Matty’s Dine & Dance, owned and operated by the Direnzo family

was a popular Westbrook night spot, with Gary & The Counts the featured Band. The Direnzo family also owned and operated the D & J Variety Store, which was located in the building at 533 Main (left photo). Apartments occupied the upper floors of both buildings.

Matty’s Dine & Dance and the D & J Variety Store eventually closed and the space occupied by both businesses became the Cumberland Mills Used Furniture Co. Several years later, a fire swept through the furniture company, and both buildings were closed and sold.

The building was remodeled with Fruiti’s Deli and a hair salon occupying the first floor and apartments on the upper levels.

The first floor is currently occupied Medeo European Food & Deli and a second-hand store.

(Photos courtesy Mike Sanphy)