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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Pittsfield Affordable Housing Initiatives Shine Light, Hope

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

Housing Secretary Edward Augustus cuts the ribbon at The First on Thursday with housing officials and Mayor Peter Marchetti, state Sen. Paul Mark and state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The holidays are here and several community members are celebrating it with the opening of two affordable housing initiatives. 
 
"This is a day to celebrate," Hearthway CEO Eileen Peltier said during the ribbon-cutting on Thursday. 
 
The celebration was for nearly 40 supportive permanent housing units; nine at "The First" located within the Zion Lutheran Church, and 28 on West Housatonic Street. A ceremony was held in the new Housing Resource Center on First Street, which was funded by the American Rescue Plan Act. 
 
The apartments will be leased out by Hearthway, with ServiceNet as a partner. 
 
Prior to the ribbon-cutting, public officials and community resource personnel were able to tour the two new permanent supported housing projects — West Housatonic Apartments and The First Street Apartments and Housing Resource Center
 
The First Street location has nine studio apartments that are about 300 square feet and has a large community center. The West Housatonic Street location will have 28 studio units that range between 300 to 350 square feet. All units can be adapted to be ADA accessible. 
 
The West Housatonic location is still under construction with the hope to have it completed by the middle of January, said Chris Wilett, Hearthway development associate.
 
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