserfiche portal.
