Goodbye Jonesville Store, goodbye delicious pancakes
Updated The Jonesville Store in Clifton Park -- home of excellent pancakes and other quality fare -- is closing at the end of the year, as first reported by Nippertown today. We talked with owner John Travis today about why they're closing up shop -- and what's going to happen to those pancakes...
Travis says irreconcilable differences between him and longtime business partner Harris Unger are the reason they're selling. He says they have a buyer for the Clifton Park eatery, but Travis is still not sure if the menu and recipes will be part of the sale.
Travis, a UAlbany graduate, has been in the food business most of his life. Before opening The Jonesville Store, he says he worked for Rock Hill Bakehouse and, along with Unger, owned a Washington County restaurant called Someplace Else.
The Jonesville Store is slated to closed on January 1. Travis says after that he'll regroup and decide what's next. He says he'd like to stay local.
As for the pancakes, Travis says they're his mother's recipe. He's been making them for nearly 50 years and nobody can do them quite like he can. Here's hoping he'll be making them around here again sometime soon.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
... said Daniel B. on Dec 14, 2011 at 11:30 AM | link
Goodbye to one of the only bike-friendly cafes in the area!
... said Carl on Dec 14, 2011 at 11:46 AM | link
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat I haven't been yet? Hurry!
... said Capitol to Capital on Dec 14, 2011 at 11:50 AM | link
And the french toast (cinnamon raisin bread dipped in cinnamon/ orange/ vanilla batter) is delicious. So sorry to hear about the closing....
... said Bob on Dec 14, 2011 at 12:30 PM | link
I second Bob, the french toast is INSANELY good. So sad to see this place end. The Travis' are lovely people and I hope they set-up shop somewhere else soon.
... said Deanna (Silly Goose Farm) on Dec 14, 2011 at 12:48 PM | link
This is insane! There has to be a way to fix this!
Seriously, what can I do to prevent this from happening?!
... said Jay on Dec 14, 2011 at 12:55 PM | link
Looks like I know where I'm going this weekend... :(
... said KB @ Home-Baked Happiness on Dec 14, 2011 at 12:56 PM | link
aw man, that was one of the only a few redeeming things about CP.
... said Alison on Dec 14, 2011 at 2:23 PM | link
Wow that sucks! :(
... said Jon (was) in Michigan on Dec 14, 2011 at 2:43 PM | link
I'm heartbroken.
... said Kerosena on Dec 14, 2011 at 2:53 PM | link
Ah well, I just had the pancakes there this past Sunday!
... said BobF on Dec 14, 2011 at 4:10 PM | link
Went here to try their vaunted pancakes today. Left hungry and angry.
First of all, they're lying about their breakfast hours on their website. The site clearly says breakfast until 4, but when we got there at around quarter to 2, they said breakfast was over at 2, but their cook had just left, so we couldn't have breakfast. That's double-suck, plus the false advertising about their hours... and then their attitude was totally unapologetic, very "tough luck."
With customer service like that, good riddance to them.
... said KB @ Home-Baked Happiness on Dec 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM | link