Farmhouse Tap + Tavern falls short, and the pandemic isn t an excuse
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Farmhouse Tap + Tavern in Altamont opening for takeout
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Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on January 28, 2021 at 3:40 PM
Jackie Silvestri, a 24-year-old University at Albany graduate who used her marketing degree to build the
518 Foodies brand into a 39,000-member Facebook group and start the
Downtown Dough cookie business, is opening a restaurant. Called Farmhouse Tap + Tavern, it is taking over 186 Main St. in Altamont, former home of Veronica’s Culinary Tavern and, before that, the wine bar Mio Vino. She is the sole owner of the new venture, backed by investment from family and friends, she said.
Silvestri, who aside from the approximately 2,400 cookies she bakes weekly has no experience as a restaurant proprietor, said her lifelong love of restaurants further strengthened as she built 518 Foodies. The East Berne resident said the menu will focus on pub fare made with locally sourced products when possible. She said it will include burgers and, using the existing wood-fired oven, chicken wings a
Capital Region restaurants that closed in 2020
The Blue Hen at Adelphi Hotel, Saratoga Springs
We learned in November that the Adelphi Hotel in Saratoga Springs closed its fine-dining restaurant, The Blue Hen, replacing it with an expansion of the hotel’s more casual offering, Morrissey’s Lounge.
Brazilian Steak House, Colonie
The quick-serve concept, featuring rotisserie meats, about 20 hot sides, salad bar and other food items that opened in 2019 in the home of the former Truman s Restaurant closed this year.
closed
Bumpy s Polar Freeze, Schenectady
The ice cream stand closed down after a year in which its last operator was accused of sending racist texts, mistreating employees and violating health codes. Next spring, it will be instead known as Stella’s Creamery & Cakes.