tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post3552079384508751551..comments2024-02-23T03:41:46.040-08:00Comments on West Hempstead Now and Then: Maison Pepi - Gum YingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-4927553898660555052023-11-29T09:28:23.876-08:002023-11-29T09:28:23.876-08:00Was the name The White Horse?Was the name The White Horse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-8230674840412464222023-07-05T08:19:08.985-07:002023-07-05T08:19:08.985-07:00My dad, Phil Zezima, owned The Point (previously T...My dad, Phil Zezima, owned The Point (previously The Yellow Brick Road) until the mid-80s. His band The Rubberband, played there often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-70368164912704965142022-09-06T15:16:02.179-07:002022-09-06T15:16:02.179-07:00Went to The Point many times in the 80’s for a qui...Went to The Point many times in the 80’s for a quick bite to eat. Loved the wicker chairsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-61678288393853576842022-05-08T18:20:19.056-07:002022-05-08T18:20:19.056-07:00Netta was my grandmother, she did exist.Netta was my grandmother, she did exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-29035732932770497952022-05-08T17:35:13.757-07:002022-05-08T17:35:13.757-07:00I am the daughter of Charles R. Born in 1976, the ...I am the daughter of Charles R. Born in 1976, the year he left Maison Pepi… if walls could<br />Talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-20708900269826502072021-07-26T02:01:05.777-07:002021-07-26T02:01:05.777-07:00That bar's name was The Point before it got to...That bar's name was The Point before it got torn down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-11358213748787885812020-12-02T21:19:36.345-08:002020-12-02T21:19:36.345-08:00The bar was The Res (The Reservation)The bar was The Res (The Reservation)Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833435766398940859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-61520216424952047692020-10-15T00:16:04.474-07:002020-10-15T00:16:04.474-07:00It's 3:00 am, I'm in my office at my home ...It's 3:00 am, I'm in my office at my home in Connecticut, woke after a dream about the chinese restaurant at the corner of Hempstead & Eagle Ave. in West Hempstead. I have to find the name of that place so I can go bck to sleep. I remember eating there in the 1970's and there was a photo of Ed Koch in the lobby. Gum Ying! The story of Maison Pepi filled in the gap in my memory for me! Now, if I could jusr remember the name of the bar next to Carvel on Hempstead Ave where we would go to hear bands & meet local girls...mario saccocciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16176345205316796732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-88014499248513549952020-04-14T04:31:55.092-07:002020-04-14T04:31:55.092-07:00Circa 19770s, I remember Charlie Jr. having a youn...Circa 19770s, I remember Charlie Jr. having a younger cousin George and another cousin by the name of Vaugn. <br /><br />I remember him calling someone saying Nan, little Charlie.<br /><br />Be interested to see what Henry T Kolacz (who posted at this thread) has to say on all of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-80027049880568825542020-01-26T04:55:43.318-08:002020-01-26T04:55:43.318-08:00Charles and Helen did own it. You are right about ...Charles and Helen did own it. You are right about where they lived. I don’t know who netta was there was no such person my aunt Helen never remarried. So I don’t understand the gold digger story . Helen was my mother’s sisterPat conwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636546050292290812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-13699502991426044792018-04-24T08:38:07.423-07:002018-04-24T08:38:07.423-07:00I worked at Maison Pepi as a busboy from 1970 to 1...I worked at Maison Pepi as a busboy from 1970 to 1972 or so. Boy, if the walls could talk. There was a lot of gossipy stuff going on in there. But the food was awesome and the place was always packed. My favorite room was a small space with a fireplace. One night I lit the fireplace without opening the flue and created quite a stir. I remember Charlie and his wife Helen, very well. Very sad to see that someone had the gall to knock down what was a beautiful old building and put up a CVS, of all things. