BUSINESS
Week of July 12 – July 18, 2013
Bread Basket Bakery Takes Over Operation of Library Café
The Bread Basket located at 65 Spring Street in Saratoga Springs.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A new café will be operating in the library. The Bread Basket Bakery took over operation of the café that is located inside the Saratoga Springs Public Library on July 1. It will have that space until at least December. The bakery, which serves a full menu of baked goods and lunch items at its location on Spring Street, will serve a pareddown version of its menu in the library location, focusing on its signature potpies and quiches, along with baked goods and coffee. The Higher Grounds Cafè, operated by Kimberlie De Silva, closed up shop on June 22. “For close to 10 years, Kimberlie has provided an excellent service that has enhanced the
library-going experience,” said Library Director Issac Pulver. “And we will miss seeing her each day.” DeSilva’s announcement of her intention to depart prompted library officials to examine space allocations, and plan for an additional phase of remodeling that will expand the popular Teen Room and the Book Bag Shop, the used book store operated by the Friends of the Saratoga Springs Public Library, and will relocate the café in order to possibly take advantage of some outdoor seating opportunities. The remodeling work is tentatively scheduled to begin in January of 2014. “We anticipated that Higher Grounds Cafè would operate until work began on the new Teen
Center in January,” said Pulver. “Kimberlie’s decision to close earlier than that prompted a bit of scramble to find a new partner to operate the café between July and December, so that there would be relatively little disruption in service. We’re very pleased to welcome the Bread Basket Bakery to the Library.” “The library is a very special place for many people in Saratoga Springs,” said Matthew Tallman owner of the Bread Basket Bakery. “We are excited to become a part of this great service and hope to add to the already wonderful library experience.” Tallman plans to expand the library menu to include homemade soups and sandwiches made on their fresh breads, as well as healthy snacks for children.
SaraBella Pizza Opening Second Location in Malta SARATOGA SPRINGS — SaraBella Pizza is opening a second location at 128 Dunning Street in Malta. The flagship store at 391 Sand Creek Road in Colonie continues to deliver their special brand of pizza and Italian homemade goods in the Capital District. Owners Domenic and Lisa Fuda are actually returning to the area. “Dom started out in the pizza business here in Malta as a co-owner of Double D’s Pizza 16 years ago,” said Lisa. “Dom decided to branch out on his own with SaraBella in Colonie right before we got married and the two of us built the pizzeria together and have been very successful with it. When the opportunity came up to take over full ownership of Double D’s Pizza in Malta and turn it into SaraBella Pizza, we took it.” Domenic is thrilled to bring his successful brick-oven pizza to
Saratoga County. “We’ve been in Colonie for nearly three years and it’s been really fantastic serving the neighborhood our homemade pizza, dinners and sandwiches. I’m really excited to come back to Malta to serve up our authentic Italian SaraBella food to the folks in Saratoga County. The brick-ovens have been installed and are ready to go,” he noted. The Fudas have completely renovated the old Double D’s Pizza to create SaraBella Pizza. SaraBella is a family-owned and operated full-scale pizzeria offering brick-oven pizza, specialty pies and the most authentic Brooklyn-style Sicilian pizza available north of New York City. SaraBella Pizza in Malta will feature the same dinner, every day and promotional specials as the Colonie location. The menus will be the same in both locations. Delivery
in Malta and surrounding areas is free with a $10 minimum purchase, as it is in Colonie. “At SaraBella, everything on the menu is made daily on the premises and we guarantee that what we make is done in the old-fashioned Italian tradition,” said Domenic. “And, we will continue in that tradition in our new Malta location.” SaraBella Pizza is located at 128 Dunning Street, off of Northway exit 12 (next to Stewart’s.) Regular store hours of operation for the second location are Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m.– 10 p.m. and Sundays from 3–9: p.m. They are offering free delivery for pizza, dinners and catering along with daily specials, everyday specials and promotional specials (see their website at www.sarabellapizza. com for more information).
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HRCCU Scholarship Awards CORINTH — Hudson River Community Credit Union (HRCCU) awarded each of the following students a scholarship through their 2013 College Scholarship and Making Life Better Scholarship contests. The following student members have received a $1,000 scholarship: Jenna Akerley, Corinth Central School; Andrea Brenner, Shenendehowa High School; James Campbell, Saratoga Springs High School; and Rebecca Sheely, Schuylerville High School. Allison Cirenza, Saratoga Springs High School and Lauren Bolz, Queensbury High School have each received a $500 scholarship. Cynthia Cappello, South Glens Falls High School, was awarded $1,000 for the Making Life Better Scholarship. Eligible candidates were required to be high school seniors planning to attend an accredited college or university in the fall of 2013 and be HRCCU membersin-good-standing. For the College
Scholarship, applicants were judged on their academic performance, extracurricular and community activities, honors and awards, employment experience, length of HRCCU membership and essay question. For the Making Life Better Scholarship, members were judged on their community service involvement and essay question. “We had a tremendous response and these seven winning students show exemplary accomplishments in and out of the classroom,” said Susan Commanda, Chief Executive Officer. “HRCCU is proud to provide scholarships for these very deserving young adults and wishes them the best of luck in their future endeavors.” The HRCCU College Scholarship Program began in 1994 to promote and foster the educational endeavors of the Credit Union’s young members. To date, 71 area students have benefitted from HRCCUs College Scholarship Program with awards totaling $57,500.