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Despite the pandemic, it wasn t all bad news on the restaurant scene this year
Dec. 31, 2020 |
Updated: Dec. 31, 2020 12:25 PM
The restaurant industry has faced a year like no other. Capital Region restaurants had to adjust to a shutdown and restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. While some were able to adapt with more takeout and delivery options, others were forced to close their doors. The news wasn t all bad, however. Some new restaurants even popped up on the Capital Region dining scene. To keep up with the latest, sign up for the Table Hopping newsletter.
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Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on December 24, 2020 at 10:16 AM
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Veteran Capital Region chef Michael Pietrocola, whose experience dates back more than 30 years to the Executive Suite and Pietrocola’s in Schenectady and, more recently, Cornells in Little Italy (also Schenectady) and The Edison Club in Rexford, is back in a restaurant kitchen.
Last weekend (12/19), Pietrocola opened Pastina Bistro at 11 Colvin Ave. in Albany, previously home to the Caribbean restaurant Tribago. I’m uncertain when Trinbago closed.
Pastina’s
menufeatures a variety of familiar Italian preparations, priced from a modest $6 for a bowl of beans and greens and a $19 branzino baked in parchment up to the splurge of a $45 Edelweiss veal chop available grilled with cherry-pepper sauce or in Milanese or Parmigiana versions.