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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BRTA Announces Community Shuttle Program

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority starts its Community Shuttle Program on Tuesday, Sept. 8. 
 
The program consists of using non-CDL drivers on smaller neighborhood routes. This will allow the BRTA to shift CDL drivers to cover other services. Especially in the evening when we have experienced driver shortages and cancellations.
 
Routes 1, 2, 3, and 34 with the goal of producing immediate relief for riders in North and South County.
 
Routes 11/15, 5 and 21 will be the first routes for Community Shuttle service. Route 21 will run until 9:30 p.m. to make sure South County riders have a way home. 
 
BRTA says it is committed to making sure all residents have the service they need daily.
 
The agency continues to work through staffing challenges, but believes this will alleviate the CDL driver shortage. It says it is committed to a program of continuous training and recruitment. Contact the BRTA if you have an interest in joining the team.
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