May 8, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 3 Allendale Local restaurateur pleading guilty to structuring by John Koster Aziz Kastrati, the Wyckoff resident who formerly operated the Brownstone Inn in Wyckoff and Pastafina restaurant in Allendale, has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he structured deposits totaling more than $655,665 between January of 2006 and December of 2009 into accounts he held in four different banks and in amounts of just under $10,000 per deposit. Sentencing has been set for July 17 in federal district court in Newark before Judge William Walls. Residents of both Wyckoff and Allendale said the restaurants Kastrati, 55, and his family had operated had been popular and well-run until they abruptly closed. Pastafina closed about a year ago and the Brownstone Inn closed about two years ago. Pastafina is reportedly current in property tax payments and the Brownstone Inn’s liquor license is reportedly listed as inactive, but not terminated. “It was a no-issue place for us,” Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said of the Brownstone Inn. “We never had any problems there in recent years.” Before Kastrati took over management and changed policies and some of the staff, the Brownstone Inn had sometimes attracted more police calls in any given year than all other Wyckoff restaurants combined. After Kastrati took (continued on page 23) The Allendale Borough Council gave its conditional approve to a farmers market that would operate in Allendale from the first week of June to the middle of November, once all traffic safety questions are answered. Councilman Ari Bernstein urged, with the agreement of the other council members, that some further study be given to the best way to make sure that pedestrians do not Borough plans for farmers market wander in front of approaching cars while the market is in operation on municipal property near the railroad station. “I love the concept and I applaud you for doing it,” Bernstein told Nickie Lisella, who appeared on behalf of the Allendale Chamber of Commerce to request approval for the farmers market, which already has eight applicants for (continued on page 23)