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Long Island just got a little crunchier.
Native Long Islander Julie Mountain and her friend and business partner Dana Noorily opened The Granola Bar in Woodbury on Friday. It’s the chain’s eighth restaurant, but it’s their very first one on Long Island.
Admired for its offering of elevated comfort food and drinks, The Granola Bar serves up breakfast, brunch and lunch, and features a full bar. The new location is located at 8285 Jericho Turnpike in the Woodbury Common Shopping Center.
Mountain and Noorily opened their flagship Granola Bar in Westport, Connecticut, in 2013 — three years after meeting at a child’s birthday in Connecticut. Earlier this year, the team opened a location on the Upper West Side in Manhattan.
In between, the duo opened four other Granola Bar locations in Connecticut — in Greenwich, Stamford, Darien and Fairfield — and one in Rye, New York.
Like its predecessors, The Granola Bar in Woodbury will provide off-site catering for breakfast, brunch and lunch. Additionally, the space will be available for private events at night.
The Woodbury restaurant will be open Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Granola Bar: Timeline
2010: Founders Julie Mountain and Dana Noorily meet at a child’s birthday party.
2013: The Granola Bar Westport opens.
2016: The Granola Bar Greenwich opens.
2017: The Granola Bar opens location in Stamford, Connecticut and Rye, New York.
2018: The Granola Bar Fairfield opens.
2023: The Granola Bar Darien opens.
2024: The Granola Bar Upper West Side opens.
Oct. 4, 2024: The Granola Bar Woodbury opens.
Top photo: Instagram video still/The Granola Bar
