Kitchen & Bath Works gives remodeling help

Anyone planning to remodel or improve a kitchen and bath or do other remodeling doesn’t have to travel beyond Warwick for the best results and value. Kitchen & Bath Works of Warwick, 314 Route 94 South, between the Village of Warwick and Vernon, N.J., can offer complete custom remodeling of kitchens, baths, basements and additions from A to Z. And according to owner Mechelle Casciotta, you’re not only shopping locally, you’re getting the best expert advice from people with roots and involvement in this community. “We won’t leave a job until our customer is satisfied,” said Casciotta. “We will work with you from beginning to end and hopefully, establish a lifelong friendship.” Casciotta has been building homes with Scott Rothamel, whom she describes as her “managing partner,” for five years. Rothamel, she explained, has been building homes for the past 25 years and brings experience and knowledge from beginning to end of all phases of any building or remodeling project including excavating. “He knows everything about this business,” said Casciotta, “and you can’t pay for that anywhere.” Kitchen & Bath Works of Warwick offers clients expert installation of quality flooring, cabinetry, tile, fixtures, appliances and other materials at competitive prices. The company recently opened a companion business, Warwick Valley Appliances, which will be the subject of a future business column. Kitchen & Bath Works of Warwick is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as well as evenings by appointment. Call 988-5522. More pancakes, please. One of the most entertaining features of Warwick’s Annual Sidewalk Sale this year was the pancake-eating contest at the Willow Café on Main Street. Owner Gia Adamis loves to cook and pancakes are a specialty. The Willow Café offers 10 different pancakes and besides its extensive lunch menu, serves breakfast all day. For the contest, however, each large pancake was standardized at eight to nine inches in diameter and about one inch thick. Among the runner-ups were Walter Dearing, only a few bites behind the winner, and then Dan Kleinman, Jerry Holt, Ray Rogers, Joe Manno, Phil DeGennaro and Nick Carbone. The winner and title holder for the Willow Café 2006 pancake eating contest, however, was Tony Rudinski who wolfed down four and one-half of the huge pancakes.