The citizens of Port Chester had had enough of wind and weather and were just looking to have a little fun on a Friday night. Though it was November, children in princess and skeleton costumes roamed the sidewalks, enjoying a belated Halloween. And more than a few adults made a beeline for Coals, a scrappy new pizzeria that had thrown open its doors — and its beer taps — after several days in the dark....

...The décor has a decidedly crazy streak: on the walls are a stuffed buck head, a quite nice paint-by-the-numbers Elvis portrait and an old-timey canvas of a sailing ship on a roiling sea...