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People in cars wait to pick up food in a drive-through manner during what would have been the 50th annual Greek Festival at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church on Friday July 10, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, food must be ordered online and picked up at the drive-thru in the church parking lot. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren
Retro ice-cream shop opens/on Cohoes s Remsen Street
Sweet Happy Days, a 1950s-themed ice-cream parlor, opened last weekend at 86 Remsen St. in Cohoes. The owner is Brenda Hage, who last year opened Teta Marie’s Lebanese Restaurant down the block.
Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on April 30, 2021 at 7:31 AM
Jason Grant, owner of
The Crisp Cannoli Bakery & Cafe in East Greenbush, is developing a butcher shop and smokehouse in a former Stewart’s location on Columbia Turnpike in Schodack, according to a
Facebook post. The business will offer free vendor booths in the parking lot to local farmers, the announcement days.
Among the offerings will be venison processing, smoked meats, fresh-cut steaks, deli meats, sausage and more.
“We are hoping to have this space up and running as soon as possible,” Grant writes. He founded The Crisp Cannoli in 2010. Last May, it moved to a new newly constructed building at 1 Springhurst Drive in East Greenbush. He also operates the 6-month-old
Best kept secrets of East Greenbush dining
Susie Davidson Powell highlights Chez Mike, Nic s Trattoria, SriSiam in this Critic s Notebook
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Pizza is cooked in a 750-degree wood-fired oven at Nic s Trattoria in East Greenbush. (Photo by Konrad Odhiambo/For the Times Union.)Konrad Odhiambo/For the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Inside the wood-fired pizza oven at Nic s Trattoria in East Greenbush. (Photo by Drew Harris/Nic s Trattoria.)Drew Harris/Nic s TrattoriaShow MoreShow Less
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Cocktail at Nic s Trattoria in East Greenbush. (Photo by Drew Harris/Nic s Trattoria.)Drew Harris/Nic s TrattoriaShow MoreShow Less
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Critic s notebook: Takeout from Boca Bistro, Why Not Burger
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Takeout from Boca Bistro in Saratoga Springs. (Susie Davidson Powell photo.)Susie Davidson Powell/For the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Exterior of The Crisp Cannoli in East Greenbush, which is also home to the Why Not Burgers concept on Friday and Saturday evenings. (Susie Davidson Powell photo.)Susie Davidson Powell/For the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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The takeout food and cocktail spread from Boca Bistro in Saratoga Springs. (Susie Davidson Powell photo.)Susie Davidson Powell/For the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Fare from Why Not Burgers in East Greenbush. (Susie Davidson Powell photo.)Susie Davidson Powell/For the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less