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Landmark Adams Restaurant Will Close After 69 Years

Operated by the Haddad family since 1950, the Red Carpet Restaurant has served millions of meals to mill workers, judges, hunters, and everyone in between.

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Red Apple Butchers Taking Second Slice at North Street

Nearly 18 months after it shuttering his location in Crawford Square, Jazu Stine expects to open on Tuesday in the very same spot to serve breakfast sandwiches and lunch.

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Owners Look to Sell Former Johnny's Beach Club Property

Wahconah Street LLC's attorney Jeffrey Lynch told the Licensing Board on Monday that owners no longer plan to open but instead want to improve the 87 Wahconah St. property in hopes of selling it.

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North Adams Restaurateur Brings Back 'Capitol' Name With Side of BBQ

After piloting through the tempest that was the Solid Sound Festival — including running through 80 pounds of homemade corned beef hash in less than two days — Meehan was working through another storm of his own making.

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Waubeeka Golf Links Reopening Restaurant as Tavern on 7

The Tavern on 7 is opening at Waubeeka Golf Links and restaurant manager David Travisano wants everyone to feel welcome in the overhauled restaurant.

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The Lantern Reopened In Pittsfield

For a century The Lantern has been a stalwart landmark in the city's downtown. Thousands of people have eaten in the restaurant at the corner of Linden and North and it had remained through generations of changes to the city's downtown. But, in 2017, Mark Papas decided it was time to close it.

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'EAT' Restaurant in Williamstown Opens in Colonial Plaza

Takeout is still a cornerstone of the business but now with more room, he wants to put a focus on dinner.

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North Adams' Tourists Repurposing Historic Farmhouse as Restaurant

It marks a significant change in the resort's plans for a fine-dining restaurant on Massachusetts Avenue that guests at the State Road motel would have accessed via a bucolic trail over the river.

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Former Adrien's Diner Transformed Into New Vegan Restaurant

Shari Peltier's daughter is a vegetarian and it is difficult when they go out to eat in local establishments. "Whenever we would go out to dinner the only thing the kid could order was pasta. There was never any options for her," Peltier said.

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Berkshire Palate Opens in Williamstown

Many of the dishes on the Berkshire Palate menu can be found on the restaurant's Facebook page. Dishes include the "Pig Wing," a roasted sugar pumpkin dip with crostini and chile-toasted pumpkin seeds and seared salmon with quinoa, kale, and grains.

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North Adams Restaurant Gains Approval With Addition of Parking

On Monday, the board gave the OK to a parking lot with spaces for 20 cars that will be located behind the church near the old ballfield and will be accessed by Amidon Road, which is east of the church. Two more parking spaces will be created at the front of the building for handicapped access.

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Valhalla Eatery Opens Tuesday in Adams

Michael Kelly and Shane Doolan will bring food worthy of Odin to 85 Commercial St. with the new eatery Valhalla.

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Lanesborough Pub Opens With New Owners, New Name

It wasn't that long ago when Kim McArdle and her brother Brant Boyington decided they didn't want to work for other people, they wanted to work for their own family. The pair started considering opening a business. McArdle spent much of her career in restaurants - that's where she met her husband Tom - and she had also opened a marketing company. She was playing cards with a bookkeeper for Matt Reillys who told McArdle that Helen Reilly was looking to sell the longstanding business on the lak

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Roadside Grill Brings Traditional Polish Food to Stamford

So Rum utilized some space in his property on 180 Main Road in which he runs his other business Four Seasons Images Inc. The result is the 180 Polish Roadside Grill.

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Adams Ale House Holds Grand Opening

Williams and the Landers took over after Girard informed the Selectmen in February that he planned to lease the building. They stuck with the Adams Ale House name and held a soft opening in July to test the waters but since then have expanded their menu and offerings.

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Alzheimer's Partnership Seeks To Bring 'Purple Tables' To Berkshires

Jenifer Apazidis remembers going out to eat with her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Her mother was diagnosed at age 59 and looked completely young and healthy.

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New North Adams Eatery Features Salad Bowls, Specialty Coffees

The restaurant, located in the former Brewhaha space on Marshall Street, opened for business last Friday. Right now, it's open from 11 to 4 seven days a week and offers n build-your-own salads, beverages and specialty coffees, including a nitro cold-brew, although Emery says it plans to expand in hours and offerings as it goes along.

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Adams Ale House Reopens

The Adams Ale House has reopened under new management. New owners Robert Williams and Jen and Bill Lander agree if it isn’t broke don’t fix it.

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Bigg Daddy's Cheesesteaks Opens Downtown Pittsfield Location

There is no longer a need for people in Pittsfield to drive down to the city of brotherly love to get Geno's or Pats or Tony Luke's cheesesteaks. Authentic Philly Cheesesteaks are now available right on North Street. Xavier Jones opened Bigg Daddy's Philly Steak House in Crawford Square on Friday. It is his second location since starting what he envisions will be a local franchise last January.

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Owner of Nudel Looks to Reopen The Lantern in Pittsfield

The chef and owner of Nudel, in Lenox, is looking to re-open the Lantern. The Licensing Board gave its approval for Bjorn Somlo to take over the liquor license. The property is being bought by Mill Town Capital, under 449 North Street RE, LLC., and Somlo is hoping to re-open the restaurant

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North Adams Biz Panels OK Church Property Division

The Redevelopment Authority approved the creation of a new lot within the Urban Renewal District that comprises the church's Christian education building on Ashland Street. The Planning Board at its meeting immediately following approved the Form A application that divided the property.

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Adams Ale House Slated to Reopen Under New Management

The Adams Ale House is slated to reopen under new management after months of being closed. Pub owner Nathan Girard on Wednesday told the Board of Selectmen that he plans to lease the building to a group that will run it under the same name.

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Freight Yard Pub Owners Opening 2nd North Adams Restaurant

Sean and Colleen Taylor have run Freight Yard Pub in Western Gateway Heritage State Park for 25 years. They hope to transfer that success to the Trail House by offering familiar, American food but with enough of a difference for the Trail House to stand alone.

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Otto's Expanding Restaurant, Adding Dinner

Every year Luke Marion says there is no way he could fit more people inside Otto's Breakfast and Deli. But every year, the chef and restaurant owner somehow manages to do it. The restaurant's business has been growing at nearly 20 percent every year. And now, he definitely needs more space.

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Old Country Buffet Expected To Be Razed To Make Way For New Restaurant

The plaza owners Brixmor Property Group received the OK from the Conservation Commission to take down the restaurant. The plan is to construct a new, 5,500 square-foot restaurant in its place.

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