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Farmhouse Tap + Tavern, a restaurant opened in April by the founder of the 43,000-member...

Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on January 28, 2021 at 3:40 PM Jackie Silvestri, a 24-year-old University at Albany graduate who used her marketing degree to build the  518 Foodies brand into a 39,000-member Facebook group and start the  Downtown Dough cookie business, is opening a restaurant. Called Farmhouse Tap + Tavern, it is taking over 186 Main St. in Altamont, former home of Veronica’s Culinary Tavern and, before that, the wine bar Mio Vino. She is the sole owner of the new venture, backed by investment from family and friends, she said. Silvestri, wh...

Capital Region restaurants that closed in 2020 The Blue Hen at Adelphi Hotel, Saratoga Springs We learned in November that the Adelphi Hotel in Saratoga Springs closed its fine-dining restaurant, The Blue Hen, replacing it with an expansion of the hotel’s more casual offering, Morrissey’s Lounge. Brazilian Steak House, Colonie The quick-serve concept, featuring rotisserie meats, about 20 hot sides, salad bar and other food items that opened in 2019 in the home of the former Truman's Restaurant closed this year. closed Bumpy's Polar Freeze, Schenectady The ice cream stand closed down afte...