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-69415754188795908712018-04-22T15:01:44.386-07:002018-04-22T15:01:44.386-07:00I remember Angelo Lorenzo who lived in Hempstead n...I remember Angelo Lorenzo who lived in Hempstead near the golf course as a part owner of gum ying until it's closing..Angelo passed away in the early 2000s and the gum ying establishment was closed a shorttime later.he was dating a young Asian woman connected to the business..Angelo was a well connected guy with both good contacts on both side of the fence..real old school Italian...many connected people would frequent that restaurantCbert112https://www.blogger.com/profile/06646275515491717863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-72193300689969544012018-04-13T02:09:45.028-07:002018-04-13T02:09:45.028-07:00I'm a bit confused. In the 1970s, a Charlie Pe...I'm a bit confused. In the 1970s, a Charlie Pepi lived with his family on the corner of Dogwood and Cornwell avenues in Malverne. I've understood him to be the owner of the Maison Pepi <br /><br />He had a wife Helen, daughter Helen and son Charlie. The children attended the Valley Stream North School District. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-71388899444882656232018-03-05T10:48:44.365-08:002018-03-05T10:48:44.365-08:00Just one caveat I have to mention. After buying th...Just one caveat I have to mention. After buying the business from my granmother Netta Pepi I applied to the Hempstead zoneing board for a variance to put on a room for catering and weddings. Only 200x200 on the corner of Hempstead and Eagle Ave was zoned for business. The Poison Oakes association of West Hempstead got the residence all riled up. They got the lawyer Easa Easa to represent them,. Easa lived on Lindgergh st with his mother and father and his berother Jack and sister Mary Jane who I went to high school with. I was denied the variance. The reason I decided to sell. Several weeks after the denial one of my customers was having dinner at the Maison Pepi and called me over to his table. Sit down Henry he said. I have something I need to tell you but you must promise me you will never tell who told you. Okay I said. He told me that he was in Easa Easa's office on business. He heard Easa on the phone with a member of the Oaks association.Easa told that person not to worry about the variance it was not going to be approved because he had already taken care of advising the zoneing board not to approve it.. Easa was a rethuglican as well as my grand father who donated thousands of dollars to the party. Easa should rot in hell for what he did. He was a two faced bastard who was worried about being reelected as an assemblymen. Norman Magdance who lived right down the street from the restaurant was a leader of the Oaks and reminded Easa that votes count.Henry T Kolacznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-9746064929562133342017-12-08T13:55:45.449-08:002017-12-08T13:55:45.449-08:00I am the the grandson of Charles Pepi Sr. My grand...I am the the grandson of Charles Pepi Sr. My grandfather died in 1962 at about 12:30 AM I know because I was there to whitness it.Charles R. his son was off some where off in Europe. It took me almost a week and with the help of radio free Europe I finally found my uncle CHARLIE to tell him of my grandfathers death.. I ran the restaurant up to the time my grandmother it to become a Chinese Restaurant. Just wanted to set the record straight. I loved that place. Have fond memories of Hall's pond we cut a water storage tank inhalf and used it for two boats. That was in 1947 My Uncle gave his mother an ultimatum that she had heer choice . Either I had to go andr he would. She chose me and then it was like the Martins and The Coys I bought the business from my grand mother Netta. Times were changing so when we got the offer from the Chinese in Hempsstead we took it. The selling price was $750,000 in cash. Netta soon remarried to a gold digger by the name of WilliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-81381242211875992962013-08-15T14:01:42.960-07:002013-08-15T14:01:42.960-07:00I have my Sweet 16 there and somewhere I still hav...I have my Sweet 16 there and somewhere I still have a napkin with its name on it. Then, as I got older, we used to love eating at Gum Ying. I cried when they knocked it down for yet another CVS.<br />"Pave paradise and put up a parking lot."<br />:-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-38329833168641603532013-02-17T06:09:01.981-08:002013-02-17T06:09:01.981-08:00It would be great if someone could post a few pics...It would be great if someone could post a few pics of this house as it looked when Gum Ying was there. I remember it looking similar but with yellow siding, and then they later added a lot of fancy stone and concrete during a later renovation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776834374856576998.post-11919342739437735742012-08-08T14:04:55.298-07:002012-08-08T14:04:55.298-07:00I remember Maison Pepe ashame they leveled that ol...I remember Maison Pepe ashame they leveled that old house it was quite beautiful inside and out. I also recall across from Maison Pepe on the Eagle ave. side a house that was used for the restaraunt staff. I imagine thathas been leveled asweel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com