{"id":29448,"date":"2017-04-07T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=29448"},"modified":"2017-04-07T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:42:07","slug":"perfect-noodle-mechanicville-serves-homemade-pasta-sandwiches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2017\/04\/perfect-noodle-mechanicville-serves-homemade-pasta-sandwiches\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Perfect Noodle\u2019 In Mechanicville Serves Up Homemade Pasta, Sandwiches And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29526\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/04\/perfectnoodle-hcw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/04\/perfectnoodle-hcw.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/04\/perfectnoodle-hcw-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/04\/perfectnoodle-hcw-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tami Demers, right, and husband James Demers, owners of the Perfect Noodle pose in their Mechanicville store with employee Beverly Pignatelli.<br \/>\u00a92017 Saratoga Photographer.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">By Margaret MacDonald<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The husband-and-wife team Tami and John Demers celebrated the two-year anniversary of their business, the Perfect Noodle, in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Located at 205 Park Ave., Mechanicville, between Dunkin Donuts and McDonald\u2019s the store offers homemade pasta and a sense of community as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Growing up in Mechanicville before relocating to Stillwater, Tami remembers an Italian corner store \u201con every corner,\u201d family-owned operations where larger grocery chains have now taken over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As a child, her grandmother and mother made fresh homemade pasta \u2013 something Demers did for her kids, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Having wanted to open a business for some time (being a stay-at-home mom), she sought to recreate that sense of community that nourished her as a child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">She proposed the idea to her husband, who conceded with a challenge: If Tami bought pasta from Arthur Avenue in New York City to compare to her own\u2014and he couldn\u2019t tell the difference\u2014they would open the store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><!--more-->Her pasta was a success with her husband and the idea moved forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Perfect Noodle offers retail and bulk orders, sandwiches, soups, and daily specials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">John works full time at Bast Hatfield Construction in Clifton Park, but owns the store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Keeping the old days alive played a big part in the Demers\u2019 decision to open the store, she said, and community involvement and support is integral to that vision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">They try to keep their offerings as local as possible, consistently carving out shelf space for local crafters. Demers hired someone to make fresh sausage for the operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Starting a business is not easy and is scary, she said. She advised that prospective startups and entrepreneurs \u201cdon\u2019t go in expecting to make money, at least for a few years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Demers said she loves what she is going and also enjoys meeting and getting to know new people through the store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Though it\u2019s a struggle to get a new business off the ground, there have thus far been few issues. Customer flow isn\u2019t yet as busy as they\u2019d hoped, but the venture has been very well received by the city at large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Perfect Noodle is on Facebook and can be reached by email at &#x69;&#x6e;&#x66;&#x6f;&#x40;&#x74;&#x68;&#x65;&#x70;&#x65;&#x72;&#x66;&#x65;&#x63;&#x74;&#x6e;&#x6f;&#x6f;&#x64;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Margaret MacDonald The husband-and-wife team Tami and John Demers celebrated the two-year anniversary of their business, the Perfect Noodle, in May. Located at 205 Park Ave., Mechanicville, between Dunkin Donuts and McDonald\u2019s the store offers homemade pasta and a sense of community as well. Growing up in Mechanicville before relocating to Stillwater, Tami remembers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":29526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>\u2018The Perfect Noodle\u2019 In Mechanicville Serves Up Homemade Pasta, Sandwiches And More - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2017\/04\/perfect-noodle-mechanicville-serves-homemade-pasta-sandwiches\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018The Perfect Noodle\u2019 In Mechanicville Serves Up Homemade Pasta, Sandwiches And More - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Margaret MacDonald The husband-and-wife team Tami and John Demers celebrated the two-year anniversary of their business, the Perfect Noodle, in May. 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