Saratoga Business Journal
By Jill Nagy
The new Franklin Square Market opened quietly at the beginning of May.
“We wanted to get our feet under us,” Julie Delos, one of the owners, explained. They began with a “really busy week,” she added.
The main problem is that, “like all Saratoga restaurants,” the new restaurant and market is facing “staffing challenges,” Delos noted.
The market includes a restaurant with a light Mediterranean menu. The adjoining market carries all the ingredients for patrons to try to replicate at home what they eat in the restaurant.
The market is located at 55 Railroad Avenue in Saratoga Springs, a space formerly occupied by a Price Chopper supermarket. They can seat 120 diners at tables indoors and out, and another 22 at the bar. There is currently a staff of about 40 but, Delos said, “we sure are” looking for more, both cooks and servers.
Delos and co-owner Mark Delos have been in the hospitality business for about 25 years. Most recently, they owned Fish at 30 Lake Avenue in Saratoga Springs from 2015 to 2018, when they sold that business. It closed earlier this year.
Both the restaurant and the market are open seven days a week. The market is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; the restaurant from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Visit www.franklinsquaremarket.com for further information.