| | |  News from Around Banderas Bay | December 2008 
Galleria Dante 20th Anniversary Sale
 Joe & Claire Guarniere - PVNN
| | To celebrate 20 years of doing business in Puerto Vallarta, Joe & Claire Guarniere of Galleria Dante are offering a 20% discount on their entire inventory through January 1st. | |
On December 21st, 1988, we opened our first business together in Puerto Vallarta. We find it hard to believe that it has been 20 years.
Our first endeavor was a small Italian trattoria called "Pizza Joe." It was funded by securing a loan on the only possession left in Michigan: a seven year old DeLorean. In a few short weeks we were able to buy our pizza oven, build our work table, scrub the floors with a tooth brush, and watch over our three-year-old daughter sleeping in the corner.
We were lucky that the third day we opened we had line-ups, which was surprising as we had not advertised. Much of the success was due to the recommendation of locals and tourists. But our biggest supporters back then were the Alaska Airlines employees, who also celebrated 20 years of flying to Vallarta this past November. The flight attendants and pilots found us our first day in business and over the next 2 years even announced over the in-flight intercom that their favorite restaurant in PV was "Pizza Joe."
So you may ask how we got into the gallery business. We decorated our little restaurant with art that we had collected from Italy and Greece. It was because of the interest in our art collection that we felt we could successfully open an art gallery.
We started with the sale of classical European and pre-Columbian reproductions, as well as a few local sculptors. After being a sculpture gallery for many years, we slowly started to add painters. We have been fortunate to work with many talented artists, so the gallery continues to expand, and paintings and sculptures now equally divide the space.
Galleria Dante, now in its 14th season, is recognized as Vallarta’s largest fine art gallery and sculpture garden. We are grateful to our friends, clients and artists who helped us to make the gallery what it is today.
To show our appreciation for all your support and friendship, (and, quite honestly, to stimulate sales in today’s troubled world-wide economy) we are offering a 20% discount on our entire inventory from now until January 1st 2009.
Take this opportunity to acquire that special piece that seemed just out of your reach until now. It is interesting to note that Fine Art has been globally recognized as one of the best places to invest during times of economic uncertainty. Please visit our website GalleriaDante.com or our gallery here in Vallarta. We accept personal checks, PayPal, or layaway. Call us in Vallarta at (322) 222-2477 or from the USA & Canada: 1-269-841-4267.
We will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, but will open Saturday, December 27 and January 3rd. Our regular hours: 10 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, closed Sundays. We are located at Basilio Badillo #269 in the Romantic Zone of Old Town. |
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