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North Adams Restaurant to Reopen With Med Menu
03:40PM / Tuesday, June 11, 2013

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Local is undergoing a name and menu change.

The restaurant at 67 Main St. was closed over the weekend and is set to reopen on Wednesday as Mediterra, with a new menu of Mediterranean dishes along with some American bistro-style option.

According to a statement through the North Adams Chamber of Commerce, owner Fahri Karakaya, who opened the restaurant last year with sandwich and breakfast offerings, has been considering the change for some time.

"It was always in my mind to open a Mediterranean restaurant. After operating The Local for over a year, I have realized that there were many similar restaurant

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Eat To Total Health Opening On Ashland Street
By John Durkan,
03:50PM / Saturday, December 15, 2012

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Renee Tassone's business Eat To Total Health is moving from her home to 14 Ashland St. on Dec. 26.

"We can heal our bodies from everything with the right tools and it doesn't have to come from a pill," Tassone said.   Tassone drew from her own experience with Celiac disease, which is a condition that makes the body react negatively with gluten and prevents the small intestine's lining from absorbing essential food parts.   "I realized how our connection between food and health is important," Tassone said.    The shop has two

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'Five Guys' Brings Famed Burgers & Fries to Pittsfield
By Joe Durwin,
02:12PM / Tuesday, August 14, 2012

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Five Guys Burger and Fries opened to a steady stream of first-time lunch customers Tuesday at its new Pittsfield location at 660 Merrill Road in the Stop & Shop Plaza.

Nearly 100 customers were served in the first half-hour by a bustling staff of 15 workers. The establishment employs a total of 45, according to its manager, Tom Pierog.

"We just opened, but so far, so good," he said.

The restaurant's bright white and red interior is heavily decorated with signs advertising various awards and favorable reviews from publications areas around the country, such as the Chicago Tribune,

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Haflinger Haus Bringing Austrian Cuisine To Adams
By Andy McKeever,
03:30PM / Thursday, May 24, 2012

ADAMS, Mass. — The wait for wiener schnitzel, kasespatzle or hahnchen gerostet is over.

The Haflinger Haus in the former Harrington's Restaurant on Commercial Street is open for business with a menu filled with Austrian favorites. The restaurant and inn had a soft opening on Monday — opening for the dinner hours.

"It's got charm," said 25-year restaurant business veteran Dan Dougherty, who is the general manager. "It reminds me of walking into 1925."

The historic building was purchased last December by former Selectman Donald Sommer as a "reclamation project." Sommer and his

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Williamstown Farmers' Market Opens Saturday
Staff Reports,
05:04PM / Tuesday, May 24, 2011

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Farmers Market returns to the Spring Street parking lot on Saturday, May 28. The new hours of the market are Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There will be a wide variety of locally grown produce and cheeses, organic meats, homemade baked goods, and original handcrafted items.

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Raw milk cheeses, Tobasi and Maggie’s Round as well as newly added fresh, pasteurized cheese in a number of flavors. Also bread, cookies, muffins, scones and granola made in the in-farm bakery. 
Contact: Lesley Graham, 413-458-5888 or  www.cricketcreekfarm.com.


Williamstown’s favorite little cakes in chocolate, chocolate raspberry,

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