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Prana Bar owner Shelly Williams says restaurant work is not about “the bottom line” for her. “We want to make people happy,” she said. “Why else be in this business?”
“I’ve worked 37 years as a chef (28 of them at Castle Street), which is the equivalent of 60 regular human work years…. I want to reinvent myself while I am still young enough to do so.”
--- Castle Street Café owner Michael Ballon
“It make look precarious, but believe it or not, the building is now more stable, sitting on those cribbing pillars, than it was before.
-- Redeveloper Paul Joffe, of GB Historic Renovations
"We find a lot of strength in the traditional foods of Europe, although we give them an American sensibility.”
-- Adam Zieminski, chef/owner of Café Adam
"Baking is art and science at the same time. It’s like music -- you have to learn the structure before you can set yourself free to experiment."
-- Shelly Williams, owner of Haven Café and Bakery, in Lenox and Great Barrington
Developer Paul Joffe, who has renovated six buildings of a similar age in Brooklyn, along with another old church in Kingston, N.Y., says he will apply a sensitive touch to the historic nature of the 150-year-old structure and its placement in a high visibility area of town.
“We like to offer some unusual items for a ‘shack joint,’ such as lobster rolls, fish tacos, and salmon burgers, all of which are quite successful.”
-- Nick Joseph of The Bistro Box
