PAGE 8, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1987 whitby business A bit of the Trish at tea room By EMILY PARE Janet Bell is combining her Irish luck with an English touch as she opens the Emerald Tea Room in the Pearson Lane boutique develop- ment on Mary St. W. in Whitby. "This has been a lifelong dream of mine," says Bell, who adopted a love for entertaining after taking over the cooking chores in her home as a child. She trained as a cook at George Brown College and Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta, and was then head chef at three establishments before deciding she wanted something different -her own restaurant that reflected her Irish background in an English-style venture. Bell recalls she looked everywhere for a 4ocation "but nothing ever caught my fancy," un- til she saw the Mary St. develop- ment. Now Bell, with the help ofi right- hand gal" Lois Kreutzwieser. can handle both family and her new business. She specializes in breakfast, lun- ch and afternoon tea. offering 13 kinds of tea and two kinds of coffee. She also plans to someday offer high noon tea on Sundays. Homemade soups, croissants and danish are only some of the of- ferings as Bell. 25. serves her JANET BELL'S staff enjoys some of her 'lucky' Irish tea inside The Emrald Tea Room.' Free Press photo specialties that may come from any one of her collection of 200 cook books, or just from her favorite list. "I'm trying something new every day." she says. The Emerald Tea Room can accommodate the Whit- by shopper. the family. the lun- chtime crowd or dinner. Bell is optimistic after what she describes as a "real uphill battle" to launch her project. "This is a first time venture for us, and we plan to make it stick," shesays. Rob opens record shop JACOB KROON looks over a parabolic antenna during Saturday's open house at Andrew Antenna in Whitby. Jacob, whose uncle is a plant employee, was one of many visitors to Andrew, selected by the Elec- tronic and Electrical Engineers of Canada as one of the locations for a cross-Canada celebration. Free Press photo Two team up to launch guitar sales By BRYCE COOPER Rob's Records is anything but average! It's in a class of its own as it carries one of the largest selection in the area. "A store like this you'll find more exciting than one in a mall," claims Rob Sweeney, owner and manager of Rob's. "I've always like music and always had a lot of records." He has made lots of music himself playing kord and rhythm guitar with the group, 'The Purple Toads.' Paul MacNeil, another member of the group, recently opened, along with Bryce Trewin, a guitar shop in Whitby. The Toads' new album is scheduled to be released before Christmas and will join many other albums of small bands at Rob's not found in your average franchise store. Sweeney was born in Oshawa but has lived in various other cities and countries since then. Returning to Oshawa, he got work at Star Records for what "seemed like endless years" until he finally decided to go out on his own. And the store is named after him. "I've done it all myself," ex- plains Sweeney, whose inventory is well over 1,000 different titles covering the full spectrum of music. Rob's is not only for the young. Sweeney has albums from rock's infancy where collectors and It was incorrectly stateu minast week's edition that Janet Swan owned hair salons in Scarborough and Whitby for il years. She has, in fact, owned the Whitby salon, Scissors, for a year and she owned the Scarborough salon for eight years before selling it this year. Mrs. Swan also had her hair- dressing license in England for nine diehard fans can complete their collection of some of the pioneers of rock n' rol. One item that is not at Rob's is compact disks. "CD's don't move so well due to lack of selection," says Sweeney. Rob's wide inventory and a good balance of pop and country chart albums as well as imported to domestics titles should keep Rob's in Whitby. "I think l'Il do alright once people find I'm here." years before moving to Canada, where she has lived for the past 12 years, including il in Whitby.- Scissors offers a full range of family hair care. The Free Press wishes to apologize for misunderstandings which may have resulted from inaccuracies in lat week's article. By BRYCE COOPER The musical jungle king has moved to Whitby. Guitarzan Guitars, a name derived from the song by Ray Stevens, opened its doors to the public on Sept. 9, offering one of the largest selections of guitars and accessories in Durham Region. "Business has been pretty good for the first month," says Paul MacNeil, part-owner of Guitarzan, along with Bryce Trewin. MacNeil first teamed up with Trewin at Alto Il Music in Oshawa nine years ago, and now they're doing it on their own. Trewin explains, however, that they haven't journeyed out of their league. "We're just sticking to what we know," he says. "We are now building up our in- ventory." says MacNeil, explaining the main cause for the failure of other music stores in Whitby was lack of inventory. Guitarzan offers a wide range of guitars, with names such as BC Rich, Lado Supra, as well as new and old Gibsons which are Mac- Neil's personal favorite. They sell many used guitars, as well as used on consignment, of- fering a wide variety of selection and price. And Guitarzan is not just for the pros. The store offers, say the owners, reasonable prices and soon will of- fer lessons to the public. Guitarzan also has their own guitar 'luthier,' or maker, George Rizsanyi, who fashions custom electric guitars. Trewin repairs guitars, a trade he learned with Alto Il. MacNeil and Trewin have brought with them a strong clien- tele from Alto II. And members from local bands as well as Chalk Cirle and the Killer Dwarves, both popular bands centered in Toronto, have been in the store. Trewin was once a member of the Killer Dwarves but quit "to try something different." MacNeil plays lead and rhythm guitar for The Purple Toads, an Oshawa band which might be bet- ter known by their old name Durango 95. The Toads will be releasing their second album, Love Songs for the hard of hearing, before Christmas. Trewin and MacNeil say they worked well together with Alto II. They plan to combine that with their knowledge and experience to make Guitarzan a big success. BRYCE TREWIN (left) and Paul Mac- guitars and guitar-accessories in their Neil with some of the wide variety of new store Guitarzan Guitars. Fiee Press photo Correction