Taste of Schenectady and Beyond Vol 4 • No1
In this issue, we spotlight Ambition Bistro and the Jay Street Marketplace of Schenectady small businesses. The Mission of Taste of Schenectady® is to inspire people to support family owned and independent restaurants and gourmet food and lifestyle businesses—as well as our local community, and ALL of its people!
In this issue, we spotlight Ambition Bistro and the Jay Street Marketplace of Schenectady small businesses. The Mission of Taste of Schenectady® is to inspire people to support family owned and independent restaurants and gourmet food and lifestyle businesses—as well as our local community, and ALL of its people!
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After Nick made his rounds, I asked Abby whether<br />
or not she had ever gone to Picklefest in Rosendale,<br />
New York (Catskill Mountains, now in its 23rd<br />
year, near my cabin), <strong>and</strong> she said, “Yes, I entered<br />
my pickled foods as a contestant there.” I had to<br />
buy a quart <strong>of</strong> her half-sour pickles! Abby gave me<br />
a sample <strong>of</strong> her healthy half-sours before I bought<br />
any <strong>and</strong> I was hooked!<br />
The DillyBean sells a quart with six fresh made<br />
artisan pickles in juice for just $5. The dilly beans<br />
<strong>and</strong> sauerkraut are reasonably priced as well.<br />
Rockmacher is hoping the shop will grow <strong>and</strong><br />
help other local producers grow.<br />
“Everything in the store is<br />
from New York State or Vermont,”<br />
Rockmacher said.<br />
There’s Empty Pockets cage free organic eggs, olive<br />
oil from the Evergreen Olive Oil Co., goat milk lotion<br />
<strong>and</strong> soaps from Shady Acre Homestead, crackers<br />
from Saratoga Crackers, chocolate from Saratoga<br />
Chocolate Co., <strong>and</strong> sauce from Vital Eats among<br />
other products. And <strong>of</strong> course, Abby has her own<br />
gourmet pickled products at The Dilly Bean.<br />
The DillyBeans lunch specials to-go change weekly.<br />
Recently, customers raved on Facebook about<br />
The DillyBean’s Carrot, Ginger Soup with anti-inflammatory<br />
Turmeric---<strong>and</strong> the Spinach <strong>and</strong> White<br />
Bean Soup. Other weekly lunch specials may<br />
include; egg salad <strong>and</strong>/or tuna salad s<strong>and</strong>wiches,<br />
or on a bed <strong>of</strong> fresh greens---<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> course dilly<br />
beans, pickles <strong>and</strong> sauerkraut!<br />
Using lacto-fermentation, Abby Rockmacher has<br />
turned her great uncle’s recipe for pickled fresh<br />
green beans into a culinary love <strong>of</strong> customers who<br />
shop at the store several times a week for the dilly<br />
beans, cucumbers <strong>and</strong> sauerkraut. It can take anywhere<br />
from a day to two weeks to pickle the various<br />
fresh products made into gourmet delicacies<br />
on the premises. “As local produce becomes available<br />
I’m going to pickle anything <strong>and</strong> everything<br />
I can get my h<strong>and</strong>s on,” Rockmacher said. She<br />
also plans to exp<strong>and</strong> to making other scrumptious<br />
homemade <strong>and</strong> natural foods. “Come find us on<br />
the Pedestrian Mall section <strong>of</strong> Jay Street between<br />
Proctors Theater <strong>and</strong> City Hall,” Abby says.<br />
THE DILLYBEAN<br />
133 Jay Street ∙ <strong>Schenectady</strong> NY 12305<br />
Monday: Closed<br />
Tuesday: Closed<br />
Wednesday: 10AM–6PM<br />
Thursday: 10AM–6PM<br />
Friday: 10AM–6PM<br />
Saturday: 10AM–6PM<br />
Sunday: 10AM–3PM<br />
(518) 894-7911<br />
shopthedillybean.com<br />
facebook.com/ShopTheDillyBean<br />
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