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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publisher’s note<br />
Take no part in evil, instead expose it! Negozio e compra localmente<br />
(Shop <strong>and</strong> buy locally)<br />
I grew up Downtown. Our family were<br />
members <strong>of</strong> St. John the Baptist Catholic<br />
Church on Franklin Street (now home to<br />
<strong>Schenectady</strong> Light Opera—I first play<br />
acted in Gypsy at age 9 at the old SLOC).<br />
My mom (who served in the Army Security<br />
Agency in Frankfurt, Germany) always<br />
shopped Albany <strong>and</strong> State streets. My<br />
mentors were 28-year veteran Daily Gazette<br />
<strong>and</strong> CBS 6 WRGB reporter, the late Dan<br />
DiNicola <strong>and</strong> my Sicilian godfather Mike<br />
Aidala—as well as Zionist lawyer Sam<br />
Rosenberg, who inspired me to love The<br />
Rule <strong>of</strong> Law <strong>and</strong> to take a paralegal course.<br />
Mr. Aidala emigrated to the U.S. from Sicily<br />
<strong>and</strong> is a retired U.S. Army <strong>of</strong>ficer.<br />
My dad came to <strong>Schenectady</strong> in 1947,<br />
from Sicily, Italy, after WWII. We lived<br />
in the old Italian <strong>and</strong> Polish section <strong>of</strong> Mt.<br />
Pleasant. My Sicilian brother-in-law married<br />
my oldest sister, <strong>and</strong> we later partnered in the<br />
publishing business. It has been a hard, long<br />
struggle <strong>and</strong> patience to allow God to fight<br />
for us to maintain our trademark <strong>and</strong><br />
IP <strong>of</strong> <strong>Taste</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Schenectady</strong>® <strong>and</strong> <strong>Beyond</strong><br />
here in the Capital Region.<br />
WE ARE NOT VICTIMS....INSTEAD<br />
WE ARE GOD’S MESSENGERS TO THE<br />
EVILDOERS TO REPENT AND WORK<br />
BETTER TO HEAL OUR COUNTY.<br />
The warmer season is my favorite time<br />
<strong>of</strong> year to enjoy the great outdoors <strong>and</strong><br />
farmers’ markets like the downtown<br />
<strong>Schenectady</strong> Greenmarket. Also, visit<br />
any <strong>of</strong> the restaurants <strong>and</strong> shops advertised<br />
in this magazine for the best service<br />
<strong>and</strong> local gourmet products!<br />
Enjoy the articles, real news <strong>and</strong> recipes,<br />
but please remember to support our advertisers<br />
<strong>and</strong> let them know that you saw their<br />
business advertised in our magazine.<br />
Thanks for reading <strong>Taste</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Schenectady</strong>®<br />
magazine—always trust God to fight despots!<br />
<strong>Vol</strong>ume 4 <strong>•</strong> No. 1<br />
Community Activist <strong>and</strong> Food & Travel Editor<br />
David J. Long, Jr., CDM, FOI.ORG, FOP, KOFC<br />
Copy Editors & Layout<br />
Althea Harris <strong>and</strong> Sarah Jasmine<br />
Photographer<br />
Patrick Ray<br />
Contributors<br />
Arthur Logan <strong>•</strong> L<strong>and</strong>ee <strong>•</strong> Patricia Terrill<br />
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