Illegal Snacking

Local Millionaire Who Owns Snacking Company Gets Denied To Serve Snacks
At His NF Home

By Jessica Gold

The North Fork of Long Island is home to some of Long Island's most creative people. Musicians live here as well as talented artists and authors. This small segment of Long Island is inhabited with some of the most inventive minds around. I guess that's why everyone has been kind of wondering about the owner of the house on the southwest corner of Village Lane and the Main Road in Cutchogue. What is the occupant doing? He's definitely falling into the "creative" and "inventive" categories.

Robert Ehrlich, who also owns Robert's American Gourmet Food Inc., which is the renowned company that makes Pirates Booty, Cocoa Booty, Chaos and other healthy snacks has been turning his property, essentially the landmarked house known as the Captain Hubbard/Edwards house, into a sort of snackbar. He has been open on Fridays and most weekends hosting games, serving iced tea, lemonade and snacks, and even showing a few movies for free. The catch is that he was apparently denied a permit to do this due to lack of a large enough parking area. Mr. Ehrlich seems to have his mind set on making use of the property in the way that he sees fit. He has a vision just like he did back in 1986 when he founded "Robert's American Gourmet on his belief that "no true American salad dressing had yet been defined." In addition to salad dressings, he went on to create some of the cleverest gourmet snacks around. We have tasted many of these snacks, and we have to say that many people here at the office are eating them right now. They are wonderful, and it is nice to know that there is a clever and nice guy behind the bags of goodies, especially the "Tings."

So, Mr. Ehrlich decided to open his house to the public for free. He painstakingly restored the house to where it's said to look like a "work of art". Seemingly doubtful that anyone would purchase the property; Mr. Ehrlich watched his dreams of turning it into a cafe or an antique's shop go down the proverbial drain. Still wanting to show the house off; he took his snacks and put them out for serving and opened his house up to guests.

The end result has been a bit more traffic on the road passing his house and some slightly curious and possibly put-out neighbors. Mr. Ehrlich has stated that he's put so much work into the house that he just wants it to show it off. Residents wonder what Mr. Ehrlich's intention is in doing this.....

It is so nice to see when somebody goes out and does something like this on the North Fork. Here, we have so many good natured people who want what is best for the community and for the world. Even our wealthy business people here are in charge of environmentally and health aware companies such as Robert's American Gourmet Food Inc. These are the things that really keep this wonderful area going, and will keep it going strongly into the future.

If Mr. Ehrlich will be looking for a new spot to serve his snacks, I can think of one place he should, my home of course!

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