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It will be the first Long Island store for Stew's, which also has a wine store in Farmingdale. With construction expected to begin this year, the store is expected to open in January or February 2016.
Stew Leonard's, which boasts it is the world's largest dairy store, also has stores in Norwalk, Danbury and Newington in Connecticut and Yonkers in New York.
The Farmingdale location will be across from its wine store in the Airport Plaza shopping center. It is expected to add 400 jobs to the region, and will occupy a space left vacant when the entertainment eatery Dave & Buster's closed its doors over the weekend.
Stew Leonard's has been trying to build a store in Long Island since 2002.
“We are thrilled to finally be building a Stew Leonard’s in Farmingdale,” Stew Leonard Jr., president and CEO of Stew Leonard’s, said in a statement. “This has been a dream of our family’s since 2002, when we first started exploring options for a new store on Long Island. We know we’ll be welcomed with open arms by all of our friends in Farmingdale and throughout Suffolk County.”
Stew Leonard's is a family-owned and operated. It was founded as a dairy store in Norwalk in 1969, and has grown to become a nearly $400 million enterprise with more than 2,000 employees. Each Stew Leonard's store carries 2,200 items and has a bakery, butcher shop and seafood department.
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