Tag Archives: Glens Falls

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The porch at Morgan & Company restaurant in downtown Glens Falls is now heated and will be open all winter.

Contacted for comment, co-owner Rebecca Newell-Butters said, “We had a curtain on it last year and this year we took it a step further.

“We insulated it and we added a furnace under the porch with hot air returns just like you’d see in …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writter

Raul’s Mexican Grill owner Russ Porreca told The Chronicle Tuesday that he has purchased the former Dizzy Chicken building on South Street for $170,000.

“I’ve got two years left on my lease at Raul’s. So from this day forward in two years I’ll be moving Rauls to 72 South Street. Most likely. That’s the plan.”

Mr. Porreca said he’s making the move, “because I …

By Jason Irwin, Chronicle Rock Around the Block

It was March 16, 2020, that I got the text from JP Bruno’s owner, Perry Leonbruno. “We have to shut down. It’s all over the news.”

I spent the previous weekend as the house DJ at the popular South Street establishment, and a big night for St. Patrick’s Day was expected. Unfortunately, the pandemic had other plans.

It’s a story that many …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Faced with a price tag more than double what was projected, Glens Falls will drastically change its plan for a Farmers Market-multi use center on South Street.

“Sometime next week,” City Economic Development Director Jeff Flagg told The Chronicle, Envision, the city’s architectural consultant, will submit a scaled-back, reworked project.

Instead of the new enclosed building planned for the former OTB property, the market …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Glens Falls restaurant Radici Kitchen+Bar on Ridge Street has closed to take a three-week “pause.” They expect to reopen Thursday, September 16.

“We decided we needed a mental health vacation. Not only ourselves, but especially for the staff, too,” chef-owner Brian Bowden told The Chronicle. “We can see it in everyone’s faces. We are cognizant of people needing time off.”

Especially challenging, he …