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The Hub Restaurant Celebrates 5 Years on Friday

By John DurkaniBerkshires Staff
Matt and Kate Schilling pose outside of their restaurant, The Hub, on the eve of its fifth birthday.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Thursday afternoon at The Hub seemed typical.

The lunch rush has passed. Matt Schilling checks over slider supplies and gets his line staff ready for the next rush. Kate Schilling goes over adjustments in the restaurant's computer with waitress Jennifer Tatro.

Tomorrow's a different story. After all, the popular Main Street establishment will celebrate its fifth birthday on May 3.
 
"We're really proud of it, and mostly I'm proud of Matt," Kate Schilling said. "He deserved this. It was always his dream to have his own place and he worked his way up to it and he's really the backbone, he holds it all together."
 
Friday's already usually busy. But it will be busier than usual in celebration, as the Schilling family has birthday plans.
 
Every table will receive mystery envelopes, which at random hold a discounts from 10 to 50 percent or a free meal or desserts, Hub T-shirts, bumper sticke