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Spice Wins Excellence Award - November 14, 2007
PITTSFIELD - A Berkshire County business has been selected to receive an Award of Excellence from the Retailers Association of Massachusetts for the first time in the association's decadelong history.
Spice Restaurant has been honored with the 2007 RAMAES for Restaurant of the Year, for which it was nominated by state Sen. Benjamin B. Downing, D-Pittsfield.
This statewide recognition was based upon the nomination and a visit to the restaurant by association officials.
"Spice truly deserves this distinction," said Downing in a statement. "They serve great food and provide a sophisticated atmosphere that attracts a wide range of consumers to Pittsfield’s downtown. Most assuredly, Spice's success and presence on North Street has been a driving factor in the revitalization of the city's downtown."
Spice owner Joyce Bernstein expressed her delight by saying, "We are all very excited about the award. It's an honor and a validation of our efforts and a tribute to Pittsfield's renaissance."
Since 1998, the RAMAES awards have been granted to exceptional retail businesses across the commonwealth. The RAMAES have honored large and small, new and veteran retailers, local gems and national players. This year, the RAMAES will honored seven businesses in seven different award categories at a luncheon celebration on Tuesday, Nov. 13.
For a complete list of nomination rules or to download nomination papers for the next year’s RAMAES awards, visit the Retailers Association of Massachusetts website at www.retailersma.org or call 617-523-1900. The judging process begins in September and awards are typically given in November.
Spice is at 297 North St. and is open Tuesday through Saturday. Reservations can be made by calling 413-443-1234.
The following is the full text of Downing’s nomination, which led to Spice’s 2007 Restaurant of the Year RAMAES award:
Spice is the ideal candidate for the RAMAES' 2007 Restaurant of the Year award. The restaurant, located in downtown Pittsfield, has quickly established itself as a prime destination for area socialites, the seasoned wine-drinking crowd and those who appreciate fine food and service in Berkshire County.
More importantly, the success of Spice represents a rebirth that has come to define economic growth in Pittsfield, the center of Berkshire County.
Having renovated the previously unoccupied site of Besse Clark - a retail staple in Pittsfield's once great downtown, an upscale purveyor of clothing, sporting goods and general merchandise - Spice has become symbolic of the type of revitalization that is spreading quickly throughout the City and helping to fuel the region's growing creative economy.
The circa 1840s four-story building that houses Spice is widely considered a flagship building on historic North Street. Now newly renovated and sporting mahogany trim and welcoming bright red awnings, it is home to the region's ultimate destination for fine American food. The success of Spice - fine dining for blue-collar Pittsfield, truly shows that Pittsfield is back.
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