{"id":33923,"date":"2019-09-07T13:52:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T17:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=33923"},"modified":"2019-09-09T09:49:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:49:21","slug":"ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ravenous Restaurant will celebrate 20 years at 21 Phila St. in downtown Saratoga Springs in October. <\/span><\/p>\n

The company said a month-long celebration will begin Oct. 1. The restaurant serves dishes like savory crepes and pommes frites and poutine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ravenous began on Phila Street when the mother-and-son team of Tina Laino and Francesco D\u2019Amico, along with Francesco\u2019s future wife, Lauren Wickizer, first opened the creperie store doors in 1999. Moving from Seattle and looking for a change and completely new, the trio made the decision to enter the hospitality business full time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we arrived in 1998, there were really just a handful of mom-and-pop restaurants in town,\u201d said Wickizer. \u201cHattie\u2019s was here. Scallions, Sperry\u2019s, Little India, Chianti\u2019s, Wheatfield\u2019s and Beverly\u2019s, but not much more than that. It was a whole different world. The parking lot across from Ravenous wasn\u2019t even there yet. It was just a small dirt lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The concept for the eatery was described as conceived \u201cout of thin air.\u201d After doing research and visiting a variety of restaurants in Seattle, San Francisco and New York City, \u201cEuropean street food,\u201d was decided upon as the eatery\u2019s theme, the owners said. <\/span><\/p>\n

At a time when crepes were starting to become popular again on the west coast, they decided to create a creperie called Ravenous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once a used record shop called \u201cProbe Records\u201d, the space at 21 Phila St. was purchased and gutted in October 1999. The mural that can be seen on the restaurant wall today was painted in that same year by Laino\u2019s friend, Claudia McNulty. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEarly Ravenous featured crepes included \u2018Veggie Cachet\u2019, \u2018Taj Mahal\u2019, \u2018Left Bank\u2019, and \u2018Chicken Bechamel\u2019. They became tried and true favorites that were never taken off the menu because they were such good sellers,\u201d said Wickizer.<\/span><\/p>\n

David Zuka and business partner Julie Raymond, after patronizing the creperie as customers since they moved to the region in 2003, purchased Ravenous in 2014. Zuka and Raymond were committed to the original mission of providing simple, fresh food made from scratch, while growing the business. <\/span><\/p>\n

Zuka, who bought Raymond out last year, has more than three decades of experience in the hospitality industry. As executive chef of the restaurant, he described the crepes he prepares as \u201ca vehicle for a chef\u2019s creativity and interests because of the vast variety of ingredients I can put in them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am thankful to be celebrating the 20th anniversary of Ravenous in October,\u201d said Zuka. \u201cOf course this would not have been possible without the dedicated support of Ravenous patrons and staff throughout two decades. One of our long-time employees, Maggie, has been cutting pommes frites since day one and still anchors our team as the heart and soul of Ravenous. I am grateful to her, and everyone on my staff as well as everyone who has patronized us and considers Ravenous, a Saratoga Springs fixture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

About his plans for Ravenous in the years ahead, Zuka said, \u201cWhile I always have my eyes on opportunities for expansion and growth, I look to continue the heritage of wonderful meals and traditional favorites which have made Ravenous an instant favorite among many since it arrived on the local cuisine scene in 1999.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ravenous also offers New York state beer and hard cider, as well as a wide variety of wine by the glass or by the bottle. Ravenous crepe fillings include traditional French favorites, as well as other more creative fillings from around the world. Dessert crepes feature fresh fruit, nutella, fromage blanc and homemade whipped cream. Ravenous is committed to sourcing quality ingredients available to prepare daily from scratch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ravenous is open for lunch and dinner Tuesdays through Fridays and brunch and dinner on weekends. For more information, visit www.ravenouscrepes.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ravenous Restaurant will celebrate 20 years at 21 Phila St. in downtown Saratoga Springs in October. The company said a month-long celebration will begin Oct. 1. The restaurant serves dishes like savory crepes and pommes frites and poutine. Ravenous began on Phila Street when the mother-and-son team of Tina Laino and Francesco D\u2019Amico, along with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":33924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"\r\nRavenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October - 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\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ravenous Restaurant will celebrate 20 years at 21 Phila St. in downtown Saratoga Springs in October. The company said a month-long celebration will begin Oct. 1. The restaurant serves dishes like savory crepes and pommes frites and poutine. Ravenous began on Phila Street when the mother-and-son team of Tina Laino and Francesco D\u2019Amico, along with […]\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-07T17:52:01+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-09T13:49:21+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/09\/ravonous-hc.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1518\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1088\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jessewinters\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jessewinters\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/\",\"name\":\"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October - Saratoga Business Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/09\/ravonous-hc.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-07T17:52:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-09T13:49:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/b937a48daf87d7a8bd713a73b5d6a1ae\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/09\/ravonous-hc.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/09\/ravonous-hc.jpg\",\"width\":1518,\"height\":1088,\"caption\":\"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/\",\"name\":\"Saratoga Business Journal\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/b937a48daf87d7a8bd713a73b5d6a1ae\",\"name\":\"jessewinters\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b496e0843f9d888b12500994b6a8562b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b496e0843f9d888b12500994b6a8562b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"jessewinters\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/author\/jessewinters\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October - Saratoga Business Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October - Saratoga Business Journal","og_description":"Ravenous Restaurant will celebrate 20 years at 21 Phila St. in downtown Saratoga Springs in October. The company said a month-long celebration will begin Oct. 1. The restaurant serves dishes like savory crepes and pommes frites and poutine. Ravenous began on Phila Street when the mother-and-son team of Tina Laino and Francesco D\u2019Amico, along with […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/","og_site_name":"Saratoga Business Journal","article_published_time":"2019-09-07T17:52:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-09-09T13:49:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1518,"height":1088,"url":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/09\/ravonous-hc.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"jessewinters","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"jessewinters","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/","url":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/","name":"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October - Saratoga Business Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/09\/ravonous-hc.jpg","datePublished":"2019-09-07T17:52:01+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-09T13:49:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/b937a48daf87d7a8bd713a73b5d6a1ae"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/09\/ravonous-hc.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/09\/ravonous-hc.jpg","width":1518,"height":1088,"caption":"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/09\/ravenous-restaurant-will-celebrate-20th-year-with-special-events-through-october\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ravenous Restaurant Will Celebrate 20th Year With Special Events Through October"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/","name":"Saratoga Business Journal","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/b937a48daf87d7a8bd713a73b5d6a1ae","name":"jessewinters","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b496e0843f9d888b12500994b6a8562b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b496e0843f9d888b12500994b6a8562b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"jessewinters"},"url":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/author\/jessewinters\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33925,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33923\/revisions\/33925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}