Bartender Colleen Smith in the Adirondack Hotel tap room in Long Lake
Colleen Smith behind the bar in the Adirondack Hotel tap room. Long Lake. Spring of 2019. Photo taken by Andy Flynn. Listen and read Colleen’s full story here.
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Running Farmhouse Pantry in Saranac
Farmhouse Pantry opened in Saranac on Labor Day of 2015. It’s part farm-to-table, organic café; part coffee shop; and part fresh-off-the-farm grocery store. The folks behind it are Josh and Sarah Vaillancourt, a couple in their thirties who moved to Saranac to start a small farm, and ended up with the farm and a restaurant. […]
Francis Desotelle behind the bar of the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh
Bartender Francis Desotelle tending bar a the Elks Lodge, BPOE #621. 1950s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Bartenders at the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh
Four workers behind the bar of the Elks Lodge, BPOE #621. In the middle is Francis Desotelle, and on the right is Francis Kennedy, who later became the head of the Elks Club. 1950s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Waiting tables at a restaurant in Plattsburgh
A waiter at a restaurant in Plattsburgh, either the Elks Lodge or the Witherell Hotel. Late 1940s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Cleaning the bathroom at the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh
A worker in the bathroom of the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh, cleaning what looks like a urinal. 1948. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Serving a customer at the Elks Lodge bar in Plattsburgh
Two bartenders at the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh, BPOE #621. The man in the foreground is taking an order from a customer. February 1, 1948. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle. When he was in high school, Gary Desotelle worked in the restaurant of the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh. Listen to his […]
A bartender cleaning up at the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh
A worker behind the bar of the Plattsburgh Elks Lodge, BPOE #621. February 1, 1948. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Employees of the Plattsburgh Elks Lodge behind the bar
Three employees at the Plattsburgh Elks Lodge, BPOE #621. The man in the middle is Francis Henry Desotelle. Circa 1940. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle
At the appetizer station inside Paul Smith’s teaching kitchen and restaurant, The Ganzi, in Paul Smith’s
Student Jon Ward of Harrisville with chef Kevin McCarthy at the appetizer station inside Paul Smith’s teaching kitchen and restaurant, The Wally Ganzi Jr. Restaurant Training Center, known as The Ganzi. 2018. Photo by Andy Flynn. Read how Chef McCarthy teaches the next generation in the full North Country at Work story.