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Wasabi’s all-you-can-eat sushi coming to ex-Reel Seafood space The owners of Wasabi, a 3-year-old restaurant in Saratoga Springs that features all-you-can eat sushi, are developing a southern sibling to open in early June at 195 Wolf Road in Colonie, home for more 35 years to Reel Seafood Co. until it closed suddenly in January 2020. The restaurant will be called Albany Wasabi, said Chenxun Wu, who manages the original Wasabi. He said menus and hours will be the same: Lunch, $16.50 per person, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays; dinner, $25.99 per person, 4:30 to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 4:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday. A-la-carte ordering will be available for in-house dining as well as takeout/delivery. A liquor license for a full bar has been applied for, Wu said. ....
Wolf Road, region s Main Street, struggles in pandemic economy FacebookTwitterEmail A near-empty parking lot is seen at the New York State Department of Transportation offices on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, on Wolf Road in Colonie, N.Y. Office lots are mostly empty as staff work from home during the coronavirus lockdown. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union COLONIE It is the Capital Region s Main Street, drawing travelers and shoppers from far and wide. But the pandemic, which crippled the hospitality, restaurant and brick-and-mortar retail sectors, has hit Wolf Road hard. Pier One stands empty after its parent firm went bankrupt in the weeks before the first major outbreak of coronavirus. The Turf Inn, once a destination not only for travelers but for locals out for a night of clubbing, is dark and empty. ....