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. […]
Kim and Dennis Manion have owned Maui North, a ski, bike, and board shop in downtown Plattsburgh, since October of 2013. They’re avid outdoorspeople, and Kim says they both have small business in their blood. There are challenges and rewards to working in small-town sports retail, especially when it’s your first retail rodeo. Listen to […]
Carol Tetreault runs Adirondack Tack in Plattsburgh. She carries horse supplies for local owners and 4-H kids, Western clothing popular with square dancers, and more. She opened the business in 2000.
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.
Five musicians with their instruments. The group includes a drummer, a saxophonist, a pianist, and what looks like an upright bass player. Circa 1950. 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.
