LG Painting Co. recently opened at 81 Pondfield Rd., Suite 310, in Bronxville. The residential and commercial painting contractor serves the tri-state area. The company’s Web site is www.lgpainting.com.

Treasures & Tales recently opened at 139 Grand Street in Croton-on-Hudson. The boutique sells women’s fashions, shoes, jewelry and home decor items. The owner is Liz Jacobson.

A new restaurant, The Gas Light Ale House, is expected to open at 1 Van Der Donck Street in Yonkers after renovations to the space are completed. The restaurant, owned by Westside Hospitality Group, will feature a contemporary American menu along with wines and beer. The manager will be Nicky Sarro, a Yonkers native and a veteran of the restaurant industry. The lease of the space was handled by Houlihan & O’Malley Real Estate Services.

Kuri’s Ballpark Deli recently opened at 204 New Main Street in Yonkers. Owner Georges Kuri named the business Ballpark Deli in anticipation of a neighboring minor league baseball stadium that is undergoing the approval process in Yonkers.

EZMatch.com is not your typical online matchmaking site.

Instead of using the Internet’s power to link lonely couples in romantic relationships, this White Plains-based Web site’s mission is to marry budding entrepeneurs with business opportunities in the franchise world.

After three months of testing, the company recently announced that the free site is fully active.

“Until now, finding the right franchise was a frustrating, hit-or-miss process,” said Dennis Krieger, EZMatch.com chief operating officer. “EZMatch.com offers a free, easy, online solution that explores an individual’s personality and economic status, along with a host of other factors, and then matches the person with businesses that present the greatest chance of success.”

EZMatch.com compares its methodology to a dating service. Minutes after users of the Web site complete an online questionnaire, EZMatch.com provides them with a list of six or so franchise opportunities that may meet their needs. The site uses mathematical algorithms to come up with the list, after weighing the financial, geographic, social and psychological needs of the users.

“The job market is flooded with the newly unemployed,” Krieger added “Now is the time many people are in a position to follow their entrepreneurial spirit and pursue a franchise opportunity.”

EZMatch.com stores information on more than 1,200 franchisors around the country from a variety of business categories.

The site is looking to serve a target audience of 20 million adults who investigate franchises each year.
“Another misconception about franchises concerns the potential investment that may be required,” Krieger said. “While it is true that some franchises require an investment of $500,000 or more, many solid business franchises can be opened with an initial investment of less than $25,000.”

ECO Architecture and Design Group LLC recently opened in Katonah. The full-service architecture firm was formed by local area architects, designers, and specialists with a goal of incorporating green and sustainable designs in building projects. The firm is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.

Rachele Rose Day Spa has opened at 110 S. Central Ave., Hartsdale. The business is run by sisters Rachele Nicoletti and Rosa Calabrese.

Feintuch Communications Inc., a public relations firm founded by Chappaqua resident and former television journalist Henry Feintuch, recently opened at 245 Park Avenue in New York City.

Feintuch was managing partner of public relations at KCSA Strategic Communications when he departed in late December to start the new business.

During his 22-year tenure at KCSA, Feintuch developed hundreds of client campaigns for Arbitron, International Paper, BellSouth and other companies. Early in his career, Feintuch served as news assignment editor for WCBS-TV in New York City.

Game Gear Sports recently opened at 375 Adams Street in Bedford Hills. The independently owned sporting goods store offers name brand sporting goods. The partners in the business are Mark Rattner of Waccabuc and Adam Giardina of South Salem.

A Johnny Rockets restaurant is expected to open this summer at the Mount Kisco Square Shopping Center at 360 North Bedford Road. The international restaurant chain features a menu that includes hamburgers, sandwiches, and hand-dipped shakes and malts. Guests also can enjoy an all-American look and tabletop jukeboxes.

Yonkers city officials today welcomed two new businesses in the city’s downtown.
Alberto and SiraLuz Peralta have opened Continental Restaurant II at 104 New Main St. Also open is A&T Nail Salon at 35 Main St., managed by Daniel Lopez.

Apogee Pilates & Wellness Center is scheduled to open in early March at 140 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains. The 8,500-square-foot center will include studios and exercise equipment; group exercise classes; private and semi-private Pilates instruction; nutrition consultations and massage services.

MasterCard Inc., the Purchase-based credit card giant, is joining Accor Services, the largest hotel company in Europe, to create a company that will offer prepaid service cards. Accor will own 67 percent of the new company, known as PrePay Solutions, and MasterCard’s European subsidiary will own the remaining 33 percent stake. PrePay Solutions will market prepaid cards designed to allow corporations, governments and financial companies to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

The Club 1133 Sports & Fitness recently opened in the former IBM building at 1133 Westchester Ave. in Harrison. The 6,000 square-foot fitness facility includes a golf simulator, personal training and spa treatments. The club is the second venture of the Callaway Sports Group, which also owns the three-year-old Club 800 Squash & Fitness in the former Kraft building at 800 Westchester Ave.

Metrocities Mortgage, a national direct lender and mortgage broker, recently opened a branch at 333 Westchester Ave. in White Plains.

Branch manager Donald Arace has been a loan professional in Westchester County for 22 years. The company’s services include first-time homebuyers’ seminars and foreclosure property assistance for listing Realtors. Metrocities also provides private banking loans of up to $l0 million or more.

Personal Training Institute recently opened at Rye Ridge Shopping Center in Rye Brook. The fitness center offers weight loss programs to clients, including 30-minute workouts on strength training machines.

Olivier New York recently opened a boutique at 12 Purchase St. in Rye. Olivier produces more than 140 skin care products, including facial day and night cream, lip serum, body lotion, bath and shower products, baby oil, shaving kits and after-shave cream for men. The Olivier Soapery, founded in 1996, is based in New Brunswick, Canada.

Chyten Educational Services recently opened in Hartsdale at the Fortune Building, 280 N Central Ave. The business offers college admissions services, test preparation and private tutoring for students of all levels and abilities.

Children of America recently opened a child care center at 265 N. Highland Ave. in Nyack. The center enrolls children from six weeks to 12 years old. Children of America now operates 22 child care centers in six states.

Integrated Medicine and Nutrition and Holistic Med Spa and Laser recently opened at 495 Main St. in Mount Kisco. The business said that it provides holistic health care through the integration of medicine, nutrition, diet, herbs and diagnostic testing.