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Arrivederci to Ciao

Posted in Business profiles, tagged , , , , on April 15, 2024| 4 Comments »

A Coupeville foodie institution is no more.

Ciao, which has served up Italian treats for 13 years on North Main Street, closed for good Saturday.

It occupied the building which formerly housed The County Deli.

Ciao owner Mark Laska released the following statement on Facebook Monday:

 

Thirteen years ago, we said Ciao, opened our doors, and were named Best New Business.

We welcomed an incredible community to dine and shine. We have celebrated you as you have celebrated us!

From birthdays, weddings, retirements, graduations, wakes, car shows, re-enlistment ceremonies, “Irish” funerals, Tango Tuesdays, and Carnavale to movie nights, wine-pairing dinners, proms, date nights, class reunions, First Thursdays, and magical music, we’ve done it all — together!

We have created so much beauty together and will cherish those glorious moments of togetherness.

On April 13th (our thirteenth anniversary), we said Ciao again.

But this time, it is goodbye with a hearty helping of grazie!

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Eat, drink, help Brisa!!

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville High School senior Brisa Herrera is being treated for cancer. The restaurant where she works is holding a fundraiser for her Saturday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Brisa Herrera was a battler on the basketball court, and she’s a battler off the hardwood as well.

The Coupeville High School senior is being treated for cancer, and Ciao, the local restaurant she works at, is holding a fundraiser for her tomorrow, Saturday, May 5.

Restaurant owner Mark Laska has pledged the day’s income to benefit “our cherished busser extraordinaire.”

Herrera’s sister and mother also work at Ciao.

The restaurant, located at 701 N. Main, is open from 11 AM-8 PM Saturday’s.

The day’s events, which will feature “Paco’s Tacos,” will also include the band Amigos Nobles playing from 1:30-3:30.

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Bounce for Bennett!!

Posted in Basketball, Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on July 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Bennett Boyles (Photo courtesy Pat Kelley)

Bennett Boyles (Photo courtesy Pat Kelley)

Everyone is chipping in to help Bennett Boyles.

As the 11-old Coupeville basketball player enters his third week of treatments for tumors on his brain stem, efforts to help him and his family continue.

Ciao, Mark Laska’s Italian restaurant (701 N. Main St.) is hosting a “Bounce for Bennett” fundraiser Sunday, July 17 from noon-6 PM.

Pizza will be sold by the slice and kids can play in bounce houses which will be on location ($5 for a short romp, $20 for all-day access).

Money raised will go to help Boyles‘ family, including mom Lucienne Rivera, who is commuting back and forth to Seattle to be with her son.

If you can’t be at Ciao Sunday, you can help out with financial donations, gas cards, ferry passes, gift certificates for food or prayers for the family.

Get well cards and posters are also greatly appreciated.

Items can be dropped off at Ebey Academy (140 SE Terry Road), right across from the high school.

Or pop over to:

https://gobennett.givingfuel.com/go-bennett

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Butterin’ up the Pizza Man!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , on July 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mark Laska

Mark Laska gets a signed jersey from BU12 soccer players (back, l to r) Matthew Kelley, Jake Mitten and (front) Michael Laska. (Pat Kelley photos)

Sage Downes (left) and Matthew Kelley lead the charge. (Pat Kelley photos)

Sage Downes (left) and Kelley lead the charge.

Mark Laska rolls the dough and hands it out.

The owner of popular Coupeville restaurant Ciao, he sponsored two Central Whidbey Soccer Club teams this past season.

The BU12 squad, which was a goal-scoring machine (99 goals, with 17 of 19 players finding the back of the net) gave the pizza man a little return on his investment, presenting Laska a team jersey framed along with the autographs of the team’s players and coaches.

Among the names immortalized under glass are Sage Downes, who drove home a team-high 28 goals, and those of Matthew Kelley, Jake Mitten and Michael Laska, who presented the senior Laska with his memento.

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Let the goals rain down!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , on June 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sage Downes (left) and Matthew Kelley lead the charge. (Pat Kelley photos)

Sage Downes (left) and Matthew Kelley lead the charge. (Pat Kelley photos)

Dones is shadowed by CEs teacher Deb Sherman.

Downes is shadowed by CES teacher Deb Sherman.

Everyone scored. Almost.

Passing the ball with conviction, the Coupeville Elementary School students who patrol the soccer pitch for the Central Whidbey soccer squad sponsored by Ciao found the net with stunning regularity this season.

17 of 19 players scored at least one goal as the U12 team went 13-5. The only two not to hammer home a goal were slowed by injury.

Wrapping their season with conviction, the booters whipped the Oak Harbor Crushers 8-1 and 8-0 Saturday to wrap their season. Four Ciao players scored for the first time in the wins.

Leading into the final weekend, part of the squad took on, and soundly defeated, its fifth grade teachers from CES 5-1 in a “friendly” earlier in the week.

The impressive roster:

4th grade:

Miles Davidson

5th grade:

Owen Barenburg
Sage Downes
Dakota Eck
Alex Jimenez
Eli Kastner
Matthew Kelley
Michael Laska
Jake Mitten
Isaac Shelly
Samuel Wynn

6th grade:

Gabe Carlson
Aram Leyva
Jean Lund-Olsen
Jonathon Partida
Isaiah Perez
Gavin St Onge
Sean Toomey-Stout
James Wood

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