A while back, we reported, acting on an assumption, that Calypso, a West Indian restaurant in downtown Troy, had been shuttered. In the words of ESPN's Lee Corso, not so fast, my friends, not so fast.
Calypso management has settled the issues that forced a sudden closure in June, and are operating on a 6 days a week schedule, closed on Sundays. Hours are 4:30-midnight Monday-Saturday.
Calypso will also be hosting the Troy Foundry Theatre for performances beginning next Wednesday, October 19, for a 2 week stint. If that doesn't get things percolating along Congress Street, I don't know what will!
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Further up the road, Breugger's Bagel Bakery shut down its flagship location in town back in March after a fire, and has chosen to remain closed for good, a year shy of the chain's 40th anniversary. Ye scribe spent a lot of weekends having breakfast and shooting the breeze with friends during the 80's. As Don Henley sang, those days are gone forever.
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They are clearing the debris from the former Uncle Sam Parking Garage on 4th Street, and the city has reopened Fulton Street between 3rd & 4th Streets to traffic. I think property owner David Bryce realizes he needs to clear the decks, and quickly, before the return of the Victorian Stroll on December 4. Here's a thought, genius. Why not give the city something they've been waiting for, like, a movie theatre?
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The Albany Times-Union is reporting today that Albany School Superintendent Kaweeda Adams is leaving her post in January to take a statewide job as an advocate for students.
Ms. Adams is joining the Conference of Big 5 Schools, which represents districts in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers, & NYC. Best of luck on the new venture. Albany is, ah, "affiliated" with the Conference. I guess Troy is considered small potatoes by comparison.
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