Let’s start this season right, by focusing on hometown holiday shopping. I was pretty bummed out that Dabblers, in West Concord, announced they were closing. I have spoken to a lot of people about it and everyone says the same thing…’we love our local businesses and we want them to just be there for us.’ … Continue reading
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Starting the Restaurant Design Phase
Currently, we have received approval from the Concord Zoning Board and the Concord Board of Appeals for relief from parking, zoning and the ability to turn the entire building into a restaurant. We are now in the initial design phase and are waiting for the first draft to come back from our restaurant designer, Peter … Continue reading
Mandriolis Share Some History of the Building
Paul Mandrioli sent a note, sharing some of the history of the building and site of the restaurant. The original store was built around 1935. The land was leased from the railroad and the building was built on pilings so it could be moved across the street, if the lease ran out and could not … Continue reading
Update on Restaurant
Great news! We submitted our initial site plans to the planning board last week, and they were unanimously and enthusiastically approved. We appreciate all of the feedback that we received during this process and we will take to heart people’s concerns. We know that parking is the biggest concern and we will do our best … Continue reading
Restaurant Update
We are still working on everything the planning board asked us to do in order to get a recommendation to the Board of Appeals to grant us parking relief, sewer relief, and the ability to have a restaurant in West Concord that is over 4,000 square feet. We met with the West Concord … Continue reading
Hilltop Farm…Bath, NH
I hired a farmer friend of mine, Tim Wightman from the Farm to Consumer Foundation (he is also in the movie Farmageddon), to help me source nutrient dense food for the restaurant. When we first talked about my plans for a restaurant, he expressed concerns that it would be hard for me to find … Continue reading
What’s happening with the restaurant?
Everyone keeps asking…especially the Concord area people…what is happening with the restaurant and when do you expect to open? Currently, I have preliminary drawings, and I am going to the planning board meeting tonight. We plan to keep the building, the former West Concord Supermarket, looking pretty much the same on the outside. … Continue reading
Rockin’ Farmers
Meet Chris, Farmer and Manager at Chaffin Family Orchards in California. Chris is the first of many farmers that will profiled on our new site, http://www.rockinfarmers.com. Rockin’ Young Farmer 1 from Kristin Canty on Vimeo. Continue reading