On a Roll Cafe

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The cozy On a Roll Cafe is conveniently located in the Central Block Building, 75 North St., Pittsfield, serving breakfast and lunch.

Chef and owner David Barile claims his five years of success can be attributed to his extensive mouth-watering menu of freshly made fare.

“We have daily homemade soups from fresh stock, but we go the extra mile by offering house made sourdough bread and bulky rolls, and seven-grain bread. Our pastries, desserts, even our salad dressing, are made on site. Lastly, all of our meats are roasted in-house, and our corned beef hash and sausage are 100 percent made here.”

<L2>On a Roll Cafe’s breakfast menu offers the standard hearty “two eggs any style” with home fries and seven-grain or sourdough toast; add sausage or hash or beef it up with our juicy grilled steak.

Try the Eggs Benedict – two eggs poached on a toasted English muffin with ham and hollandaise sauce – or make it Eggs Benedict Florentine by adding spinach and tomato or, for the seafood lover, Smoked Salmon Benedict.

The house specialties include On a Roll’s famous breakfast burrito of scrambled eggs with onion, peppers, tomatoes, scallions and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with sour cream and house-made salsa<R3>

Craving pancakes or French toast? Barile offers them topped with butter and pure maple syrup, or seven-grain bread dipped in batter and covered with toasted pecans and coconut and grilled golden brown. On the lighter side, how about house-made granola with seasonal fresh fruit and low-fat yogurt.

The extensive lunch menu includes seven salads. Try the house salad with tabbouleh, chick peas, diced tomatoes, cucumbers, scallions and sprouts on a bed of mesclun and add a scoop of chicken, tuna salad or grilled chicken.

Love pasta? Try the rigatoni with our spicy sausage, onions and peppers in a light tomato broth. On a Roll serves a hand-pressed lean ground beef burger and three specialty burgers, such as our lemon thyme chicken burger made with garlic, lemon and fresh thyme. All burgers are served on a fresh-made sourdough roll with sweet potato fries.

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Former Harry's Supermarket Under Construction for Restaurant

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Construction is underway to transform the former Harry's Supermarket into a restaurant

Late last month, the Conservation Commission greenlit some tree pruning on the property. New windows and a new door can be seen in the front of the building. 

"It's a substantial renovation that's currently underway here," Brent White of White Engineering said, speaking on behalf of the applicant and owner, Huajie Zhu. 

A fire gutted the longtime Wahconah Street supermarket in 2023, and the following year, Zhu purchased the property for $460,000 two years ago to build a restaurant with hibachi in the existing footprint of the more than 100-year-old building. 

White explained that the project has been ongoing for over a year, and the Community Development Board granted the property a waiver to reduce the minimum required number of parking spaces so that additional spaces aren't needed.  

He noted that, looking at the site plan, there is very little room to do so. A mirror will be installed near the sharp turn on Bel Air Avenue to alleviate traffic concerns. 

Pruning will be done on trees in the southeast corner of the existing paved parking lot, as a number of branches are hanging over. The new owners also intend to patch, sealcoat, and re-stripe the parking lot. 

A fire tore through the building less than an hour after the supermarket closed for the day three years ago. An automatic sprinkler system is required for the new use. 

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