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A well-known shuttered restaurant in the Capital Region is getting a fresh start with a new restaurant concept.

Johnny Rockets announced it was permanently closing its location outside of Six Flags Great Escape Lodge in January and promised new and exciting plans for the space. We now know which restaurant will be moving in.

Set to open its doors on March 12 in Schenectady, Vice & Virtue is the latest venture to grace the former Pinhead Susan's location. Owners Tim Rankins and Julie Moscheo have diligently revamped the space, introducing a fresh interior with a new bar and contemporary decor.

Another hibachi restaurant has opened in Saratoga County and even though the name is different it is steeped in rich history in the Capital Region. It's, in essence, a second location and a lifelong dream for the owner.

A new restaurant is moving into Latham and is taking over a once-popular all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant. This eatery suddenly closed in August.

The old Friendly's which closed in 2011 and became Crispy Basil Artisan Pizza which also shuttered in 2016 is now a new coffee and cocktails concept on Western Avenue in Guilderland. The Scene Coffee & Cocktails is now open.

A popular Italian restaurant that has been on Central Avenue in Albany for fifty years has decided to relocate. This will allow the restaurant to expand to almost double in size as the same family who started it continues to grow.

A busy section of Colonie will be getting a popular barbeque restaurant that is replacing a national pet supply company.

Hear the heartfelt story of how two college sweethearts are opening up a new Tex Mex Restaurant and Barbecue Joint right here in Upstate NY!

When Max410 vacated the Van Schaick Island Country Club in Cohoes, the following December, Cohoes restaurant owners said they would bring in a new eatery to take over the space. Now the new restaurant has officially opened.

The study of this Fulton County location for the newest chicken fast-food franchise began last year. Now the site plans to build were recently submitted. This new fast-food restaurant could be built by late this year or early next.

After a fifteen-year run, the Halfmoon Sandwich & Salad Shoppe closed its doors on August 20th. Although it appears to be the end of this establishment, the owners have announced a new venture and an opening date.

There is a popular maybe even legendary Japanese restaurant in the Capital Region that has only had one location. It was announced that they will be adding another location up the Northway in Saratoga County. For the owner, it was a lifelong dream.

When you talk about an excellent barbeque in the Capital Region, many places come to mind. This particular barbeque is award-winning and will finally have a brick-and-mortar place to call home soon in Cohoes. They are known for their barbeque trailer that does fundraisers and pop-up dinners in our area. A couple of weeks ago they had a minor setback but they just announced some exciting news about an actual restaurant!

After a fifteen-year run, the Halfmoon Sandwich & Salad Shoppe closed its doors on August 20th. Although it appears to be the end of this establishment, the owners have announced a new venture.

After a fifteen-year run, the Halfmoon Sandwich & Salad Shoppe closed its doors on August 20th. Although it appears to be the end of this establishment, the owner may have something cooking.

It may be a tiny space, but the former pop-up restaurant is going to get its own place in downtown Cohoes. It was once only on Instagram but will now be an actual restaurant.

Get ready downtown, Troy. It's your turn to get a specialty take-out restaurant. A new poke bar will be opening up soon. The Troy spot will be number three for this Capital Region poke bar owner.

Hattie's Restaurant is known for having the best fried chicken in the Capital Region and beyond. They have their restaurant and shacks in Saratoga Springs and a spot at the Saratoga Race Course. They are currently renovating an iconic Albany landmark and just announced their head chef for that new location in Albany.

There's a new, fresh restaurant that has opened in Glens Falls. The owners are no strangers to the farm-to-table concept. They decided to open Mint after successfully running another similar restaurant in Greenwich.

It's nice to see that some of the larger vacant buildings are being repurposed instead of just laying empty and dormant. There is a no bigger eyesore in the Watervliet/Latham area than the old Kmart building at 195 Troy Schenectady Road.

If you have ever been to the Saratoga Lake Country Club and eaten at The Hideaway, you know that the restaurant is a hidden gem in Saratoga County. Well, there is good news. There will be another restaurant added inside another golf club in Saratoga County that will be run by the same owners as The Hideaway.

If you travel along Route 9 in Halfmoon, you know that there has been a lot of work being done on the old Romano's restaurant and more recently a meeting place for the NXIVM cult. This was a cult that had headquarters in the Albany area and the heads of NXIVM lived in Halfmoon. It will be a brand new restaurant and we now know when it will open.

There is a new Caribbean restaurant in Troy that opened early last week but it only lasted a few days as they closed their doors. Calypso Restaraunt Bar Lounge at 77 Congress Street in Troy is located in the space where Troy Kitchen was but they weren't open long enough to serve any customers.

There are plans to bring a restaurant to a vacant building on Route 9 in Halfmoon that has been empty for quite a long time. It is a building that was once a meeting place for NXIVM. This was a cult that had headquarters in the Albany area and the heads of NXIVM lived in Halfmoon.

There was a ton of buzz when the first two Sonic Restaurants came to the Capital Region. Now we are getting a third.