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Mount Kisco’s Curio Room: A Bookstore and More

Mount Kisco’s Curio Room: A Bookstore and More

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Sep 08, 2022
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By Ed Perratore

Mount Kisco’s Curio Room bookshop and gallery, as viewed from the doorway of the store.

Mount Kisco has had no bookshop since Borders closed its last stores in 2011. But a new business in town, Curio Room, may succeed where others failed by offering something you can’t buy online: personal attention that goes beyond retail pitches.

Curio Room, at 141 E. Main Street, is more than a bookstore. The brainchild of two local artists, Frog Wing and her partner, Gerry “Ray” Mak, the store offers not only new and used books but also

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