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. […]
Bartender Francis Desotelle tending bar a the Elks Lodge, BPOE #621. 1950s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
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.
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.
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.
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 worker behind the bar of the Plattsburgh Elks Lodge, BPOE #621. February 1, 1948. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
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
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.
Jon Ward hands a salad to food and beverage trainer Amy Coddington-Burnett 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.
