By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
Queensbury Hotel general manager Tyler Herrick says that adding in their brand new catering kitchen, they’ll be able to do “800 to 1,000” dinners a night.
No sweat, says Chef Adam Savage, the hotel’s executive chef and Director of Culinary for Spruce Hospitality Group.
“I was the executive chef for the Sagamore for nine years. So yes, we did that many times,” he said. …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Here’s a look at The Queensbury Hotel, “by the numbers,” as derived from Chronicle conversations with General Manager/Spruce Hospitality President Tyler Herrick, comments during the ribbon cutting on July 21, and press materials.
By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
The Queensbury Hotel expansion project was built of long-term relationships, as embodied by V&H Construction, the project’s general contractor.
“Thirty-eight years ago, when I was working for [Jim] Weller, I was the project manager” for the Queensbury Hotel’s indoor swimming pool, noted V&H President Rob Holbrook. He remarks that the hotel’s general manager “Leo Turley was afraid he was going to get fired over it.…
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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
Michael Phinney, of the Phinney Design Group, was the architect for the Queensbury Hotel expansion.
A 1990 Lake George graduate, he said, “I had a history with Tyler [Herrick], we did the Sagamore renovations together. When Tyler got the nod here, he recommended us.”
“This is special because I was born in Glens Falls,” said Mr. Phinney. “I grew up around here…we work all …
Read More »By Zander & Mark Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer & Editor
Queensbury Hotel general manager and Spruce Hospitality co-owner Tyler Herrick says, “Both of my parents were entrepreneurs. They left corporate America in the early 80s.
“My mom started her own little gift shop in the town I grew up in, Topsfield, Massachusetts, about halfway between Boston and Newburyport right on Route 1 there.
“And my father left Stop and Shop …
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